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I am fine with that arrangement.

Yeah, I think that was probably part of the downfall of the original plan for the 6 month draft, that it would be mandatory. It wouldn't be realistic to force somebody to possibly lose half of their roster if they didn't want to make any changes, but for people that want it, it is a chance to freshen things up (and in this case, with new promoters coming in, they can put a bit more of their own stamp on their roster).

Yeah, and worst comes to worst, if there is somebody that gets picked and the original promoter realizes they still need them, they can always work out a trade or talent sharing.

I just did a quick list and think, with a save list of 15, I might well take part in the draft. There a few on my roster that may have a bit juice left that I could possibly end up re-drafting in the later rounds, and if I don't it won't destroy any plans.

Oy, the roster question … First things first, agree with the roster cap but would like to push it up to 36, with the 1 person addition every 4 months. When this project first started, the original intent was a redraft every 6 months, with I believe a 5 person save limit. The idea was discontinued early on but at this point we would be coming up on the time when that re-draft would have taken place. Then , when the first promoter dropped out, the suggestion was made that a neighboring territory would absorb it and the roster and the leftovers would go into a draft. This was approved, but after a while , as several more promoters dropped out, it got to be unmanageable. Of the 4 promotions that absorbed other territories, 2 are no longer active, and while I won’t say that is the direct cause, bloated rosters didn’t particularly help anyone (nor was Maple Leaf’s ambitious plan to expand into the WWF’s vacant territory ultimately successful). WWA and Southeastern managed to survive this by keeping both their rosters and their booking plans manageable. Right when I was about to inherit a sweet roster from Stampede and expand into their territory, the vote was taken to change to keeping promotions dormant for future writers and roster caps. I voted for both of these measures and would do it again … if I had gotten Stampede, I might well be further behind than I am now. I agree with the 6 month re-draft being brought back to allow to freshen up rosters and that it should be optional, although I would be sitting this one out (I find my own roster to be more or less right sized and have long term plans for too many people). I think the save list might be best set at 15, althought my opinion might be moot given I will not be in this draft. The thorny question is what to do with the inactive rosters. On the one hand, it might prove too tempting to cherry pick the inactive rosters and just draft the top level wrestlers, which has the twin problems of a) leaving nothing behind but lower level wrestlers for future new promoters, and ignoring the importance of having mid-card or lower level wrestlers on one’s own roster. On the other hand, several promotions have been inactive for a long time, and it can be very frustrating seeing the likes of, say, Barry Windham, Ricky Steamboat, Buddy Rose, Kerry Von Erich etc. etc. gathering dust when they could be used well by active promoters. My opinion is we should put the inactive promotion rosters full in the draft, but make some sort of allowance for future new writers that may crop up afterwards . What that should be … well, I’m open to suggestions.

My view is, 60 days for no communication at all, 90 days for not posting a show. Edit : just to clarify, the 90 days applies to people who post and say, for whatever personal life reasons, they will be unable to post shows for a stretch but once that temporary situation ends they will be able to continue writing. In those cases they can maintain their promotion as long as they start back up again within the 90 day timeframe. (With some flexibility for individual cases. For example, if someone is forced to be away for 93 days but absolutely commits to being back up and running at the end of that, we don't have to limit ourself to the letter of the law. On the other hand, if someone posts one show within the 90 day time frame, then posts one more in the next 90 days, then we might want to discuss with that person whether or not they can really maintain the commitment.) If a person does not post at all with no warning for 60 days, in that case we mark the promotion as inactive. Also, if a person falls a week or two behind due to time issues (such as myself), then we should give them leeway to get caught up. However, if a promotion is behind for whatever reason in more the 4 weeks plus timeframe, but then is able to start up again, then the promoter should be encouraged to consider the promotion "on vacation" during that time. When they start back up again, they can pick up where they left off booking-wise, but consider it as being at that point going forward in the calendar. That way, they don't have to feel the pressure of "Oh my God, how am I ever going to get caught up on 6 weeks worth of writing?"

I agree with all of that.

