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AWA MID-AMERICA ALL-STAR WRESTLING June 17, 1984 A montage of all the top AWA Wrestlers of both past and present is shown as the intro music is played. From coast to coast, continent to continent and border to border, we welcome you to AWA Mid-American All-Star Wrestling. I am Rod Trongard and we are coming to you today from the Minneapolis Armory. Fans, I just want to take a moment to show you how last week’s show ended. A video of last week’s week match between Eddie Gilbert and Curt Hennig is shown where Rick Rude comes out and gives Baby Doll a good stare down which upset Gilbert. Gilbert went after Rude but was surprised by Nikita Koloff who came out from behind the curtain and hit Gilbert with a Russian Sickle. When the video is over, we see Baby Doll with Eddie Gilbert at the interview desk. Gene Okerlund: Well Eddie… it seems like Nikita Koloff is doing his best to make sure you do not make it to the Canada Day Spectacular and the finals of the Young Lions Tournament. Eddie Gilbert: Every week we hear Nicolai Volkoff talking about how unbeatable Nikita is. Well if he was so tough, he wouldn’t be hiding behind curtains trying to take me out. On July 1, I plan on taking out that big Russian and showing everybody that Hot Stuff Inc. is truly best the in the business. Gene Okerlund: Speaking of Hot Stuff … Baby Doll you seem to be getting some real attention from Rick Rude. Baby Doll: Not only getting some but I have been giving him some attention right back. Eddie Gilbert: WHAT! Baby Doll: Listen Eddie… we have a business relationship and nothing else. I was brought in her to run Hot Stuff Inc. and make sure that it is a business worthy of my time. All of a sudden, Rick Rude struts out and Gilbert is white hot and starts to go at Rude. Baby Doll: HOLD ON, EDDIE… you do not want there to be any problems between the NEWEST MEMBER OF HOT STUFF INC! Baby Doll and Rick Rude give each other a big hug and kiss… one that seems more that a boss-worker relationship. Eddie Gilbert: What are you talking about? Baby Doll: If you have not noticed lately… Rick Rude has been wasting away in Bobby Heenan’s “Family” so I was able to make a deal with Bobby to bring Rick into Hot Stuff Inc and one thing is for sure… He is HOT enough. Eddie Gilbert is fuming and storms off while Rick Rude simply smirks. Baby Doll says that Eddie better get over this real quick as she has challenges Nikita Koloff and Nicolai Volkoff to a tag match TONIGHT! COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MATCH: The Sheiks (Patera-Blackwell) with Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie crush Tony Torres & Luke Aduda Sheik Adnan: Hala Gene Okerlund. Assalum Alaikum. Insha Allah Masha Allah. Ahlan Marhaba Wa Sahla…. Verne Gagne… You think you have found a way to stack the deck against my men and rid All-Star Wrestling of the greatest tag team in wrestling today. On July 1 in the Saddledome… it will be the Sheiks vs the Road Warriors vs Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez. The winners get the tag titles and the losers leave All-Star Wrestling…. Gene look at these two men…Ken Patera with muscles popping over every inch of his body and the Mountain to his right…. Sheik Jerry Blackwell. It is obvious to all except that stupid Verne Gagne that the tag title will be mine! COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines Before we head back to the ring, Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez came out to Gene Okerlund and had a real different idea as to how the AWA World Tag title match was going to go compared to what Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie said a minute ago as they were just as confident that they would come out on top. MATCH: Randy Savage vs Ciclon Negro Ciclon Negro tried every dirty tactic but could not slow down Savage as Trongard hyped up his upcoming North American Title match against Bret Hart in the Saddledome. Just as Savage climbed to the top rope for the Elbow drop… Bret Hart, along with Bobby Heenan, and his newest acquisition, Bad News Allen, rushed out to attack Savage. While Savage did his best to defend himself, he fell victim to the numbers game. Rod Trongard: Oh he we go…. It is the AWA World Champion, Hulk Hogan coming to the rescue. As soon as Hogan hit the ring, the heels headed for the hills to live to fight another day. Savage and Hogan were fuming at the interview desk where Verne Gagne came out and said that he could do nothing to add another title match before the Saddledome for Hogan to get at Bad News Allen and for Savage to get at Hart but he could get them together for a tag match this week in the St. Paul Civic Center. Savage and Hogan quickly accepted this and then went on to explain what they were going to go to Heenan’s Family. MATCH: Buck Robley defeated Mario Palumbo with a taped fist to the head Robley spends a minute at the interview desk where he let’s everyone know that he and his clan of “No Class” Bobby Bass and Crazy Luke Graham do not care when, where or how…. But they want to get their hands on Ray Stevens, Da Crusher and Dick the Bruiser. Gene Okerland does a good job of warning them to be careful about what you ask for. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MATCH: Rick Martel defeats Marty Jannety in a true wrestling match between two babyfaces At the interview desk, Martel lets everyone know that he can win any type of match. He loves to wrestle and he loves to brawl and nobody knows that better then his old tag partner Curt Hennig. He reminds everyone that they did just that as a team but since Hennig joined Bobby Heenan’s Family he has taken every match into the gutter and come July 1… Canada Day Spectacular… Martel is going to throw Henning right where he belongs… the Gutter. The crowd boos as Bobby Heenan comes out and he seems very calculated and says that it always seems to be Martel who throws the first punch…. As he asks the crowd to remember just a few weeks back we Martel actually punched Heenan. Martel just laughs Bobby Heenan: Don’t laugh at me you, pompous punk. You know it is true and if you want to prove it… next week right here on TV how about you wrestle me in an Olympic Style Greco Romain Style match. I guarantee you that you can’t beat me if you don’t cheat. In fact, if you beat me without throwing a punch, I will give you $10,000. In fact, I am so sure that I am going to win that if I break any of the rules, I will also give you $10,000. Martel smiles as he accepts this challenge. He is sure that he is going to be $10,000 richer in just a week but Gene Okerlund isn’t so sure as he knows Bobby Heenan can’t be trusted. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MAIN EVENT: Eddie Gilbert & Rick Rude with Baby Doll vs Nicolai Volkoff & Nikita Koloff The match starts with a bit of a surprise as Gilbert actually holds his own against the Russian Nightmare. Trongard is hyped up by this as he thinks Gilbert may have a chance in the Young Lion’s Championship in the Saddledome. As the match progresses, we have a few momentum changes which seems to frustrate the Russians. It seems like Gilbert and Rude are doing a decent job of coexisting even though there seems to be some tension. Nikita, who is in the ring versus Gilbert, takes a cheap shot and knocks Rude off the apron down onto the floor. Baby Doll rushes over and seems to be massaging Rude from the blow. This not only seems to anger Gilbert but it definitely distracts him…. WHAM… Russian Sickle! And the Russians win the bout. Rod Trongard: I guess that it is going to take some time for Hot Stuff Inc. to gel. So long from the Minneapolis Armory

