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Add Bassarab to the exciting Jr. Division. Harley gives a straightforward promo about his intentions. I agree with Bob, never bet against Harley. Good seeing Spartanburg Vice get a nice TV win. WHOOOOO! The champ is back! Flair hypes up himself and the horsemen. I would love to see a Dibiase/Williams vs. Andersons match! Foley is really bringing Benoit up to the next level. Luger has one tough ally in Wahoo. Sounds like he's got another one on the way. Sullivan better be ready. Stevens hits the Powerdriver and Armand doesn't get up. I'm sure the fans loved this. Always loved visual setting promos. The lawbreakers in MACW better be on high alert because the Posse is coming! Speaking of that, we get another one in a graveyard! So fitting for the Spectral Hand. Big win for Harley as he puts the dangerous Kabuki down. On to Hampton, Denny Brown might of earned himself a title shot with that win over Royal. Jr. Division is red hot. A Double CO makes total sense when Kamala and Vachon are going at it. Gaylord is really coming on strong. Savannah Jack joins the Brutha's and helps them win round 1 against the Posse. Harts impress with that win over the Russians. Lot's of teams gunning for a title shot. Creative finish in the Sommers/Santo match. WOW! Luger picked a good one with Dan Spivey! Dillion needs a raise LOL. I liked Tully getting the fall here. I can't wait for the big Flair/Savage title match!

As Dream Machine would say "Bleh is back babay!" Gordon brings immediate credibility to Florida's return. Already we get a big announcement with the tag team tournament. I love the description Gordon gives after the matches. Speaking of description, you are the best at describing the wrestler's look and attire. So well done. YES! Glamour Boys and Highwaymen are set for another feud in a new territory. Akbar wastes no time in making his presence known. Kazaharu impresses! Awesome intro video for the Fabulous Blondes. I already love this team. Lightfoot is the type of wrestler who could thrive here. Cocoa and Siva will be super over with the Florida fans. Good spotlight for the tag teams. The tournament is a sure fire way to pop the house right off the bat. So good to have you back!