Inching towards getting caught up, TV and two huge arena shows have been posted for the AWA : http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/31376-american-wrestling-association-results/page-7

AWA show at the Oakland Arena, Oakland, November 13th The Wild Italians vs. The Minnesota Heartbreakers The Wild Italians won when Denucci got the Airplane Spin on Tom Stanton Lord Humongous vs. Vinnie Valentino Humongous won with the modified Cobra Clutch Moose Cholak & Samu vs. Col. Buck Robley & Maj. Cal Manson While Samu and Robley brawled outside the ring, Cholak beat Manson with the running splash. Greg Gagne & The Sake and Old Milwaukee Connection vs. Super Destroyer, Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Garvin Super D, Orndorff and Garvin won when Orndorff got the piledriver on Tanaka AWA American Title match : Iceman Parsons © vs. Mike George Parsons won with the jumping clothesline Hulk Hogan, The Road Warriors & Mr. Olympia vs. Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi , Kuniyaki Kobayashi & Osamu Teranishi In a return match from two nights before, the AWA seemed much more ready for the onslaught of the Ishingun. The New Japan team still came out guns a-blazing but the AWA favorites fired back from the get go and gave as good as they got. Highlights of the match included Road Warrior Animal hitting Animal Hamaguchi in a brutal lightning-quick power slam and Choshu copying on of Hogan’s signature spots and nailing him with a lariat on the ring apron and sending him hard to the floor. It looked like recent history was about to repeat, as Choshu wound up the lariat and got set to dispatch Olympia, but the masked man ducked down at the last moment and Choshu went charging past. By this time, Hogan had recovered enough on the outside to pull down the top rope, and Choshu in turn came crashing to the outside. As Choshu and Hogan brawled at ringside, Olympia hit a precision flying dropkick on Teranishi and got the victory for the AWA team. The crowd roared its approval as the Road Warriors raised Olympia on their shoulders in celebration.

Lineup for AWA show at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, November 11th Ken Patera vs. Stan Stasiak Patera won with the shoulder breaker. Samu vs. Cal Manson Samu won with the Dynamite Dive (flying splash). Battle Of The Bullies : The Wild Bills vs. The Brotherhood of Poland In an expectedly chaotic match, Wiskowski looked like he was about to get the win when he set Haynes up for a face first piledriver, only for Irwin to come off the ropes and nail him in the head with the cowbell, taking the match for the Wild Bills. Greg Gagne & The Sake and Old Milwaukee Connection vs. Paul Orndorff, Super Destroyer & Jimmy Garvin Super Destroyer seemed to be getting the victory when he has about to get a superplex on Gagne, but Crusher knocked him off the ropes and Gagne hit a flying kneedrop for the one two three. Special Attraction Match : Col. Buck Robley vs. Eddie Mekka Mekka was clearly at a size disadvantage (among other things) against Robley but brought some back up in the form of the Road Warriors and Moose Cholak. Robley, for his part, was accompanied by the Wild Bills and Lord Humongous. Mekka, wearing an oversized t-shirt and boxing shorts, figured his best approach was to stick and move, peppering Robley with jabs before dashing out of the way of any retaliation. Ultimately, reality ensued when Robley finally caught his arm and fired back with a short lariat. The Roadies and Cholaks jumper on the ring apron, looking to help their good buddy, but the Bills and Humongous pulled them off and started brawling. It looked like it was all over for Mekka when Robley got him set up for a piledriver, but while the ref was distracted by the fighting at ringside, Samu came out of nowhere and charged the ring, nailing Robley in the jaw with a thrust kick and placing Eddie on top of him. When the ref saw that Mekka was covering Robley, he gave the count to end the match. The Colonel was livid but the Big Ragoo had gotten the victory. Hulk Hogan, The Road Warriors & Mr. Olympia vs. Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi , Kuniyaki Kobayashi & Osamu Teranishi This was an epic battle between the AWA favorites and the aggressive New Japan team . Hogan had the most experience wrestling in Japan , but even he was startled at just how ruthless the Ishingun were. He and his allies rallied and the match went back and forth, but when Choshu hit Olympia with the lariat to the back of the head, followed by a running senton by Teranishi, that was all she wrote. The Ishingun stood triumphant as the AWA crowds looked on in shock.