Awesome show here. My favorite was that it took Kamala, Khan and the Samoans to take him out. Hope for a fast recovery. Blassie seems to have a strong hold on controlling Worldwide but there is a good stable of Baby Faces in hot pursuit with Magnum being the lead dog. Snuka-Backlund in a cage would be something the fans never forget.

Love all the action here as each match has special meaning. Tar and Feather matches, Oriental Death matches, title matches.... great ways to keep the fans on the edge of their seats. I think my favorite moment here was AL Madril and the Heart attack angle. I could imagine the crowd fuming and then a few of them wondering if it was real!

Fun show as TNT stays hot after the big show from Louisville. I love Mr. Wrestling II as a Heel! Jumbo for a title bout is going to be fun Atlas-Ayala is going to be a fun brawl. It could put one over and end ones time as a big draw in TNT The battle of the Kings seems to be on the horizon Looking forward to Tito-Funk

Nice showing for DJ but Hercules is a tough task. I love your use of Percy. Enjoying the Central States title tournament. Schultz vs JYD... could go either way Murdoch vs Blackjack or anyone related to him is something I could watch each and every week.

Now that is some card for the people of Okolona!

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING JUNE 16, 1984 Music intro with a montage of all the stars of Stampede Wrestling past and present is shown. Ed Whalen: I am Ed Whalen and welcome to another edition of Stampede All-Star Wrestling coming to you from the Corral in Calgary. Before we get to all the action here tonight, we must first take you to the last few minutes of a video given to us courtesy of Southeastern Championship Wrestling from June Jam in Fort Payne, Alabama AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship Brad Armstrong pinned Dynamite Kid with a backslide in an absolute clinic that went 28 minutes of the 30 minute time limit to win the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship Ed Whalen: That’s right folks, Dynamite Kid lost the AWA World Light Heavyweight title this week and we are going to bring him out right now. Dynamite Kid: Well Ed, one thing I am not going to do is make excuses. Brad Armstrong is one tough competitor and he was the better man that night in Alabama. I feel bad that I have let the fans of Stampede Wrestling down! Ed Whalen: Well Dynamite, I would not worry about that. Everyone here knows you gave it 100% and sometimes you just come out on the wrong end of the stick. The good news for you and everybody here at the Corral is that you will be getting your rematch right here on TV tonight! Kid is hyped and promises to give it his all as Ed Whalen also reminds us that tonight is the start of the tournament to crown the first ever Stampede Heavyweight championship. We will see 4 great first round matches including Buddy Landell vs Sweet Brown Sugar, Ox Baker vs Big Jim, Rick Rude vs Ricky Gibson and Jim “the Anvil” Neidhart vs Bob Sweetan. We will also be seeing the High Flyers tonight and I hope that their will be no more nonsense from them. Well, this is going to be a big show and we will get started right after this break. (Commercials) Promos for shows in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Brandon, Lloydminster, Swift Current) MATCH: Buddy Landell defeats Sweet Brown Sugar In the first match of Stampede Tournament, we see Buddy Landell is really good at bringing some heat down on himself. From his strut to his robe to his in ring antics of hiding behind the referee, Landell is a true heel! Sugar gets feed up with all of this real quick and it is actually the babyface who brings this match to the gutter. Unfortunately, Landell was able to reach into his trunks for an object that he clocks Sugar with. No matter how much the fans tried to tell the ref what had happened, he never found the illegal object. With Sugar basically out of it, Landell unnecessarily locks in the Figure 4 and the ref awards him with the win as he counts Sugar out . At the interview desk: Buddy Landell: Ed Whalen…. All you stinkin fans… I told you that if I don’t win a title in 30 days or less, I am outta here and tonight just shows you that me winning this tournament is a for gone conclusion so I gues you are stuck with me. Ed Whalen: Well if one of these refs catches you cheating, I guess you will be outta here and I can tell you that myself and all of these fans are routing for the refs. Buddy Landell: Are you insinuating that the real Nature Boy would need to cheat to beat someone like Sweet Brown Sugar. Ed Whalen: I am not insinuating anything. I am flat out saying it. We must move on but I am hoping you lose this week in Edmonton so you will leave us alone. MATCH: Big Jim vs Ox Baker This tournament match puts two big boys going for the win. The difference… Big Jim is a fun loving hillbilly while Ox Baker is one mean SOB who wouldn’t mind killing another man in the ring with his Heart Puch…. Yes I said ANOTHER! While Baker is tough, Jim just seemed to enjoy the physicality of this match and wrestled most of it from the top. Baker did tale the momentum after and eye gouge but Jim ducked under his Heart Punch and caught Ox with a Big Boot and Jim got the win and moved on in the tournament. (Commercials) Promos for shows in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Brandon, Lloydminster, Swift Current) MATCH: High Flyers (Gagne & Brunzell) defeat the Lumberjacks with a Double Dropkick on Lumberjack #1 following a low blow by Gagne. Brunzell and Gagne continue to get the ire of the fans prior to the match, during the match and after it. They are quickly becoming the arrogant nudge that everyone loves to hate. After the match, Gagne can’t help but spew his opinion of how much better his father is than Stu Hart and what an embarrassment it must be to run Stampede Wrestling even though none of your sons wrestler here. Brunzell adds his Anti-Calgary commentary as the boos rain down. Ed Whalen has finally had enough and sends them on their way. Match: Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan defeats Ricky Gibson with the Piledriver This was a pretty easy match for Rude but the interesting thing here was that Heenan was joined by his new prize… Bad News Allen. The post-match interview seemed to focus more on what Allen is going to do to Hogan at the Canada Day Spectacular then Rude’s win over Gibson. Rude seemed to be upset by this as he wanted to flex and talk about how nobody can stop starring at the Ravishing One… not even Baby Doll! (Commercials) Promos for shows in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Brandon, Lloydminster, Swift Current) Match: Jim “the Anvil” Neidhart vs Bob Sweetan In the 4th Stampede Tournament match of the night, the fans were treated to a real slobberknocker. These two did their best to beat on each other for about 8 minutes until the Anvil finally connected with a powerslam. At the interview desk, the Anvil seems to be ready to fight everyone…. From the Russians to the High Flyers . He is really upset at how Gagne put down his father-in-law, Stu Hart earlier tonight and he reminds everyone that there is still on person left here in Stampede to protect the Hart name! MAIN EVENT: AWA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE Brad Armstrong vs Dynamite Kid Dynamite Kid came out to a huge ovation as he waved to the crowd thanking them for their recent support during his title reign. When Armstrong heads to the ring, a chorus of boos reigns down upon him. Dynamite asks for the house microphone. Dynamite Kid: Please, please… understand that Brad is a great guy and a great wrestler. He beat me fair and square for the title and tonight we are both going to give our all and may the better man walk out as champ. Kid and Armstrong shake hands and the crowd goes wild. As for the match… it is a display of pure wrestling and skill and Ed Whalen keeps putting over the fact that these are two of the best in the world. Unfortunately, after about 8 minutes, Gagne and Brunzell hit the ring and attack Kid. The ref calls for the bell but in a display of great sportsmanship, Brad Armstrong comes to the rescue of Dynamite and after a minute or two of a wild brawl, Armstrong and Kid are in control of the ring while the High Flyers are out on the floor and heading to the locker room with their tails between their legs. Ed Whalen: What a great night of wrestling it has been and a great thanks to Brad Armstrong for coming to the rescue of Dynamite Kid after another rotten attack by the High Flyers. Something has to be done about this and hopefully Stu Hart will set lay down the law against these invaders from South of the Border. Remember if you are anywhere near Edmonton and the Sales Pavilion this week, get a ticket as the tournament to crown the first ever Stampede Heavyweight Champion will continue. So, in the meantime and in the in-between time… that’s it, another edition of Stampede Wrestling.