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 10-1-86 Show opens with highlights from the Market Square Arena. Blackjack Mulligan arrives with a quick victory over Dream Machine. The Fabs take a 1-0 lead over the RnR Express. Ron Garvin knocks out Richard Charland. NEW AWA tag team champs as the Beasts interfere and help Priceless defeat Cabin Fever. And Ricky Steamboat defeats Nick Bockwinkle at the 58 minute mark to retain the AWA world title. We go to the locker rooms for post match comments from both Nick Bockwinkle and Ricky Steamboat. Bock: (pauses) Ricky Steamboat, I commend you on your victory tonight. However, it was just one match. Rest assured I will not give up on my quest to once again hold the AWA world title. Ricky Steamboat, I want you to know I will be back soon and I will be gunning for that title and next time I will win it. Steamboat: (holding ice on his knee) Nick Bockwinkle, tonight you gave me the match of my life and I respect that. I will be more than happy to go at it again. But I want you to know, I don't plan on losing this title any time soon and when we do meet again, the result will be the same. Live Lance Russell: Fans, that Steamboat/Bockwinkle match was one of the greatest matches I've ever witnessed. I'm sure a rematch will be signed in the very near future. Big show lined up. Our big main event will be match 2 in the best of 7 series as The Rock n Roll Express battle the Fabulous Ones. You'll also... Lance is cut off as Dream Machine and Paul Jones run in! Dream: Lance! Lance! Lance! How dare you show footage of that gutless coward Blackjack Mulligan! (Grabs Lance and starts shaking him!) Why would you humiliate me like that! Why?! Paul Jones tries to back Dream off as several officials come out to stop this. Lance falls down as Dream lets go. Jones gets Dream out of there quick. Lance is shaken up as the officials help him up. Commercial Break Iceman Parsons vs. Todd Rooney "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang blasts over the speakers as Parsons heads down the aisle, slapping hands with the fans. Parsons keeps up the energy and wins the match with the booty bump! Resnick: Alright, before we get to the Iceman, I want to inform everybody that the Dream Machine has been escorted out of the building. Lance Russell was a bit shaken up but is fine. I'm sure a hefty fine is coming Dream Machine's way. Ok, Iceman Parsons, welcome to the AWA. Judging by these fans reactions, you certainly bring the energy. Parsons: Ken Resnick! The Iceman is here brother and I'm ready for AWA action! I'm going to climb that ladder and boogie my way to some gold. Have mercy! Commercial Break Resnick: Fans, you've been hearing about the upcoming tournament to crown AWA National tag champs. Well I have a rundown of the 8 teams involved. The tournament matches will start in 2 weeks. All the matches will be right here on TV with the finals taking place at SuperClash. Before we get to the 8 teams. I want to announce that Cabin Fever will not be able to compete due to injuries sustained at the Hammond Center. Also, the Beasts of Burden will not be competing as a punishment for their interference in that world tag title bout. Now, here are the 8 teams. The Bruise Brothers, Timothy Flowers and Art Crews, The Olympians, The Union, Gold Standard, Lightning Strike, Larry Zbyszko and Al Perez and oh wait hold on a second. Boos as Karachi Vice comes out. Makhan: That's right, Karachi Vice is back and better than ever! Gama: Ken Resnick, you are not worthy of announcing us into the tournament. I will do the honors. The former USWA world champs Karachi Vice will be involved in the tournament and we will walk away with the National titles. Makhan: Take that to the bank! Resnick: Ok, well there you have it. the 8 teams involved and yes Karachi Vice is back. Let's see them in action. Karachi Vice vs. Neil Jordan and Joseph Clark Karachi Vice dominate. The finish sees Makhan hit a backbreaker on Clark then tags in Gama, who finishes things off with the Boston Crab. Commercial Break The Bruise Brothers vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Cash hits a diving crossbody/headbutt on Dutro and tags in Snowman. Snowman hoists Dutro up and hits a running powerslam for the win. Cheers as the Bruise Brothers head out to Resnick. Cash: Oh baby! Everybody is talking about the big National tag tournament. Well the Bruise Brothers are back on track and one hundred percent ready to go! Snowman: We want some gold and we're coming to get it! Commercial Break Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka vs. Harold Bannister Snuka gets a huge pop as he wins the match with his Superfly Splash! Snuka gives the fans his "I love you' sign WHAM! Billy Jack Haynes runs in the ring and gives Snuka a high knee to the back. Billy stomps away on Snuka. Ox Baker enters the ring holding a bottle of champagne? Billy holds up Snuka and clamps on the full nelson. Ox walks over and breaks the champagne bottle over Snuka's head! Officials run in to check on Snuka as Billy and Ox head to ringside. Resnick: Ox Baker! Just what was the meaning of that? Where did you get that champagne bottle? Ox: It was a gift from none of your business and I knew just what to do with it. While they're taking that savage out of the ring, I want to say a few things. First, Jerry Jarrett you made a big mistake by excluding my Beasts from the tournament. Now you're responsible for all the destruction they will cause! Resnick: Speaking of that, just why did they injure Cabin Fever and cost them the AWA world titles? Ox: Because everybody knows the Beasts were robbed of the National titles to begin with. Cabin Fever! You paid a dear price and if you have any sense left, you will not come back. As for Savage Snuka, tell them Billy. Billy: Snuka! You started this and with your blood I will finish this! Tonight was just a sample! Commercial Break Special advertisement for the AWA's next big closed circuit event SuperClash Friday, November 26th St. Paul Civic Center El Canek is shown standing in front of a Mexico Arena Subtitles are going across the screen Canek: Giant Haystacks! I never forgot about you. Our issues were between us. You crossed the line when you put Cobra out of action. You want me in the ring? I accept! Following that, Ken Resnick announces the AWA return of Crusher Jerry Blackwell. A music video is shown of Blackwell in action. "The Mountain from Stone Mountain" coming soon! Commercial Break Resnick: Before we get to our next match, I'm standing here with Jose Estrada. Jose, last week Scott Putski gave you a tough match. You defeated him but proceeded to rub that disgusting cigar in his face. Why do that? Estrada takes a puff of his cigar and blows it in Resnick's face. Resnick coughs. Estrada: El Jefe does what he wants. Estrada slowly walks away. Gino Brito leads Richard Charland to the ring for his match. Charland and Estrada bump shoulders. They have an intense stare down before Brito takes Charland to the ring. "The Wrecking Machine" Richard Charland w/Gino Brito Jr. vs. Guy Masterson Charland (bandage on his forehead) destroys his opponent before finishing him off with an inverted piledriver! Resnick: Mr. Brito, I can see the effects that taped fist match with Ron Garvin had on your man... Brito: Hold on! Stop right there! Once again, that cheating Garvin resorted to a sucker punch. You know it and I know it. Resnick: If you say so. What was going on earlier between Charland and Estrada? Charland: Estrada! You better watch your step! Charland bumps Resnick on their way out. Resnick: I hope those two beat each other senseless. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing pink "Beauty Shop" sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody! Right off the bat, I want to congratulate Priceless on their epic victory and winning the AWA world tag team titles. Listen to this! Next week, right here on MY show, there will be a grand celebration! A celebration fitting only for the classiest team in the AWA, yea that's right Priceless. Oh I can't wait! It will be indeed Priceless. Now speaking of tag teams and championships. Tonight on MY show, I will host a conversation between Curt Hennig and Brian Adias, the Awesome Twosome. Let me first bring out Curt Hennig. Hennig comes out and gives Brenda a hug. Britton: Ok, Brian Adias, come on out. Adias comes out looking a bit more serious. Britton: Just relax Brian, you're amongst friends. Curt, let's start with you. Go right ahead. Curt: Thank you Brenda. By the way, it's a pleasure to be out here on your show. (Looks at Brian) Brian, I know I haven't reached out and contacted you since we lost the world titles. I spent most of my time in a dark room trying to figure out what happened. What I realized is it wasn't my fault. I had to forgive myself because it was all your fault. Brian: Whoa, whoa whoa! You're saying it was all my fault? Hennig: Well yea. Hey, it wasn't my shoulders that were pinned to the mat. It was yours. It's pretty simple when you think about it. Brian: If I recall, you just bailed and left me alone in there with Cabin Fever. Where were you buddy? Hennig: Slow down! I'm not here to debate. You just didn't come through. You dropped the ball. In other words, I'm awesome and you're not! Britton: He brings up very valid points Brian. Brian: That's how it is huh? Well I'll tell you what Curt. Why don't you face me in the ring next week and we'll just see who's awesome. Britton: Sounds like a very arrogant challenge. This was suppose to be a civil conversation but you had to go there. Brian: Do you accept or not Curt? I thought you were so awesome? Curt: Ok Brian, if you don't mind getting embarrassed on national TV, then yea I accept. Get ready for some serious humiliation coming your way. Britton: Yea! Brian: I guess we'll have to wait and see who gets humiliated. Britton: Well once again, it all happens here on the Beauty Shop. Until next week's Priceless celebration...toooodles! Commercial Break Blackjack Mulligan vs. William Hillman Mulligan swings Hillman to the ropes and puts him down with a diving back elbow drop for the win! Resnick: Blackjack Mulligan, welcome to the AWA. I think you've made some enemies in Dream Machine and Paul Jones. I'm sure you saw that despicable act towards Lance Russell. Mulligan: (swinging his bull rope around) Oh yea, that masked buffoon is real tough aint he? Pushing around Lance like that. If Dream Machine wants a fight I aint a hard man to find! I can't stand anybody with the name Dream and trust me I'll break him in two next time we fight! Commercial Break Larry Zbyszko and Al Perez vs. Sam Smith and Jason Wiley Perez hits the Helicopter spin on Smith then tags in Larry, who finishes things off with a swinging neckbreaker! Boos as they head out to Resnick. Larry: (Snatches the mic) I'll take it from here Spudhead. You know, I've been looking and scouting for a partner and believe me I found one. Al Perez and myself are going to be the next National Tag Team champions and all of you spudheads are going to have to live with it! Commercial Break Resnick: Fans, I'm standing here with Jerry Jarrett. Jerry, go right ahead. Jarrett: Thank you Ken. Right now I would like to ask if Austin Idol and Jerry Lawler would come out here. If there's any trouble, I promise both men will be severely punished. Each man makes his way to ringside. Idol smiles at Lawler and holds up the National title in front of his face. Lawler steps forward. Jarrett: Relax boys! Now I've been watching what's been going on between you two and the National title. Idol, you claim Lawler doesn't deserve a shot. Idol: That's right darling. I've already beaten him and it's time to move on. I don't have time for losers. Lawler: Idol, you're nothing but a coward! Every time we meet, you either run away and get counted out or you get disqualified. Why don't you fight me like a man. Damn right, I deserve another title shot. Idol pauses as a lightbulb goes off. He smiles and looks at Jarrett and Lawler. Idol: Jerry Jarrett, I believe I have an idea. Since this loser likes to run his mouth and claims he's so tough. Why doesn't he prove it? I'll tell you what loser. To get another title shot, you have to earn it. You'll have to beat 3 opponents of my choosing. If you do that (laughs), then ok, you get a title shot. Jarrett: Idol, you don't call the shots. Lawler: Hold on Jerry. Idol, I'll beat 10 opponents if I have to, just so I can get another chance at beating you to a bloody pulp. Jerry, I'll accept his demands. Idol: Lawler, you really are a fool. Jarrett, get another opponent lined up because this idiot doesn't stand a chance. Lawler: This is going to be worth it. When it's all said and done, I'm going to kick your ass Idol! Commercial Break Match 2 of the Best of 7 series. Fabs lead 1-0 The Rock n Roll Express vs. The Fabulous Ones Another fast paced and roller coaster ride of a match. RnR start off hot and have the Fabs bumping all over the ring. Fabs come back with some double teaming maneuvers but can't keep RnR down. We get another pier six brawl and the Ref takes a bump and goes down. RnR double clothesline Lane over the top rope. They double team Keirn, swing him to the ropes and hit the double dropkick! The Ref is still down. Gibson goes to check on the Ref. WHAM! Lane nails him with a chair shot between the ropes! Morton runs over and baseball slides the chair into Lane's face! Morton checks on Gibson. Keirn sneaks up and lowblows Morton. Keirn cradles Morton as the Ref groggily crawls over and counts 1..2..3! Boos as the Fabs take a 2-0 lead!