AWA All-Star Wrestling for November 11th Paul Orndorff vs. Bill Rathke This was the first appearance on AWA TV for Orndorff since he attacked Greg Gagne at the Met Center show and he was clearly out to make an impression. He manhandled Big Bill Rathke, taking down with several brutal powerslams before finishing him off with the Piledriver. Time will tell how this will serve him against Gagne, who is blazing mad for his interference in his match with the Super Destroyer. Samu & Moose Cholak vs. Buck Robley & Cal Manson For this part of his campaign against Col. Buck Robley’s Army, he brought in big Moose Cholak to be his partner, and that certainly seemed to intimidate Robley. Robley wanted no part of the action keeping him out of the ring and leaving his right hand man, the Major, to be dismantled by Samu and Cholak. After Samu finished off Manson with the Dynamite Drop, he tried to goad Robley into throwing down with him, but the Colonel said no dice and dragged Manson out of the ring, marching him back to the locker room. Billy Jack Haynes vs. Ivan Putski In this rare match up of two of the most notorious villains in the AWA, both men had their tag partners at ringside, and neither Bill Irwin nor Ed Wiskowski were shy about letting their presence be felt. Haynes and Putski blasted each other with power moves and cheap shots until Billy Jack looked like he would polish off (tee hee) Putski with a powerful bear hug, but Wiskowski, taking advantage of the ref being distracted by Irwin, came off the top rope and clobbered Haynes in the back of the head with his boot. Putski got the pinfall and the two teams brawled after the bell. Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. The Latin Lovers This gave the AWA fans their first look at these Japanese superstars and the result was an exciting technical match , with a dazzling matwork display by Teranishi and Cruz and Kobayashi and Valentino busting out their exciting , high velocity moves before Kobayashi caught Valentino in a fisherman suplex for the win. Greg Gagne & Da Crusher vs. Super Destroyer & Jimmy Garvin Gagne was still itching to get his hands on Super Destroyer after his last match with him was so rudely interrupted, but he now had the added distraction of Paul Orndorff at ringside. Nevertheless, he and Da Crusher seemed to be getting the better of Super D and Garvin, with Garvin getting locked in the Gagne Sleeper, but Orndorff entered the ring and clipped Gagne from behind, forcing the ref to call for the DQ. Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Mr. Olympia & Iceman Parsons After the display of good sportsmanship by the earlier Japanese teams, the AWA team was shocked by the violent ruthlessness of Choshu and Hamaguchi. The came out full bore, startling Olympia and Parsons with their violent aggression. Hamaguch drove Parsons down hard with brutal suplexes and Choshu seemed like he was trying to break Olympia in half with several nasty arm and leg locks. Olympia tried valiantly to rally, but when Choshu jackhammered him in the back of the head with a pair of lariats, that was it and the Japanese team took the victory. The AWA is starting to realize what they are in for at the big 8 man tag match in San Francisco.

Still here, hope to get partly caught up today.

That is just crazy awesome.

Lineup for AWA show at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, November 11th Ken Patera vs. Stan Stasiak Samu vs. Cal Manson Battle Of The Bullies : The Wild Bills vs. The Brotherhood of Poland Greg Gagne & The Sake and Old Milwaukee Connection vs. Paul Orndorff, Super Destroyer & Jimmy Garvin Special Attraction Match : Col. Buck Robley vs. Eddie Mekka Hulk Hogan, The Road Warriors & Mr. Olympia vs. Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi , Kuniyaki Kobayashi & Osamu Teranishi

I'm still a bit behind, need to get out this week's shows (hopefully will have those done by the end of the weekend) but have just posted last week's AWA TV and house show. Some big things happening at that house show, so check it out.