Something big is going to happen.... Playboy happy in a loss by his Army? Never trust him when he looks happy

Big week for Killer Khan... Andre and then T.A

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING June 9, 1984 A montage of all the top AWA Wrestlers of both past and present is shown as the intro music is played. From coast to coast, continent to continent and border to border, we welcome you to AWA Mid-American All-Star Wrestling. I am Rod Trongard and we are coming to you today from the Minneapolis Armory. Fans, if any of you were at the Rosemont Horizon this past week you got a real treat. In fact, it was so awesome to see who joined Da Crusher in his 6 Man tag match against Luke Graham, Bobby Bass and Buck Robley that we have to show you. Video Tape Match Robley, Bass and Graham vs Da Crusher and 2 Mystery Partners With the heels already in the ring, Crusher starts down the aisle and he is joined by none other than his old tag partner, Dick the Bruiser and one of the toughest wrestlers ever to grace the squared circle, Ray “The Crippler” Stevens. The crowd explodes as these three legends of the Sport of Kings head to the ring while the heels seem to cower in fear. As for the match, the fan favorites are the ones on the offense and they attack before the bell. We get a great slobberknocker here that comes to an end when Stevens hits a Bombs Away on Crazy Luke Graham. When the video is over, Crusher, Bruiser and Crippler are at the interview desk with smiles on their faces. Da Crusher: Well Rod, I couldn’t taken it anymore. I heard Robley, Graham and Bass out here week after week saying that they were the old guard in this sport and that they took pleasure in taking out young punks like Ricky Gibson. First things first, Gibson is no punk and second, you are now looking at the true “Old Guard.” Dick the Bruiser: One phone call from Crusher is all it took before I came running or at least walking as fast as I can now. He said it would be like the old days where we just loved smashing heads and and taken names. Ray Stevens: I know I have been in the ring against these two men to my right hundreds of times and we might not always see eye to eye but one thing is for sure…. They are two TOUGH GUYS and if they had enough respect to ask me to help solve this problemg…. I had enough respect to come on down and help um. Da Crusher: If you thought the beating we gave those three losers was the highlight of the night, you must not have made the pary down on Halsted Street when all the pretty dollies wanted to see what these dinosaurs had left. Rod Trongard: Ok, remember this is a family show. We will get to live action when we come back form break. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MATCH: Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan defeats Tony Torres with the Piledriver While this was a complete squash match, it was not without its interesting moment as Baby Doll came out and seemed to give Rick Rude a huge look as she observed him from head to toe. When she was done, she had a big smile on her face and Rude simply smirked as he thought that he was all that. At the interview desk Rude was real proud of the attention he was getting from Baby Doll but all Gene Okerlund wanted to do was talk to Heenan about what happened last night in Calgary. For those that did not see the show, we see a video clip of the contract signing for the AWA World Title Match between Bad News Allen and Hulk Hogan that ended with Bobby Heenan being announced as Bad News Allen’s new manager. Back here at the desk, Okerlund asks Heenan what that was all about. Bobby Heenan: I will to you Okerlund… that was about how sick and tired we are of Hulk Hogan. He runs around here and talks about all the Hulkamaniacs… well do you not what a maniac is? It is a person who is nuts… clinically insane… and that is exactly what a person must be to be a fan of Hulk Hogan. So, I went to Bad News Allen and reminded him that if there is one person in All-Star Wrestling who knows how to beat Hogan it is me. I mean Verne Gagne made my man Nick Boackwinkel fight Hogan every night for two years. Bockwinkel was something like 200-1 against Hogan. Why? … I know Hogan’s weakness! Now on Canada Day in the Saddledome… Hogan’s title reign will come to an end and my family will hold both the North American Title and the Stampede Title! As they do walk off set, Rude seems somewhat displeased that the interview did not focus more on his “budding” relationship with the Perfect 10 MATCH: Nikita Koloff with Nicolai Volkoff destroys Verlon Biggs with the Russian Sickle A quick Anti-American filled interview has Koloff reminding us that Eddie Gilbert has no shot to win the finals of the Young Lion’s Cup on July 1 and Volkoff reminds us that he is still looking to take out one Sgt. Slaughter for good. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines A great match for TV as Sweetan had his moments here reminding the fans just how tough he is and how much of a star he was just a few years ago. The problem was that he couldn’t sustain this pressure on a star in his prime and eventually Savage took over. No matter what dirty tactic Sweetan tried or how hard he tried to bring this match to the gutter, Savage was always ready for him. The end came with the Top Rope Elbow Drop and at the interview desk, Savage continued to hype up his upcoming North American Title Match against Bret Hart in Calgary on July 1. MATCH: “Crazy” Luke Grahm defeats Mario Palumbo by just bullying him around the ring The problem here was that Graham just new he was better and messed around and embarrassed the young Palumbo. When it went too far, Ricky Gibson rushed out and attacked Graham but as we have found out over the last few weeks, Graham is never far from his henchman and Robley and No Class Bobby Bass were on Gibson in a Heart Beat! Finally, there was an answer as Ray Stevens, Crusher and Bruiser were only steps behind. It was like this was all a set up as the Baby Face Brawlers quickly knocked Graham and his group around and left them rolling on the floor! As the crowd cheered and the vets hugged it out with the young Ricky Gibson, the heels went scurrying to the locker room. The microphone did pick up Luke Graham saying, “He is NOT going to be very happy about this.” As we went to break, Rod Trongard wondered who he was. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MATCH: Dr. Death & Manny Fernandez crush two local jobbers The interesting thing here was that Rod Trongard announces that All-Star Wrestling is having trouble deciding who the #1 contenders are for the Road Warriors and the AWA World Tag Team Title so the Board of Directors has decided that it will be a Three Corner Title Match at the Canada Day Spectacular in the Saddledome between the Road Warriors, the Sheiks and Dr. Death/Manny Fernandez where the winners will be the champions and the losers will be forced to leave All-Star Wrestling for a Year. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in St. Paul: Denver, Salt Lake city, Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines MAIN EVENT: Eddie Gilbert with Baby Doll vs Curt Hennig with Bobby Heenan A nice match for TV that shows some back and forth and helps Eddie Gilbert to become more of a fan favorite as the fans would do anything to have one of Heenan’s men go down on defeat. At about the 6 minute mark, we see Rick Rude walk out and go right up to Baby Doll and give her a big look from head to toe. Baby Doll seems to be making eyes right back at Rude who gives her a nice Pec Dance for her time. Eddie Gilbert sees this and is fuming. He goes out of the ring and is chasing Rude up the ramp who was walking away with a big smirk on his face. Just as Rude goes off screen behind the curtain… WHAM… Nikita Koloff comes out from behind the curtain and hits Gilbert with a Russian Sickle. Trongard wonders if Baby Doll is truly falling for Rude and if this was all a set up and if the Russians are in cahoots with Heenan. All things to be answered next week. He also wonders how Gilbert is going to handle Koloff in the finals of the Young Lions Cup on Canada Day Rod Trongard: So long from the Minneapolis Armory