Velvet sure has a firm grip on the TV title. Medusa looks great in the ring but takes another Monster beating in the back. I hope Medusa realizes who's willing to help her. Combs takes advantage and shines with a big submission win over Moretti. I know Moretti will be coming after Richter with a vengeance. I'm all for a Moretti/Richter feud!

Bomb Squad get the upset with a pretty sweet finish. Windham is about ready for a title shot. The Guerreros are moving towards another chance at the titles. Mega Man has been stepping it up. Midnight's show why they're holding gold as they retain against the tough British Steel.

Pride could be working his way to a title shot very soon. Super D's and Prichard get back on the winning track. I like the draw between Nightmares and Desperados. Keeps both teams strong. I can see a good storyline here. Chaos in the Pleasuredome! Oh yea, this means we're going to get more! LOL, poor Adonis. Him and Sherri just can't get it together. Cooley defiantly has his act together. Rich's take the rematch, thanks to Davey and a chain. After a solid run, I wonder what's next for Zenk and Taylor? Stud Stable are back at full strength. A Landel/Stud Stable feud is going to be Continental gold. The All-Star face trio get the win! However, what happens next is a big story. Dusty and Khan in bullrope and stretcher matches. My goodness I can't imagine how this is going to go down.

Very realistic High School show. LOL, those Interns are popping up everywhere. Whatley and Jones make for an exciting team especially as heels. Wahoo and Assassin is a solid main event for this show. Albany, I liked the battle royal prize. Bart and Vachon make for one brawling makeshift team. "Dandy" works so well for Don Bass. Barbarian and Kamala get decisive wins. Gaylord picks up the biggest win of his career against Uncle Ivan. This is a real confidence booster. Those cheating Rougeaus cheat their way to yet another victory. I bet Vachon is going to want another fight with them.

The odd couple continue to impress. Fun contrast of styles match between OMG and Scorpio. Bam Bam and the Masked Avenger are heading for one hard hitting explosive match. That's going to sell a lot of tickets. Simmons gets another win on his way back to Hansen. I'm sure that Pillman/Hector match tore the house down. I would have paid top dollar to see that main event. What a match! St. Clair takes Rose to the limit but once again, Rose walks out with the title. Yes, I'm doing a "One more match!" chant.

This is going to rock! I love that the Brisco's are running Florida. Can't wait for the first show!

What better way to kick off the show than with a Rich promo. Could it be the Rich's that finally dethrone Williams and Dibiase??? Stubbs cuts a very heartfelt promo. That match with Magnum really set him straight. Street couldn't of found a better man than Stomper to even the odds. This story is getting better and better. Sherri defiantly wants to keep her men in the main event spotlight. I agree with Adonis, Sherri mighty be getting in over her head. WOW! The surprises continue as Dusty announces JYD as their mystery partner. No doubt about it, JYD will be super over here. Downtown Bruno is back! Love the Desperado team he put together. This just works. LOL! Budro makes fun of Stubbs as he continues his tweener role. Yet another surprise as Ron Fuller returns. Very interesting stipulation ahead. I have a feeling those Fullers have something up their sleeve. Mobile has a stacked card coming. "Return to the PleasureDome" says it all. I think Madril's introduction of Slinker might be my favorite part of his show. Oh man Cooley gives Sherri something to think about. This was classic 80s at its best. Faces end the show on a high note. Dusty, Magnum and JYD is an all-star trio. Humperdink's men are in big trouble.