AWA show at the Met Center, Bloomington, November 4th The Minnesota Hearbreakers (Rick Patterson & Rocky Brewer) vs. The Wild Italians The Minnesota Heartbreakers won when Brewer pinned Russo after a powerslam. Samu vs. Maj. Cal Manson Samu was extremely aggressive with Maj. Cal Manson, just unloading on him and bloodying the second in command of the army before finishing him with the Dynamite Drop. After the match, he silently pointed at Col. Buck Robley, as if to say the he was next. The Latin Lovers vs. The Brotherhood Of Poland The Brotherhood Of Poland won after Putski hit the Polish Hammer on Cruz. Grudge Match : Greg Gagne vs. Super Destroyer This started out as an all out brawl, with a game Gagne matching the Super Destroyer blow for blow but gradually being worn down by the bigger man. Gagne was able to turn the corner by going back to his technical wrestling roots, countering the Super D’s punches with takedowns and high impact dropkicks. It looked like Gagne was finally able to put him away with the Gagne Leglock, but a man came out of the crowd into the ring and attacked Gagne, leading to the DQ. Both men beat down Gagne and the mystery man spiked him with a piledriver, assisted by the Super Destroyer. The man got on the ringside mic and revealed himself to be Paul Orndorff, who said that Gagne couldn’t outrun his past any longer. Sake & Old Milwaukee Connection vs. Ken Patera & Mike George George and Patera won with a double running shoulderblock on Tanaka. AWA American Title Match : Iceman "King" Parsons © vs. "The Continental Lover" Eddie Mansfield Mansfield had all three members of the Minnesota Hearbreakers in tow. Seeing the numbers against him, Parsons whistled towards the back, and his friends Mr. Olympia and the Latin Lovers came out to stand at ringside and watch his back. While the war was waged in the ring, a second battle seemed about to break out at any time at ringside until tempers finally exploded and all 6 men started brawling with each other. Parsons went up to the top turnbuckle and Patterson looked like he was going to knock him off, only for the Heartbreaker to be tackled to the ground by Vinnie Valentino. Parsons then hit the Rumper Stumper on Mansfield to keep the title. AWA World Tag Titles Match - No DQ, No Countout, No Time Limit, 2/3 Falls : The Road Warriors © vs. The Wild Bills The champs came exploding out of the blocks and charged the ring, tossing Billy Jack Haynes from the ring and hitting Irwin with a double clothesline for the quick first fall. The fans exploded as they got the 3 count and cheered as they dominated the Wild Bills, but the two tough soldiers of Col. Robley’s Army fought back, taking advantage of the No DQ stipulation by bludgeoning them with their cowbells until they bled and tying up Animal with their bullropes after a running kneedrop to get the second fall. It was now even and at this point, the Road Warriors were on the defensive. The Wild Bills bludgeoned down both Warriors until they looked set to finish them off, the Irwin trying to get the Superplex on Hawk while Haynes set Animal up to be lariated out of the ring. However, Animal ducked at the last second and back body dropped Haynes out of the ring as Hawk blocked the superplex, and Animal then rushed over and hoisted Irwin atop his shoulders. Hawk followed up with a big flying clothesline that sent Irwin crashing to the ground and got a roar of approval from the fans (a move that some in the crowd dubbed the Doomsday Device.) Hawk got the final pin and the Road Warriors held onto the belts. AWA World Title Match : Hulk Hogan vs. ? Unusually, the champ, Hulk Hogan, was the first to the ring, as “Eye Of The Tiger” played over the PA and the fans cheered him on. Both he and the crowd seemed anxious to find out who the mystery opponent would be. Their questions were answered when “Bad Reputation” by Joan Jett came over the PA and none other than Ted Dibiase made his way to the ring. Dibiase was methodical in his approach to the ring but the moment the bell rang, he exploded on Hogan, viciously pounding on his still injured eye. The champion wasn’t about to give in without a fight, but it looked like he was up against someone who might have been his equal as a brawler. Dibiase was able to get Hogan in the figure four and for an agonizingly long time looked like he might just be able to force the Hulkster to give up the title, but the champ was able to power through and reverse it until Dibiase was able to make it to the ropes. With both men severely battered, they continued to slug it out. Hogan was able to hit a staggering Axe Bomber to send Dibiase out of the ring, but Dibiase was able to make it back into the ring , and as the two wounded gladiators continued to exchange blows, the ring bell rang once more, signaling a 30 minute time limit draw. After the match, Hogan held out his hand for a handshake as a show of respect to Dibiase and the match they had both had, but Dibiase just gave him a look of contempt and walked away.