The Army just keeps replenishing as Playboy runs AWA Pacific

Can't wait for Valentine vs Gino The heels seem to be in control in Atlantic Coast which makes it fun to read

Moondogs, Saito and JYD on fire on that loop

Again ... AWESOME SHOW FROM TOP TO BOTTOM Armstrongs with belts means Southeastern is right where it needs to be. Gimmick Matches- Hair vs Hair, Steel Cage... perfect booking for for Alabama Don't get the Road Warriors mad The Freebirds could do anything in Alabama. They might just be the Governor is they want

All-Star sends Scott McGhee and Ricky Vaughn to TNT for the Sheepherders

Rougeaus vs the Samoans.... nice battle at the top of the tag division Rocky Johnson must have loved knocking out Superstar Graham I could watch heel Backlund vs Baby face Snuka all day

Louisville got a real treat here. I loved how you went from Atlas and Ayala being the tag champs to feuding with each other in a heart beat. King Carl Fergie.... I see potential here. I think the Kansas Jayhawks could be a huge team for you of they can get by the Mr. Wrestlings.

Nice way to introduce new angles after a major show. From the central states title to the Tiger Conway's heel turn and the arrival of his new friends. This will keep everybody glued to their tv sets. And then the bombshell... Cornette and the Midnight Express are HERE! Awesome. I loved that Cornette brought a quote form his mother to the first interview. His mother should have been the highest paid person in wrestling. His use of this mystical person was awesome!