AWA @ The Market Square Arena, Indianapolis IN 9-25-86 Lightning Strike (Tim Horner and Jerry Allen) defeated The Masked Gladiators with a double suplex followed by stereo elbow drops. Al Perez accompanied by Larry Zbyszko defeated Steve O with the helicopter spin. Afterwards Larry and Al shook hands. The next match was originally scheduled to be The Dream Machine vs. Wahoo McDaniel- It's announced that Wahoo has left the AWA. Dream and Jones are celebrating the forfeit win. However, there will be a substitution. Dream and Jones are throwing a tantrum and yelling at the Ref. Things get worse when BLACKJACK MULLIGAN is announced as the sub. Dream and Jones are still berating the Ref. He shrugs them off and signals for the bell. Dream and Jones turn around and get double clotheslined by Mulligan. Mulligan drops a big elbow on Dream 1..2..3! The fans go nuts! Blackjack Mulligan has arrived! Taped Fist Match "Rugged" Ron Garvin vs. "The Wrecking Machine" Richard Charland w/Gino Brito Jr. This one is a straight up slugfest. Both men just hammer and pound away on each other. Brito takes his shots on Garvin as well. Both men are bleeding but continue to go toe to toe. Brito once again gets on the apron but Garvin ducks a wild swing by Charland, hoists him up and atomic drops him into Brito. Charland staggers around and Garvin nails him with a KO right punch to get the win! Match 1 of the Best of 7 series The Rock n Roll Express vs. The Fabulous Ones These teams go all out for 30 minutes. Nothing but back and forth edge of your seat action. Several double team maneuvers and near falls by both teams. The finish sees all 4 men in the ring. An RnR double back drop sends Keirn bumping out of the ring. RnR swing Lane to the ropes and double hip toss him over. The Ref guides Morton back to his corner. Gibson goes to the top rope but Keirn runs over and pushes him off. Lane hits a knee drop to the back of Gibson's head 1..2..3! Morton is a second to late. The Fabs take a 1-0 lead. Iceman Parsons defeats Rene Goulet with the booty bump! Parsons really electrified the crowd. AWA World Tag Team Title Bout Cabin Fever (C) vs. Priceless Cabin Fever are on their A game tonight as they pretty much steamroll over Priceless in the opening minutes. Priceless comes back with some solid heel tactics and double teaming but it doesn't last long. Manny is really working Wells over when Morrow charges in but Boone is all over him. During the pier six brawl the Ref takes a nasty bump and fly's back and down. Boone picks up Morrow and powerslams him over. Manny swings Wells to the ropes and hits the flying burrito! Priceless are down but so is the Ref. Wait a minute! The Beasts of Burden hit the ring in street clothes! They're all over Cabin Fever. Ox Baker is on the outside and throws a couple chairs into the ring. Morgan stomps away on Boone in the corner then holds a chair in front of his face. Nord charges in with a big boot to the chair! A bloody face Boone just collapses. Nord slams Manny down on a chair. Nord holds Manny's head on the chair as Morgan hits a leg drop on Manny's head! Now Manny is a bloody mess. Ox smiles and escorts his Beasts out of there as fans boo and throw trash at them. Morrow slowly rolls over and covers Manny. Wells gets the Ref and tosses him over. The Ref slowly counts 1..2..3! Unbelievable! BOOOOOOOOO! The Winners of the match and NEW AWA World tag team champions- Priceless! Get the champagne ready! AWA World Title Bout Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (C) vs. Nick Bockwinkle Big time feel to this one. We get an epic stare down during introductions that really sets the tone. This one's nothing short of a classic. The opening minutes is all technical with neither man gaining an advantage. The fans can't believe how evenly matched these two are. Bock turns things up with a knee to Steamboat's gut during a break. Bock works in some body slams and suplexes before Steamboat comes back with the fire. Steamboat hits his trademark hip tosses, dropkicks and arm drags. Steamboat slows things down as he works over Bock with an armbar. Bock eventually gets to the ropes, then rolls out of the ring for a breather. Bock gets back in the ring. They go to lock up but Bock kicks Steamboat and follows with a gut wrench suplex but doesn't put Steamboat away. Bock executes a headlock takeover and wrenches away on Steamboat with a headlock. Steamboat eventually gets to his feet and hits a back suplex to get out of the headlock. Steamboat controls the next segment with slams, suplexes, double axehandles and brain chops (from the top rope) and of course some chops thrown in. The tide turns once again when Steamboat charges in the corner but Bock moves. Bock slides under the ropes, grabs Steamboat's leg and slams his knee into the steel post. The next segment is all Bock as he works over Steamboat's knee. He drops several elbows on the knee then applies a spinning toe hold. Bock turns that into an Indian Deathlock! Bock wrenches away as Steamboat grimaces in pain. Steamboat uses all his strength and grabs the ropes. Bock keeps applying the pressure until the 5 count. Bock releases and kicks Steamboat a few times in the knee. Bock sets Steamboat's leg in the bottom rope and goes for a bomb's away on it but Steamboat moves and rolls out of the ring. Bock goes out after him. They both end up back on the apron. Bock hits Steamboat with forearms as Steamboat comes back with chops. Steamboat then hip tosses Bock over the rope and back into the ring. Bock staggers up as Steamboat slingshots himself into the ring and nails Bock with a shoulder dive. Both men are reeling. It's announced that 55 minutes has gone by and only 5 remain. Both men stagger up. Bock grabs Steamboat and goes for a vertical suplex but Steamboat blocks it and suplexes Bock 1..2..Kick out! Steamboat picks up Bock and swings him towards the corner but Bock reverses it and swings Steamboat hard into the corner. Bock charges in but Steamboat moves. Bock hits hard and falls back and down. Steamboat quickly goes out to the apron and hits the slingshot splash 1..2..3! Huge POP! Steamboat won at the 58 minute mark! Steamboat limps around but still manages to smile and hold his title high as a disappointed Bock sits against the turnbuckles staring at him. Winner of the match and still AWA World Champ- Ricky Steamboat!

Its so good to see MACW back in Greensboro! Russians are so much fun to write for. Uncle Ivan finds himself a great partner in Soldat. OUCH! Spartanburg Vice took a hit tonight as the Russians get over big time. Jaggers gets a nice win over Roosevelt. Nice seeing Whatley consoling his friend. The Foley army and Hart feud is just getting warmed up. Whatley and Roosevelt look'n out for each other but so is Bart, Jaggers, Slater and Dirty Rhodes. Whatley needs more friends and fast. Speaking of people looking out for each other, Pretty Boy and Gorgeous help Embry retain his title. Love all the craziness going on here. Radiance! Oh man I think JJ's shoes need to be banned from the matches. Rockers get robbed. As expected, Tully and Savage tear the house down. Liz gets props for hanging in there with Baby Doll. Savage wins round 1 but I'm sure they've only just begun. And now the big news of the night. Ric Flair regains the Mid Atlantic title!!!! WHOOOOOOO! Hawk was a fun change of pace but it was only a matter of time before the Nature Boy got his belt back. The Horsemen are stronger than ever.