Ask me at any given time what my roster most needed, and my consistent reply would have been 2 more babyfaces, 2 more heels and more depth to my tag roster. Then I recently did the math and realized that I had 4 babyface teams and 4 heel teams, which is pretty good for the territory and the time. For all that I started with a tag roster consisting of the the Road Warriors and a team that CFCW and I had to put together in the draft, I realized I had to stop looking at in terms of the late 80s WWF and NWA/WCW I grew up with and make what I could of the roster I had.

AWA All-Star Wrestling for the weekend of November 4th : The Minnesota Heartbreakers vs. Iceman Parsons & Mr. Olympia The Heartbreakers for this match consisted of Tom Stanton and Rocky Brewer but their partner, Rick Patterson, was at ringside along with their colleague, “The Continental Lover” Eddie Mansfield. Needless to say, both men tried to make their presence felt during the match, swatting at Olympia and Parsons and trying to grab at them any time they got near the ropes but the fan favorite team were able to swiftly get away from these attacks. Mansfield ultimately decided that enough was enough, jumping on the ring apron and taking off his boot so as to slug Parsons with it when Brewer whipped him into the ropes. Parsons , however, reversed it at the last second and it was Brewer who took the boot to the face. Parsons rolled up the staggered Brewer and got the pin but Patterson and Mansfield jumped in the ring and both sides brawled until the refs cleared them out. Interview with Eddie Mansfield : Mean Gene asked Mansfield what exactly was his problem with Mr. Olympia. Mansfield replied that he had come to the AWA with a mission, to whip the Minnesota Heartbreakers into shape as an effective fighting force. Before he had arrived, the Heartbreakers hadn’t been able to deal with this masked goofball, but they were starting to catch up with him. They were going to make an example of Mr. Olympia and he would do the same with Iceman Parsons in Bloomington and become the new American Champion. Mike George vs. Moose Cholak Mike George had been on a tear lately since he arrived in the AWA, with Ken Patera taking him under his wing, He had his work cut out for him in this match, taking on the big Moose , but George was utterly ruthless in his offense, waging an all out assault on breaking down Moose’s right leg. Moose kept fighting back and looked like he might just pull it off when he sent George hard into the turnbuckle. However he wasn’t able to follow up with the Avalanche in time before George ducked out of the way, and when he staggered back out of the corner, George took him down with a brutal clip from behind to his right knee. He put Moose in an Indian leglock and Moose had no choice but to submit. Super Destroyer vs. Stan Stasiak Another match pitting a new arrival to the AWA against a veteran. Super Destroyer seemed to be sending a message to Greg Gagne and battered the former world champion, not giving him a second to breathe as he attacked him before getting the Superplex for the quick win. Gagne is definitely in for the fight of his life in Bloomington. The Wild Italians vs. The Brotherhood Of Poland In this matchup between European powers, the Polish Brotherhood had the distinct advantage as they manhandled the Wild Italians before Putski forced Russo to submit to the big Polish Bearhug. Greg Gagne vs. Jimmy Garvin Garvin was looking to get back on track after losing the American title to Iceman Parsons and sought to take advantage of Gagne being distracted by potentially being attacked by the Super Destroyer. Despite having to keep his attention in several places at once, Gagne kept his cool and was able to escape several near falls from Garvin. It looked like Gagne would ultimately prevail when he got Garvin in a rollup out of the corner, but Garvin reversed it with a fistful of Gagne’s trunks. However, Gagne was able to kickout just in time and sent Garvin face first into the turnbuckle. When Garvin fell back, Gagne got a cradle for the win. Interview : Mean Gene is standing in the ring. Mean Gene : My guest tonight has been getting a great response from the fans in the AWA, TV’s Eddie Mekka! (The Laverne And Shirley Theme plays over the PA as Eddie Mekka comes to the ring, smiling and waving to the cheering fans.) Mean Gene : Big Ragoo, you look like you are having a good time, hanging with the Road Warriors. Mekka : Please, Gene, my name is Eddie. Yeah, Hawk and Animal are great guys and it is a real honor, getting to ride with them and the big Moose. Mean Gene : Well, Eddie, you certainly let your presence be felt when you kept Col. Buck Robley from interfering in the cage match where the Warriors won the World Tag Titles. Did you have any concerns, getting mixed up with a big pro wrestler like Robley? Mekka : For sure, Mean Gene, it certainly was intimidating, but when I saw that Robley was going to try to cheat his way to another victory for the Wild Bills, I just couldn’t let that stand … (Mekka is cut off by the arrival of Col. Buck Robley and Maj. Cal Manson. Robley is livid and grabs the mic from Mekka, shoving him with every phrase he says.) Robley : So , you think you are some kind of big shot, actor boy? Think you can come in from Hollywood and mess with real athletes? You got yourself in a mess of trouble, actor boy! Huh? Have anything to say for yourself , actor boy? (Mekka clearly has had enough and snaps, grabbing Robley by the shirt and shouting in his face.) Mekka : CALL ME! THE BIG! RAGOO! (Robley was briefly startled by this response but soon grabbed the much smaller Mekka and looked like he was about to throttle him when the Road Warriors charged in to the rescue, running off Robley and Manson and helping the clearly shaken Mekka from the ring.) The Wild Bills vs. The Latin Lovers The Wild Bills were gearing up for their return match with the Road Warriors and were even more aggressive than usual with the Lovers. Valentino and Cruz did their best but Irwin and Haynes opened up an all out offense on the two smaller men, ultimately getting the win with a combination of a lariat and back suplex. The Wild Bills seem hell bent on making sure the Road Warriors time as champs is a short one.