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING JUNE 8, 1984 Ed Whalen: I am Ed Whalen and welcome to another edition of Stampede All-Star Wrestling coming to you from the Corral in Calgary. What a show we have in store for you tonight. We will see Ciclon Negro, Buddy Landell and Jos Leduc in action. We also have some great tag team action as we will see the Sweet Brown Sugar and Koko Ware. and in our main event, Dynamite Kid will be defending his AWA Light Heavyweight Title against Keiji Mutoh. Fans, let’s not forget that tonight is also the self-imposed deadline by Bad News Allen placed on Hulk Hogan to grant him an AWA World title match or Bad News Allen says he will leave All-Star Wrestling forever with the AWA World Title. Stu Hart will also join us with some major news on the Stampede Wrestling Heavyweight title that will be awarded on the huge Canada Day show on July 1 in the Saddledome. MATCH: Ciclon Negro vs Big Jim Ciclon has been doing a great job of getting the ire of the fans lately and tonight is no different. He stops by the podium and spouts off about Jim Neidhart and Sargent Slaughter on his way to the ring which just adds to the heat that he is getting. Ed Whalen urges him to head to the ring as Ciclon Negro wonders what loser he will be laying out next. Ciclon Negro’s tune changes slightly as he sees the size of his opponent. Big Jim enters the ring with a huge grin on his face but that is not all that is huge on this this overall wearing mountain from Mudlick, Kentucky. He looks every bit of the 6’7, 320 pounds that he is introduced at. As for the match, Ciclon tries to overpower Jim and when that doesn’t work, he goes to his usually repertoire of dirty tactics. Jim just seems to keep smiling as he shrugs off each blow from Negro. Eventually one blow does land and this just seems to make Big Jim mad as he counters with a forearm blow followed by an Irish whip to a Big Boot. Negro goes down but Jim is angry and scoops him up into a bearhug. He shakes Negro around like a rag doll until the ref calls for the submission win. Immediately, the big grin returns to Big Jim as he shakes some hands on his way to the locker room. (Commercials) Promotions for Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Moose Jaw MATCH: Buddy Landell defeats Luke Aduda with the Figure 4 During the match, Stu Hart joins Ed Whalen and discusses the up coming tournament to crown the first ever Stampede Heavyweight Champion. Stu announces that the 16 man tournament will begin next week in Edmonton at the Sales Pavilion and the finals will be on July 1 at the Canada Day Spectacular. He goes on to announce a few of the competitors which includes Jos Leduc, Jim Neidhart, Sgt. Slaughter, Ox Baker, Sweet Brown Sugar, Davey Boy Smith and Buddy Landell. Once Landell is done with his match he struts over to the desk where Ed and Stu are still going on about the tournament. Buddy Landell: Ok Mr. Hart… save yourself some time and energy. Just give me the Stampede title now as we all now it is a forgone conclusion that I will win. I mean come on… I am the greatest thing in professional wrestling today. I am the one and only Nature Boy! Stu Hart: Well there are a lot of great wrestlers who will have something to say about that. I also want to remind you what you said last week and I hope this is true… if you do not have a title in 30 days, you will leave All-Star Wrestling! Buddy Landell: In 30 days I will not only have a title… but I will be the number one wrestler ever to step foot in this lowly cow town! Ed Whalen: My oh my, Mr. Landell you are not short on confidence but I hope you are short on time here in the great land to the North. (Commercials) Promotions for Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Moose Jaw MATCH: Jos Leduc defeats Bob Harrington with the Back Breaker The interesting thing here is that it looked like Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell and Brad Rheingans were going to attack Leduc as they came out to the ring during the match but Leduc’s other members of the Commonwealth Connection, the British Bulldogs, came out and stood on the other side. This white hot feud ended with just a big staring contest as cooler heads prevailed… for now. Match: Koko Ware & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Scott McGhee & Ricky Gibson This high paced tag match pitted 2 babyface teams and was fought cleanly the entire way. Sugar was able to connect with a Missile Dropkick on Gibson for the win. Both teams shook hands after this one and received a nice ovation from the crowd. (Commercials) Promotions for Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Moose Jaw MAIN EVENT: AWA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE Dynamite Kid vs Keiji Mutoh What is interesting here is that Davey Boy Smith offers his hand to Mutoh but Mutoh refuses the handshake. Ed Whalen wonders if this has anything to do with the other Japanese wrestler who came out last week and berated Mutoh after his match with Luke Aduda. As for the match, Davey Boy really had his hands full trying to deal with the unorthodox aerial attacks and martial arts from Mutoh. Somehow, it seemed like Davey Boy had overcame his problems and was on the verge of winning the match after a powerslam when all of a sudden, the High Flyers came out and distracted Smith. Mutoh recovered just enough and when Davey Boy turned around, Mutoh caught him the Asian Mist in the eyes. While Davey Boy was blinded, he was lucky enough that the ref had seen this and called for the bell and disqualifies Mutoh. The High Flyers walked off with a smirk on their faces as their job was done as Mutoh left mad that he was not the new champ while Jos Leduc and Davey Boy Smith hit the ring to help their fellow member of the Commonwealth Connection. Ed Whalen continues to be disgusted by the High Flyers and wonders what business they had to even be at ringside. Ed Whalen: Well folks, this is the moment we have all been waiting for. It is time for Hulk Hogan to either come out and sign the contract to meet Bad News Allen in a Falls Count Anywhere, No DQ World Title Match for the Canada Day Spectacular or else Bad News has threatened to leave All-Star Wrestling forever with the AWA World Title Belt in tow. Bad News comes out first and he is without the title. When asked where the belt was, Bad News just laughed and said he was not that stupid as Verne Gagne and Hulk Hogan are not to be trusted. The interesting part here was that the fans in Calgary seemed to agree with Allen as they are so tired of Greg Gagne’s actions of late they are associating Verne with the son. Ed Whalen calls out Hulk Hogan and there is a bit of a pause and everyone thinks Hogan is not coming. All of a sudden, Hogan comes out as confident as ever. Bad News Allen: Well Chump…. Where is you belt? Hahahaha Hulk Hogan: That is exactly your problem. You think the belt makes the champ… In fact, it is the champ that makes the belt. Every arena I go into, I am announced as the champion but each time you carry that belt to the ring, the fans see you as a low life criminal… not the CHAMP! Bad News Allen: Well it is time to put up or shut Hogan… you going to sign the contract? Hulk Hogan takes the pen handed to him by Ed Whalen and signs the piece of paper! Bad News Allen: Well I am shocked…. You are stupid enough to meet me in the ring knowing that you have no chance of beating me. Hulk Hogan: Well Bad News, I have one question for you… What you gonna do brother when Hulkamania runs wild over you? The crowd pops but all of a sudden there is a gasp… Bad News Allen: I guess that is a question for my new manager…. And Bobby “the Brain” Heenan walks out Ed Whalen: Sorry folks but we are out of time. We will get to the bottom of this next week. So, in the meantime and in the in-between time… that’s it, another edition of Stampede Wrestling