Casey and Sunshine give a fired up promo. Sunshine and Precious are heading for some explosive catfights. The Freebirds know how to play the numbers game and they do just that on Casey. Watts manages to piss off both Brody and Bart LOL. Tojo and his man Kendo are making progress here. Murdoch gets the best of the Masked Yankee and even Strong takes notice. I like that the Yankees have been working with some top names. I'm enjoying this duo. Putting Steel down with the DDT shows how devastating that move is. Bad Bad Leroy Brown has returned with Ladd. Ladd has one bad stable. As always looking forward to Ladd's next promo. On the flip side, Soul Man has a pretty good friend in Murdoch. The Sam Houston fans get to let loose as TERRY GORDY returns! What a moment! We get this plus a Precious/Sunshine catfight. Fans got their money's worth with this match. Masked Superstars are back on track with a solid title defense. To bad Steel had to sub earlier. Reed gets a satisfying win. LOL, Adnan chooses the money over LeDuc. After all the craziness, we get a 45 minute classic between Magnum and Dibiase. I'll let Dibiase slide on the questionable tactics since it was for all the marbles. Looks like Magnum felt the same.

I like the visuals used to set the supercard scene. Super hot tag title match kicks off the show. Even though Richter is more concerned with a world title shot, her and Peggy make a damn good team. Maybe Richter should ride this wave for awhile and enjoy it. Only a wild 8 woman match could follow that opener. Great story here with Medusa teaming with unlikely partners to battle the monsters. The draw keeps things wide open. Medusa owes her partners for protecting her from another beatdown. Ok, this battle royal was so well written. I've never been able to write up a good battle royal so I took notes. You captured all the excitement and chaos while keeping it easy to follow. Fan favorite Combs wins it and probably earns herself another title shot. Well, Winona gave it her all but Moretti capitalizes on the hesitation and gets the decisive win to retain. Moretti is on such a hot streak, I don't think anyone can stop her right now. Awesome show!