Will pass for the month.

Currently interested in offers for Lord Humongous.

Line up for AWA All-Star Wrestling for the weekend of November 4th : The last TV going in to the Met Center show. The Minnesota Heartbreakers vs. Iceman Parsons & Mr. Olympia Mike George vs. Moose Cholak Super Destroyer vs. Stan Stasiak The Wild Italians vs. The Brotherhood Of Poland Greg Gagne vs. Jimmy Garvin The Wild Bills vs. The Latin Lovers Plus interviews with Eddie Mansfield and Eddie Mekka

Will be posting the results soon, but the Met Center show had an absolutely jam packed line up Lineup for the AWA show at the Met Center, Bloomington, November 4th The Minnesota Hearbreakers vs. The Wild Italians Samu vs. Maj. Cal Manson (Samu has declared that getting rid of Eric Embry was not enough and he intends to destroy the entire Col. Buck Robley Army) The Latin Lovers vs. The Brotherhood Of Poland Grudge Match : Greg Gagne vs. Super Destroyer Sake & Old Milwaukee Connection vs. Ken Patera & Mike George AWA American Title Match : Iceman "King" Parsons © vs. "The Continental Lover" Eddie Mansfield AWA World Tag Titles Match - No DQ, No Countout, No Time Limit, 2/3 Falls : The Road Warriors © vs. The Wild Bills AWA World Title Match : Hulk Hogan vs. ?

Will be posting the results soon, but the Met Center show had an absolutely jam packed line up Lineup for the AWA show at the Met Center, Bloomington, November 4th The Minnesota Hearbreakers vs. The Wild Italians Samu vs. Maj. Cal Manson (Samu has declared that getting rid of Eric Embry was not enough and he intends to destroy the entire Col. Buck Robley Army) The Latin Lovers vs. The Brotherhood Of Poland Grudge Match : Greg Gagne vs. Super Destroyer Sake & Old Milwaukee Connection vs. Ken Patera & Mike George AWA American Title Match : Iceman "King" Parsons © vs. "The Continental Lover" Eddie Mansfield AWA World Tag Titles Match - No DQ, No Countout, No Time Limit, 2/3 Falls : The Road Warriors © vs. The Wild Bills AWA World Title Match : Hulk Hogan vs. ?