EVENTS FOR FIRST WEEK OF JUNE shows in Calgary, Regina, Medicine Hat, Winnipeg, Lethbridge and Moose Jaw Sweet Brown Sugar vs Keiji Mutoh Ciclon Negro vs Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart The High Flyers vs Ricky Gibson & Marty Jannety Bad News Allen vs Koko Ware The British Bulldogs vs Ox Baker & Bob Sweetan Canadian Street Fight Match: Jos Leduc vs Brad Rheingans Shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan Rockford and Duluth Nikita Koloff vs Ricky Vaughn Buddy Landell vs Scott McGhee Eddie Gilbert with Baby Doll vs Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan Chicago Street Fight: Buck Robley/Luke Graham/"No Class" Bobby Bass vs Da Crusher & 2 Mystery Partners Sgt. Slaughter vs Nicolia Volkoff AWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Road Warriors with Paul Ellering vs The Sheiks (Blackwell & Patera) with Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie Randy Savage & Rick Martel vs Bret Hart & Curt Hennig with Bobby Heenan LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS.... TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS.... SHOW UP AND BUY A TICKET

Awesome show for the fans in the Kingdom No matter what else happens here in AWA Pacific, Playboy is just seems to find a way. Was surprised to see the California Cowboys come out on top but that is what makes this hobby fun. Everyone has a different perspective. You did a nice job of helping Spivey and Rotundo get over with the fans though by having Zenk and Perez join them at ringside. Bravo and LaFleur is a nice pairing The card had something for everyone. Somet echnical stuff, some wild brawls, some gimmick matches and of course, some titles on the line. I enjoyed the match with with the Japanese wrestlers even though I am not very familiar with them but you did a great job of giving some background info and explaining their talents. WHERE IS DICK SLATER? The Vachons are up there in age but can still fight like dogs. They should be a nice team for you Again, I was wrong. I thought Garvin would be the new TV champ but Flowers found a way. Love the creativity if your heels. Was surprised by the handshake of Billy Jack and Hickerson but after it happened I knew Oliver had something dastardly in store for the Tennessean. Piper is awesome! He can do anything in this game and I love how you used here as the Giant Slayer.... or the slayer of the New Jersey Leviathan. What is this... an SAT Prep Course RnR Express vs the East West Connection... another example of how this card had everything as this was one contrast in styles. Nice job And again.... Playboy still rules AWA Pacific

Wow... I think Gino is in control of the whole game right now. Get him that ACCW title and then start gearing him for the World Title! I loved in the House show had Konga got distracted by the Missing Link... that would be a sight to see..

All-Star current trade block Mutoh Scott McGhee Hillbilly Jim Ricky Vaughn (Lance VonErich) Koko Ware Bob Sweetan

WOW.... I was so excited when I saw the Freebirds coming to Southeast. Their ability to do anything and your creativity means this is going to be AWESOME! Flair might be in some trouble. Your midcard feuds are perfect Southeast and keeps the fans on the edge of their seats Haystacks and Humongous would have been fun to watch