I know the MACW fans are ready for the return to Greensboro. Without a doubt, the NWA is going to rock at Halloween Havoc! The Assassins are back. I cant wait for a Hamilton promo. The Horsemen are riding high. Flair vs. Hawk, Tully vs. Savage, Rockers vs. Andersons. Busy night in Greensboro for the Horsemen. Will Flair regain the title? I'm buying a ticket for sure. Nothing gets a monster over like a handicap squash. Foley intends on taking over Mid Atlantic. He just might do it with that faction. Nice win for "Downtown" Savage cuts another intense promo. Tully vs. Savage could be the feud of the year. Wahoo is making his presence known. Chopping opponents down, one by one. My goodness look at that Greensboro card! Action packed and chaotic main event. Luger gets the win but suffers a beatdown. I love that image of Sullivan standing there as the show ends.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 9-24-86 Show opens with footage from the Rupp Arena as Carlos Colon piledrives Tiger Jeet Singh through the timekeeper's table! Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of AWA major league wrestling. Tonight you will see The Fabulous Ones, Ron Garvin, Priceless and Nick Bockwinkle. Scott Putski will take on Jose Estrada. National Champ Austin Idol will be on the show. I also want to address this, fans last week we saw Haystack's put the Cobra out on a stretcher. I understand Cobra will be out of action for quite sometime. I've been told that Giant Haystacks will comment on his despicable act. Big main event as the Olympians return to action and will square off against Vin Man's team of Art Crews and Timothy Flowers. We'll also be talking about the AWA's big card this weekend at the Market Square Arena. Well fans, let's get to the ring for our first bout. "Rugged" Ron Garvin vs. Neil Jordan Garvin back drops Jordan then raises his fist. Jordan staggers up and Garvin nails him with his knockout right hand punch for the win! Resnick: Congratulations on another great win. Ron, this Saturday at the Market Square Arena, it will be you and Richard Charland in a taped fist match. Ron: You know I've been listening to Brito and Charland and how they say I sucker punched Charland the last time we met. Well you boys wanted a taped fist match, you got one. I wonder what their excuse will be when I knock Charland out again! Boos as Brito comes out. Brito: Garvin! You're soft and you know It was a sucker punch and now it's our turn to get even. Garvin hears a commotion and looks behind him. Charland (with taped fists) nails Garvin with a right punch! Garvin goes down. Brito: You see that Resnick. Garvin doesn't stand a chance against the Wrecking Machine! Charland bumps Resnick on his way out. Commercial Break Priceless vs. Vic Dutro and Gary Williams Priceless are as arrogant as ever as they stroll to the ring wearing fedora hats, sunglasses and suits. They each have a champagne bottle and set them on the table. Solid squash as Wells hits a flying shoulder block on Dutro then tags in Morrow. Morrow executes a jaw breaker for the win. Resnick: Opportunity of a lifetime for these two gentlemen. This Saturday at the Market Square Arena, you two will wrestle Cabin Fever for the AWA world tag team titles. Priceless enter the scene and hold up their champagne bottles. Morrow: De titles are as good as ours. Now Resnick, please join us in a celebration toast. Wells: Come on Resnick. Celebrate with us. Resnick: You both know I can't do that. And for the record, you have not won the titles yet. Wells: You really know how to spoil a party don't you. Morrow: Dat was your last chance Resnick. When we do win de titles I know just de person who will indulge us. We are done with you. Wells: Resnick, you really are a square. Commercial Break Highlights are shown of the Colon/Singh match from the Rupp Arena. Resnick: Fans at the Rupp Arena witnessed a bloodbath between Colon and Singh. After a year and a half Carlos Colon has finally won the war. He's on a well deserved vacation back home in Puerto Rico. Colon has gone through hell and I'm glad it's over. We'll see you soon Carlos. Switching gears, I want to remind everybody that on November 26th at the St. Paul Civic Center, the AWA will present its next closed circuit extravaganza, SuperClash! I know Jerry Jarrett and Verne Gagne have been working very hard on putting this huge event together. We'll be talking a lot more about SuperClash in the weeks to come. Here's something I can announce. There will be an 8 team tournament to crown new AWA National tag team champs. The tournament matches will be shown on TV throughout October and November with the finals taking place at SuperClash. Big news indeed. More action when we come back. Commercial Break Scott "Powerhouse" Putski vs. "El Jefe" Jose Estrada On the way to the ring, Estrada takes a big puff on his cigar and blows it in Resnick's face. The bell rings and Estrada starts badmouthing Putski. Estrada goes to kick Putski low but Putski grabs his leg, spins him around and atomic drops him into the turnbuckles. Estrada hits hard as Putski grabs him and sends him flying with an overhead back suplex. Estrada staggers up as Putski swings off the ropes and hits a cross body block 1..2..Kick Out. Putski swings Estrada to the ropes and puts him down with a dropkick. Putski swings off the ropes and crashes down with a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Estrada quickly slides out of the ring to regroup. Estrada stumbles around before finally getting on the apron. Putski grabs him but Estrada rakes his eyes then snaps his head on the top rope. Estrada grabs Putski's legs and pulls him to the outside. Estrada slams Putski's head on the apron and follows with a body slam on the concrete. Estrada hurls Putski back in the ring. Estrada picks up Putski and delivers a rib breaker. Estrada once again picks up Putski and delivers another rib breaker 1..2..3! Estrada picks up Putski and delivers yet another rib breaker. Estrada pushes the Ref out if the way, picks up Putski and hurls him out of the ring. Estrada goes to the table, grabs his cigar and grinds it in Putski's face as the fans boo. On the way out Estrada gives Resnick a dirty look. Commercial Break Resnick: That was a disgusting act by Jose Estrada. I'm not sure what his problem is. Fans, we're set for a tag team match but I understand Keven Kelly has an introduction to make. Go ahead Kevin. Kelly: Ken Resnick, as you know my partner Dan Spivey has left the AWA. Fear not because I made a call to an old friend and with the National tag title tournament coming up, the timing couldn't be better. Introducing my Gold Standard partner Nick Kiniski! Gold Standard vs. Todd Rooney and Ray Glader Kelly and Kiniski enter the ring wearing gold tank tops, gold trunks with gold kneepads and boots. They take off their tank tops and throw them out to the crowd. Kelly and Kiniski haven't missed a beat as they look in synch tonight. Kelly hits a backbreaker on Glader and holds him as Kiniski comes off the middle ropes with an elbow drop to the chest for the impressive win. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing pink 'Beauty Shop' sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome to the number one rated segment in wrestling, the Beauty Shop. Now, I've got some bad news and I've got some great news. First the bad, unfortunately there will be no guests tonight. However, the great news is I have a big announcement. As I've said a million times but since I know you dumb fans don't have very much of an attention span (BOOOOOOOOS) Hey there's no need for that. As I was saying, everything happens on the Beauty Shop. Next week on this very show, Curt Hennig has invited Brian Adias to come out here for a man to man conversation. That's right, the former AWA world tag team champs, the Awesome Twosome will be right here on my show. I can't wait! So until then toooodles! Commercial Break The Fabulous Ones vs. Clinton Stitch and Javier Gutierrez Fabs are aggressive tonight. Lane nails Gutierrez with a karate kick as Keirn grabs him and executes a back suplex for the win. Resnick: Last week Jerry Jarrett announced that the two of you will face the Rock n Roll Express in a best of 7 series. Match one takes place this Saturday at the Market Square Arena. Keirn: Jarrett's happy, those Fab wannabes are happy but guess what? So are we! Lane: That's right! We get to beat up those imposters 4 straight times! Resnick gives a puzzled look. Keirn: What? Do you really think those punks can get a win on us? Lane: No way! We have the endurance, stamina, strength and teamwork. We finally get to prove to the world what we have known all along. Keirn: That we're the better team! Case closed! Commercial Break Footage from the Rupp Arena is shown as Idol gets DQed for hitting Lawler with his title belt. Resnick: Joining me now is the AWA National Champion, Austin Idol. "Do you want to touch me" by Joan Jett blasts over the speakers. Idol steps in front of the camera with his belt on his shoulder and gives the viewers a bicep pose. Idol: Oh darling, the Universal Heartthrob is on cloud nine tonight. Do you know why? Resnick: I'm afraid I don't. Idol: Of course you don't! Just look at me baby. Can you name anybody in the AWA that suits this title better than me? Of course you can't! I've defended this title against the best and I've beaten the best. I mean nobody has come close. Resnick: I would say Jerry Lawler came close if not for you... Idol: Whoa! Wait a minute! Who walked out as champion? That's right, I did! As for Jerry Lawler, his ship has sailed. He tried but failed! Face facts Lawler, you're just a loser and you never will measure up to a man like me. I'm the champ and I say Lawler never gets another shot at MY title. You got that darling? Man, it's great to be me! The fans boo as Idol gives another bicep pose and wink. Commercial Break The Olympians vs. "Diamond" Timothy Flowers and "The Ace" Art Crews w/The Vin Man Fun match as the Olympians use their combination of Rheingan's technical wrestling and Bill's sheer power to frustrate Crews and Flowers. The tide turns as Vin Man trips Rheingans and he stumbles into a clothesline by Flowers. Flowers and Crews get it together and take control for a few minutes with constant double teaming. Bill finally has enough, charges in and puts Crews and Flowers down with a double clothesline! Rheingans eventually makes the hot tag and Bill cleans house, slamming Crews and Flowers all over the ring. Rheingans comes in and all 4 men are fighting. Massive boos as The Union comes to ringside. Ross is waving his flag as Huber holds up his sledgehammer. Before they know it, the Olympians run outside and put the fists to the Union! The Ref counts as the Olympians pummel the Union. The Ref hits 10. Vinnie runs in the ring and celebrates with his team like they won the SuperBowl. Olympians have no idea what happened as they continue to pound away on the Union until a bunch of prelim wrestlers come out to try and stop this. While that is going on, Vinnie runs up to Resnick and says "Book my team in the National tag tournament! Vin Man...Yea!" Commercial Break Giant Haystacks is standing by a cliff with ocean waves in the background. Haystacks: Last week was a message! A message for you El Canek! You and I have unfinished business and I wanted to make sure you didn't forget about me. Your friend was simply a sacrifice. Get ready Canek! You're next! Nick Bockwinkle vs. Troy Tyler Bock puts on a wrestling exhibition before winning the match with a piledriver! Resnick: This Saturday, Market Square Arena, Ricky Steamboat defends the AWA world title against this man, Nick Bockwinkle. Bock: From day one, my goal has been to reclaim what's rightfully mine, that is the AWA world title. I had to spill blood with Wahoo McDaniel to get here and I accomplished that. Mr. Steamboat, you're the only man who stands in my way. I assure you, I will stop at nothing to win the world title. I can also assure you that I have the intestinal fortitude to do just that. I don't think I can say the same about you. I will go as far to say, I guarantee victory. Resnick: It all goes down this weekend at the Market Square Arena. Fans, you wont want to miss it. Until next week, so long. Market Square Arena Saturday Night AWA World Title Bout Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (C) vs. Nick Bockwinkle AWA World Tag Team Title Bout Cabin Fever (C) vs. Priceless Match 1 of the best of 7 series The Rock n Roll Express vs. The Fabulous Ones Taped Fist Match "Rugged" Ron Garvin vs. "The Wrecking Machine" Richard Charland w/Gino Brito Jr. Plus more exciting bouts including the AWA debut of Iceman Parsons