Results of the special inter-promotional card with WWA/AWA at the International Amphitheatre , Chicago : Bob Orton Jr. vs. Don Kernodle This was shaping up to be a great technical match up, with both men displaying their great scientific wrestling skill. However, the match turned to the nasty when Kernodle tried to get Orton in a vertical suplex and Orton, taking advantage of the fact that the ref was out of position, countered with a vicious low blow kick. A back suplex and a running kneedrop later, and Orton had gotten the tainted victory. Mr. Olympia vs. Jimmy Garvin This was Garvin’s first major singles match since losing the American title and he certainly had his work cut out him with the popular masked man. Early in the match he would try to stall for time by bailing out of the ring, only to be chased back in by Olympia. Precious looked like she might try to interfere, but the referee laid down the law and let her know that if she even looked like she might get directly involved, she would be sent to the back. Garvin pulled out every trick in the book to get and advantage, using every short cut he could thing of and fighting ferociously out of several attempts by Olympia to put on the Figure Four Leglock. Olympia looked to finally put it away by hooking in a Sleeper, but Garvin held out long enough until the ring bell rang, signaling a 30 minute time limit draw. Black Gordman & Goliath vs. Bobo Brazil & Brickhouse Brown The former tag champs were looking to re-establish themselves against the veteran team of Gordman and Goliath, and were showing no sign of friction as they dominated Bobby Colt’s men throughout the match. They seemed about to put the match away when Brickhouse held up Gordman for a running headbutt by Brazil, only for Gordman to duck out of the way at the last moment and Bobo hit Brickhouse instead. Goliath held back Bobo as Gordman got the Diamond Twist DDT on Brickhouse for the victory. Brickhouse was clearly quite upset with Bobo after the match, but Brazil was able to talk him down and the two left the ring together. Loser Leaves The AWA Match : Samu vs. Eric Embry Samu was clearly out for revenge after Embry had earlier put him out of action for a month and Embry was not just fighting for his AWA career but seemingly his life. The Flamboyant One was consistently on the defense against the incredibly aggressive attacks by the newly minted “Samoan Dynamite”, being busted open early in the match. It looked like the match was over when Samu whipped Embry into the corner and came in with a jumping headbutt, only for Embry to duck out of the way at the last moment and Samu went face first into the turnbuckle. Embry hooked both Samu’s legs and put both his feet on the ropes and got the one …. Two … three? No! The ref signaled that Samu managed to get his shoulder up just in time but Embry thought he had scored the win. He celebrated then turned back to Samu, but was greeted with a hard thrust kick to the face. Samu then hit the Dynamite Drop (brainbuster) and got the pinfall, sending Embry out of the AWA. Missouri Title Match : Nick Bockwinkel © vs. Tony Atlas Atlas was still sporting taped ribs from his injury several weeks ago at the hands of Hercules Hernandez, but was clearly not going to let that stop him from going full bore against the Missouri champ. Bockwinkel, the ever canny competitor, put in every effort to control the match using his unparalleled ring smarts and well timed shots to the ribs, but Atlas stayed with him every step of the way, hitting big power moves when it looked like he might be at a disadvantage. Bockwinkel kept trying to wear down Atlas, taking him off his feet and working on his legs. He tried to get Atlas in a figure four leglock but Atlas countered with an inside cradle that got a 2 count. Atlas tried to get another cradle on Bockwinkel , only for the champ to counter with his own cradle and a fist ful of tights to get the pin. Bockwinkel had held onto his belt but Atlas had proved that he was back as a contender. AWA World Tag Team Title Match : The Road Warriors © vs. Ken Patera & Mike George This was the first challenge to the Warriors’ belts by the new team of the veteran Patera and his apprentice, Mike George, and the Sheikh’s men certainly gave the Roadies a run for their money. Patera was big and strong enough to take the Warriors’ power offense and dish out his own, and George showed the benefits of Patera’s coaching as he aggressively tried to break down the champ’s limbs with arm and leg locks. There seemed a possibility they just might pull it off when they were about to hit Hawk with a running clothesline, only for Hawk to duck and come back with a clothesline of his own that knocked them off their feet. A second flying clothesline on George got the pin, but it doesn’t look like the Sheikh’s men are going to go away soom. Dick The Bruiser, Da Crusher & Prof. Toru Tanaka vs. King Kong Bundy, Ed Wiskowski & Ivan Putski The was a cross-promotional reunion of old partners Crusher and Bruiser taking on their current rivals and the crowd was excited to see both men in the ring together, cheering their every double team move. Bundy did his best to try to make this a short lived reunion as he pummeled his opponents with big crushing moves, while the Brotherhood of Poland were happy to take advantage of the destruction left in the big man’s wake. The veteran team toughed it out, though , and when Wiskowski tried to get Tanaka in a face first piledriver, but Crusher and Bruiser, taking advantage of the ref making their opponents leave the ring, came off the ropes with a running double Bolo Punch on the Polish Prince. The crowd roared its approval as Dick The Bruiser got the pinfall. Hulk Hogan & Jimmy Snuka vs. Lord Humongous & Larry Zbyszko This was a big occasion with two extremely popular superstars, Hogan and Snuka, teaming for the first time. Zbyszko, for his part, wanted nothing to do with either man and was more than content to let the huge masked man bludgeon both men. Zbyszko would come in the ring briefly when it seemed his side had the decisive advantage, only to tag out the moment the opposition started to fight back. Only when he felt that Snuka had been beaten down sufficiently that he came back into the ring, directing Humongous to go after Hogan while he put the boots to Snuka. While Hogan and Humongous brawled at ringside, Zbyszko attacked Snuka until he finally threw him out of the ring. But Snuka was only playing possum, and after Zybyzko had finished gloating and turned back in his direction, he came off the top turn buckle with a flying cross body press and pinned the surprised Zybyszko. Larry Z tried to blame Humongous for his defeat, but the masked man didn’t take kindly to that and moved menacingly towards the smaller man, leading to Larry beating a hasty retreat from the ring. The Hulkster and the Superfly celebrated in the middle of the ring as the crowd cheered on their victory in this historic cross-promotional event.

