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AWA LIVE @ MECCA Auditorium, Milwaukee, WI April 18th, 1981 -Big Daddy Bundy (w/Lord Alfred Hayes) beat AWA World Tag Team Champion Jesse Ventura in 12:09 -The High Flyers beat "Rock N' Roll" Buck Zumhofe & Moondog Moretti in 11:30 -"Playboy" Buddy Rose beat Ron Starr in 10:24 -AWA World Tag Team Champion Adrian Adonis beat Akio Sato (w/Lord Alfred Hayes) in 17:16 -Sika (w/Afa) beat Larry "The Ax" Hennig in 15`:36 NWA World Tag Team Championship: Paul Jones & The Masked Superstar beat Adnan's Army (Alexis Smirnoff & Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie) in 33:40 to retain ***COMING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS*** Special interviews with Mean Gene Okerlund and the announcement for AWA's first TV special "Sunday Showcase"

Admit it; everyone here wished it was Drake Wuertz who got that beating from Charlotte tonight.

AWA formally requests to book Nelson Royal for their first TV special on April 25, please.

I doubt that any promoter would leave it at chance for a shoot wheel to book their card for that specific type of event. Although I think that would be hilarious.

My best friend also met Kurt at a TNA house show in Quebec City around 2007 and while he has a good built, he isn't that tall and I was surprised to see on the picture he took with Kurt that Kurt wasn't much taller than him

AWA signs Johnny Saint (UK)

AWA LIVE @ Boylan Catholic High School, Rockford, IL April 11th, 1981 Mean Gene Okerlund and Verne Gagne come out first to announce that tonight, they will crown the first AWA America's Champion in a 20-men battle royal in the main event. This title will be defended regularly in live events and TV specials throughout the year. Verne says in closing he hopes that his son Greg can win it but still wishes the best of luck to everyone involved in the battle royal -Jerry Blackwell beat Tiger Mask with a bearhug -Brad Rheingans beat Mando Guerrero in 8:53 20-Men Battle Royal to crown the AWA America's Championship: Gino Brito wins the battle royal, last eliminating Thunderbolt Patterson. Verne Gagne comes out himself to congratulate Brito and award him himself the new championship ******** AWA LIVE @ Chicago, IL April 12th, 1981 Street Fight: Robert Gibson beat Ron Starr (w/Lord Alfred Hayes) with a missile dropkick. Prof. Toru Tanaka tried to interfere in favor of Starr but Ricky Morton came out to even the odds. -Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeated The Iranian Assassin in 5:03 after interference from Ray Stevens #1 Contenders Match for the AWA America's Championship, Best 2 out of 3 Falls: Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie upset Larry Zbyszko in 2 straight falls after Zbyszko was disqualified for shoving referee Scott LeDoux. Zbyszko ended up piledriving LeDoux for his trouble!

I literally lost it at Hussein Arab calling Floyd Creatchman "Floyd Creepman"

Yo, I actually didn't even make the connection between that and why Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy stepped up to volunteer in the cage match between Kerry and Ric Flair.

I can understand the argment for both sides. Yeah, DDP did the Diamond Cutter from various angles sometimes but you look at some of Orton's most memorable RKOs and the timing on those were insane: the Evan Bourne Shooting Star Press into the RKO, Seth's Curb Stomp attempt into an RKO at Wrestlemania 31 - I believe there's also one from RAW with Carlito attempting a springboard or something that was awfully nice too.

I'm totally behind an Indi Hartwell/Dexter Lumis pairing going forward. Indi channelling her inner Summerslam 92 Sensationnal Sherri at the end of the main event had me in stitches.

AWA would like to book NWA World Tag Team Champions Paul Jones & Masked Superstar for April 18, please

Having Pretty Boy Floyd as their manager has become a great asset for the Della Serra Brothers. Gonna be awfully hard to take those titles away from them!

Some solid cards all around. I see that you took the History of WWE template for your show results and I've always loved that format so that's great. Nice to see that even without titles being defended in the B-towns, you still have guys like Rocky Johnson in the main event slot to draw houses, which is a smart move. Having him wrestle Slater in those Southern towns can only bring you the heat needed!

That's the one, yeop.

Basically, the only matches available from the Montreal territory have been put together on the Golden Era of Quebec Wrestling DVD set that was released independently a few years ago (I have volumes 1 & 2 at home, only 3 missing) or if you're lucky, some people might upload their stuff on YouTube.

Fiend vs Orton opening Night 2.

The feeling I had when watching that clip of Sasha smilling is the feeling of someone who felt the satisfaction of getting the job done and also looking back and enjoying seeing someone getting that moment when she won her first title with the promotion. I'm pretty sure that Sasha takes more pride in being part of this moment for Bianca last night than the length of that reign.

AWA LIVE @ Auditorium Arena, Denver, CO April 10th, 1981 -Jumbo Tsuruta beat Ron Starr in 6:12 -Adnan's Army (Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie & The Iranian Assassin) beat "Superstar" Billy Graham & Larry "The Ax" Hennig in 17:54 after a distraction provided by an attack on Curt Hennig by Alexis Smirnoff NWA World Tag Team Championship: Paul Jones & The Masked Superstar beat The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke in 12:37 to retain AWA World Heavyweight Championship: Verne Gagne beat Matt Borne by submission in 7:06 to retain -"Playboy" Buddy Rose (w/Lord Alfred Hayes) beat Brad Batten in 15:30 -Moondog Moretti beat "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal in 15:56 -Buddy Landel beat Greg Gagne in 10:22 AWA World Tag Team Championship: The East-West Connection beat The Wild Samoans in 14:29 to retain

Seems like they'll be in the clear for tomorrow night, though. Based on the Weather Network, there's risks of a thunderstorm between 3 and 5 PM but that's it.

I would assume that the European & Australian tours are probably the only ones that are gonna stay. For the rest, they'll probably strictly do TVs and PPVs and that's it.

I wasn't targeting anyone here in general but that was just something that I noticed a lot lately, especially when it applies to that specific storyline. I'll never subscribe to the theory of "If you love wrestler X or storyline X, you're a moron"....at the end of the day, everyone should be able to enjoy anything or anyone they see on TV every week without feeling guilty about it. Honestly, as for the crowd general reaction, I agree with @El-P that people will generally be thrilled to attend live Manias this weekend so I don't necessarily expect a hijacking like we've seen in recent years. As it pertains to the specific Fiend/Orton match, I actually expect kind of a 50/50 crowd reaction (Orton has always been popular, no matter what so I'm expecting people to cheer for him more than flatout booing The Fiend) but it should make for quite the atmosphere. Also looking forward to some special entrances as well.

You would be surprised at the number of pics I see on Twitter of parents tweeting pictures of their little girl dressed like Firefly Alexa. As much as you guys can hate it, that character is over with that part of the audience. At the end of the day, everyone is free to enjoy what they want out of their product and shouldn't be that bothered about people who loves what you hate. That's one thing that I just can't wrap my head around; why does it bother some people that they love something you viscerally hate?

Won't lie here; really digging the Eddie Gilbert/Stan Lane combination. You got something there and I hope to see more of them together!

AWA would like to book NWA World Tag Team Champions Paul Jones & Masked Superstar for April 10th in Denver please.