OMG sends a message to Pacific! Simmons gets an impressive win over Deaton as he works his way back to Hansen. Brian Adams gets the fall but irritates Chris and Gary. I wonder what's going on here? What a way for Black Tiger to debut. Teams with St. Clair to get a big win over Finlay and champ Rose. Doesn't get better than that. Rose might be on borrowed time with a game St. Clair closing in. WHOA! Masked Avenger beats down Bam Bam and costs him the TV title! Bigelow will be out for some serious payback. Props to Bigelow on an outstanding TV title reign. I'm now looking forward to a Big Bubba run.

I liked that you used SD's real name, Roosevelt. I did the same a couple years ago. I just love that name. Can Am Express show they're a tough team by going toe to toe with the POP. Luger gives the fans a huge surprise as WAHOO returns to mid Atlantic! It's awesome seeing Wahoo get right into the mix. Kamala will do big things here especially under Foley's guidance. HMMMM, Bad Bad Leroy Brown helping out Whatley. Very interesting. Nice counter by Herc. I bet Foley relished that win over the Harts. Ivan and Stevens show the kids how it's done. Vachon gets a most satisfying submission win on Armand. I have to say, the tag team division is stacked! Blockbuster main event as the Horsemen get the tainted win. However, JJ suffers dearly.

Tyree Pride has become quite a gem in this game. Adrian Street is back! Luscious gets the win thanks to Man. This feud has so much potential it's scary LOL. HAHAHAHA! Embry goes from crybaby to cheater. Poor guy can't catch a break. The most hated team in the game is once again wearing gold. I'm sure the fans are going to give the Rich's a lot of love. Once again, I have to say, it's amazing how the Rich's are still getting this much heat. Dusty gets triple teamed but Magnum shuts that down quick with a baseball bat! Bad night for Sherri. First Budro gets one over on Adonis as Sherri takes a bump. Then without Sherri, the Super Destroyers come up short against NWA champs Dibiase and Williams. Looking forward to what Sherri does next. Hot main event for the NWA title. Stubbs gives Magnum a real run but the belly to belly prevails. The handshake was a pleasant surprise. Night of Champions delivers!

You guys in the NWA are doing an incredible job with the Jr. division. Santo earns the shot but pays dearly as Embry shows him who's he's dealing with. Luger battling it out with the crazies is a lot of fun. Rockers pull it off and earn themselves a shot at the Andersons. LOL, Nice touch with a pissed off Ole. Big time main event as the Horsemen eke out a tainted win over the Road Warriors. Show ends on a high note with the Macho Man! Savage vs. Tully...OOOHHH YEA!

LOL! What a way to open the show. Poor Stubbs finally gets his world title shot only to be bothered by the disappearance of RPG. Budro claims he's innocent. I'm sure there will be more to come. Embry says he's the best in the world but Prichard might make him cry this Monday. It seems Gordy is falling out of favor with Woman and Luscious. Hmmmmm, I wonder who this man coming to the PleasureDome is? I'm loving what's going on in the Jr. division. Nightmares are coming back. They always had good runs in Continental. The American Dream cuts one of his classic promos and follows with an energetic win. However, everything get spoiled as Khan really does a number on him. Halloween Havoc! Bring it on! The Fiesta Garden returns! Oh how the game has missed Alberto. I hope Brenda Britton didn't see this LOL. I have to give a shout out to straight man Slinker. His presence adds quite a bit to the scene. Alberto, Slinker, Sherri, Super Ds, Adonis and Budro, all in the same place! What a coming home party for the Fiesta Garden. Alberto's right, that sold tickets. Did I catch a little attitude from Taylor? Another wild and chaotic scene to end the show. Oh man, the Rich's really bloodied up Bullet and Steve! Then Luscious does a number on Scott. After that, Scott might not make it back in 30 days. That was one heat filled ending. Awesome week Gene! Can't wait for Night of Champions!

AWA releases Tiger Jeet Singh, George Takano, Earthquake Ferris and Joe Savoldi AWA picks up Tatsumi Fujinami, Don Kernodle, Nick Kiniski and Gama Singh

Kendo makes quite the debut with his visual display. Tojo will be a lot of fun here. I'm sure he'll be another headache for Watts. The Mighty Yankees has been an entertaining mid card act. Nice job on giving everybody something to do. Rufus gives Jake some problems but in the end falls to the DDT. When you interfere in somebody's match, expect some payback. Brody and Bart go toe to toe. Gotta love that cage match. Ladd and Allen are in total control until Dick Murdoch spoils their party. I know the Mid South fans were going nuts when Murdoch came out. Oh yea, and the Soul Man wins the Mid South title! Rocky has had a great year in this game. HMMMMMMM, I've got my eye on Fergie. Garvin is back as a Freebird! All is well until Casey and Sunshine arrive! Another great moment for the fans tonight. This defiantly sets up Casey as a top guy. Looking forward to the inevitable Sunshine/Precious confrontation.