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING June 2, 1984 A montage of all the top AWA Wrestlers of both past and present is shown. From coast to coast, continent to continent and border to border, we welcome you to AWA Mid-American All-Star Wrestling. I am Rod Trongard and we are coming to you today from the Minneapolis Armory. Fans, if any of you were watching All-Star Stampede Wrestling last night, you heard that Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell did indeed defeat Bruce and Keith Hart and it is the Harts who have to leave All-Star Wrestling. There seems to have been some controversy as the footage showed Brad Rheingans and Stu Hart going at it outside the ring. Let’s bring in Verne Gage to see if he has any more information. Verne Gagne: Rod... All I know is that I am it seems like Stu Hart was saying some very Anti-American things to Brad and then tried to hit him over the head while their hands were handcuffed together. Brad was defending himself against this heinous attack from an AWA official. Thank goodness Greg and Jim were not distracted by this and were able to come out victorious. I hope Stu will continue to honor our working agreement and we will continue to bring the fans of All-Star wrestling the best action both in the United States and in Canada. I do know that the AWA Board of Directors will be looking into Stu Hart’s actions and also the Canadian Mountie Police are investigating the fact the Stu seems to be promoting wrestling matches in Calgary prior to his suspension being over. I truly hope Stu Hart has not gone rogue. Rod Trongard: Well folks, this seems like good news that the High Flyers will still be able to bring their skills to all of the fans of All-Star Wrestling but it is obvious that we must keep an eye of the actions of one Stu Hart. We will head to the ring for our first match right after this break. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan Rockford and Duluth MATCH: Eddie Gilbert with Baby Doll defeats Steve Dean with the Hot Shot! Rod Trongard: Well Eddie, I am sure that you saw that Nikita Koloff defeated Davey Boy Smith last night in Stampede Wrestling and you will be facing the Russian Nightmare at the Canada Day Spectacular in Calgary on July 1 for the Young Lions Championship. Eddie Gilbert: That’s right Rod and make no mistake about it, Nikita Koloff is going to be the toughest challanege to date for Hot Stuff Inc. but I am confident that I will come out on top and that Young Lions Trophy will be mine. Rod Trongard: On another note, it seemed that you Baby Doll had some sort of connection with Rick Rude last week. Baby Doll: I will admit that I am a stunning women and sometimes men cannot help but to stare at me. If Rick Rude could not help himself, I understand. Rod Trongard: Well Baby Doll, it seemed to be the other way around Baby Doll just simply pulls Eddie Gilbert and off Hot Stuff Inc. goes. The interesting thing here is how easy someone can get some shine from the fans. As soon as Gilbert is going after the Russians and maybe a little controversy with the Heenan family, the fans love him even though he is the same arrogant ass as always. MATCH: Rick Martel defeats Mario Palumbo by submission with the Boston Crab At the interview desk, Martel is reminded how close he came to beating Bret Hart for the North American title last week in St. Paul until his old tag partner and now member of the Heenan Family, Curt Hennig, interfered. Martel is upset at this and while he is expressing his displeasure, Randy Savage comes out and asks Rick Martel a favor. Randy Savage: Brother Rick…. Even though Bret Hart is not defending his title for the next 30 days, Verne said that he is still the match-maker around here and he has granted me a tag match against Heenan’s band of punks this week in Chicago. How does this sound to you…. Me and you against Bret Hart and Curt Hennig. Martel simply smiles and shakes hands with Savage. Randy Savage: Ohhhh Yeeeeaaahhhhhh! Out comes Bobby Heenan and he gets right in the face of Savage and is calling him all kinds of names. Randy Savage seems on the verge of going after the Weasel but Rick Martel reminds him that last week AWA President, Stanley Blackburn, said that if Savage laid a finger on Heenan that he would be suspended and lose his North American Title Shot. Heenan is laughing as it seems that he has been caught as he really wanted Savage to attack him. Bobby Heenan: WOW…. Savage you need Martel to be by your side all the time. At least that way there is a half a brain between you. Rick Martel: Oh, your funny Heenan but you forgot one thing. Bobby Heenan: And what is that Half Wit? WHAM! Martel knocks Heenan out with one huge right hand! Rick Martel: That is that Stanley Blackburn didn’t say I couldn’t hit you! Rand Savage: Ohhhhh Yeeeeaaaahhhhhhh! COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan Rockford and Duluth MATCH: Buck Robley & No Class Bobby Bass vs Ricky Gibson & Scott McGhee This is the third try for Gibson in the last three weeks as he continues to try to take out someone form the evil trio of Robley, Bass and Luke Graham. This time he has chosen All-Star newcomer Scott McGhee. One thing for sure is that together, Gibson and McGhee are driving the young ladies in the audience wild with their good looks. As for the match. It doesn’t take long for the babyfaces to take the momentum. It looks like they are just outclassing the heels here but unforunantely, Luke Graham sees this from the back and rushes the ring. He comes from behind with a towel and wraps it around McGhee. McGhee seems to slowly go to sleep asTrongard wonders what was on the towel. This allows for a brutal 3-1 attack of Gibson. It seemed to go on for a prolonged period of time until we eventually just go to commercial break. COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan Rockford and Duluth Before our next match, Da Crusher rushes out to the interview desk and he has a rope all tied around him and he is fuming. He claims that Robley, Bass and Graham attacked him prior to the last match and ties him up to make sure he couldn’t help Ricky Gibson from their attack. Verne Gagne comes out and demands to know if this is true and threatens to suspend the evil trio. Da Crusher has another idea…. A 6 Man Tag match against Graham, Bass and Robley. Verne Gagne: I think that is a good idea but unfortunately, Ricky Gibson doesn’t seem to be in any shape to wrestle this week after what just happened. Da Crusher: Not quite what I was thinking. Those three knuckleheads have been attacking people around here for weeks now… I am going to fight fire with fire. I am going to bring in two partners who are going to show them just how to fight… A Chicago Street Fight… Anything goes Verne accepts the stipulations as Trongard wonders who Da Crusher is going to get for partners. MATCH: Buddy Landell defeats Marty Jannety with the Figure 4 The is Buddy Landell’s first trip to All-Star and his arrogance is obvious from the first words out of his mouth. Buddy Landell: Men out there in the audience…. If you do indeed call yourselves men, don’t get mad at your ladies right now. They can’t help themselves. They have never seen anything as good looking as me. But trust me… I have seen ladies much better looking then any of you. That’s because I am the Nature Boy… the only true Nature Boy in all of pro wrestling today and if I can’t hold every title in this one horse town on 30 days… I will be out of here! Rod Trongard: Well then maybe we will only have to listen to you for a month. Let’s get back to the ring for our main event! COMMERCIAL Promos for this week’s shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan Rockford and Duluth MAIN EVENT: Dr. Death Steve Williams, Manny Fernandez and Sgt, Slaughter vs Jerry Blackwell,Ken Patera and Nicolai Volkov with Sheik Adnan Al Kassie A fun match that sees the fan favorites come within inches of a clean win a bunch of times and the heels do the same after a bunch if questionable tactics. As could be expected, this one ends in a wild brawl with both teams being counted out. Rod Trongard: So long from the Minneapolis Armory