AWA @ The Rupp Arena, Lexington KY 9-18-86 "Iron" Scott McGhee defeated Rene Goulet with a bridging back suplex "The Vin Man" Vinnie Valentino defeated Tony Garea with a sunset flip from the top rope "El Jefe" Jose Estrada defeated Scott "Powerhouse" Putski with the rib breaker The Beasts of Burden w/Ox Baker defeated The Bruise Brothers when Ox tripped Cash and he stumbled into a big boot by Nord. It should be noted that Cash has been bothered by an aggravated knee thanks to Priceless. Larry Zbyszko defeated Steve O with a swinging neckbreaker "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and Billy Jack Haynes w/Ox Baker battled to a wild double co. Fists were still flying after the bell. AWA National Title Bout "The Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol (C) vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler The fans were into this one as Idol and Lawler gave them plenty of non stop action. At the 15 minute mark, Idol swings Lawler into the corner but Lawler reverses it but the Ref gets sandwiched in and gets knocked over by Idol. Lawler picks up Idol and slams him down, then goes to the top rope and crashes down with his fist drop! Lawler covers but the Ref is still out. Lawler gets up and tries to revive the Ref as Idol slowly rolls out of the ring. Idol stumbles over and grabs his National title. Idol gets on the apron. The Ref is slowly shaking the cobwebs. Lawler sees Idol and goes over but Idol clocks him with the title! Lawler goes back and down. Idol gets in the ring and covers but the Ref signals for the bell. He saw everything! The Ref tells Idol he's DQed. Idol throws a fit then starts stomping on Lawler. Idol hits Lawler's leg several times with his title, then clamps on the Las Vegas Leglock! Idol wrenches away until he's satisfied, then exits as the fans throw garbage at him. BOOOOOOO! Winner of the match by DQ- Jerry Lawler. However, Austin Idol remains National Champ Falls Count Anywhere Loser Leaves AWA Match! Carlos Colon vs. Tiger Jeet Singh "Time has come today" by The Chambers Brothers plays over the speakers to set the tone. Thundering boos as Singh storms down the aisle swinging his sword and knocking over anybody in his way. Singh goes around the ring, swinging his sword at the ringside fans. The boos turn to massive cheers as Colon comes out with a baseball bat! Singh sees Colon and runs up the aisle as Colon runs down. Singh swings his sword as Colon swings his bat. They hit and both the sword and bat going flying. Singh and Colon proceed to pound away on each other with fists. They bloody each other within minutes as they brawl up and down the aisle, all around the ring, into the crowd and back into the ring. After 10 minutes of this, Singh goes to swing Colon into the steel post but Colon reverses it and swings Singh into the post. Colon charges in but Singh just collapses and Colon hits the steel post. Both men are down, bleeding and hurting. Singh staggers up, picks up Colon and swings him into the guard rail. Singh charges and clotheslines Colon over the rail! Singh reaches over, grabs Colon and suplexes back onto the concrete! Singh angrily stomps away on Colon. Singh chokes Colon with his boot, then dives down and chokes away on Colon while sporting an evil smile. Singh gets up, smiles and gets his sword. Singh walks over, puts his boot on Colon's chest and holds his sword up as the fans boo. Singh positions himself and applies the camel clutch with his sword under Colon's chin and wrenches away! The fans start chanting "Carlos! Carlos! Carlos!" Singh uses all his strength while pulling his sword back. Colon is almost out but clenches his fists. In an unbelievable moment, Colon reaches deep down and starts rising. Singh wrenches away as Colon stands up while Singh is on his back. Colon runs backwards and rams Singh hard into the steel post! Singh releases as Colon falls forward. Once again both men are down. The fans fire Colon up. Colon crawls forward and grabs his baseball bat. Singh staggers up, gets his sword and goes after Colon. Colon swings his bat and nails Singh at the mid section. Colon stands up and hits Singh's back with his bat. Colon drops the bat. Colon takes a moment to regroup. Colon picks up Singh and slams his head several times on the apron. Colon body slams Singh on the concrete, puts his knee on Singh's chest, pulls him up by his hair and punches away on his bloody face. Colon picks up Singh and hits a hangman's neckbreaker. Colon once again picks up his baseball bat. Colon has a deranged look as he hits Singh several times with the bat. Colon tosses the bat and covers Singh 1..2..NO! Colon lifts Singh's head. The Ref and the fans are shocked. Colon picks up Singh and tosses him on the announcer's table. Colon hops up on the table. Colon hoists Singh up and piledrives him through the table!!!!! OMG!!!! Colon lays on top of Singh 1..2..3!!!! The crowd is in a stunned silence. Colon's bloody face has a look of both agony and triumph. He gets to his knees and manages a smile. He knows it's all over. Winner of the match- Carlos Colon! Tiger Jeet Singh is stretchered out of the AWA.

I can totally hear Bob Caudle's voice as I read. Bob is a class act. Spartanburg Vice make their long awaited in ring debut. I'm expecting big things from these guys. I also have to mention the Cruel Connection LOL, brings back old WTBS TV memories. Luger is wasting no time in taking care of this Lucifer business. However, he better watch out for POP and Kabuki. LOL, that explanation by Uncle Ivan was classic. Nikita gives a heated promo as well. I believe him when he says he's keeping the US belt hostage. Huge opportunity for the Midnight Rockers but huge task in beating both Andersons in singles matches. "Crybaby" Embry doesn't seem to worried about the winner of the gauntlet match. I would love to see an Embry/Denny Brown match. Speaking of the Jr. division, Benoit is coming on strong under the tutelage of Foley. Love that you're using the "Hart's Afire" name. All is right in MACW as the Horsemen are united. Their promos during this time were so damn good. WOW! Nikita looks like a beast as he literally takes out MACW legend Mr. Wrestling 2. Talk about serious heat. Great show! Can't wait for Raleigh.