Results of the special inter-promotional card with WWA/AWA at the International Amphitheatre , Chicago : Bob Orton Jr. vs. Don Kernodle This was shaping up to be a great technical match up, with both men displaying their great scientific wrestling skill. However, the match turned to the nasty when Kernodle tried to get Orton in a vertical suplex and Orton, taking advantage of the fact that the ref was out of position, countered with a vicious low blow kick. A back suplex and a running kneedrop later, and Orton had gotten the tainted victory. Mr. Olympia vs. Jimmy Garvin This was Garvin’s first major singles match since losing the American title and he certainly had his work cut out him with the popular masked man. Early in the match he would try to stall for time by bailing out of the ring, only to be chased back in by Olympia. Precious looked like she might try to interfere, but the referee laid down the law and let her know that if she even looked like she might get directly involved, she would be sent to the back. Garvin pulled out every trick in the book to get and advantage, using every short cut he could thing of and fighting ferociously out of several attempts by Olympia to put on the Figure Four Leglock. Olympia looked to finally put it away by hooking in a Sleeper, but Garvin held out long enough until the ring bell rang, signaling a 30 minute time limit draw. Black Gordman & Goliath vs. Bobo Brazil & Brickhouse Brown The former tag champs were looking to re-establish themselves against the veteran team of Gordman and Goliath, and were showing no sign of friction as they dominated Bobby Colt’s men throughout the match. They seemed about to put the match away when Brickhouse held up Gordman for a running headbutt by Brazil, only for Gordman to duck out of the way at the last moment and Bobo hit Brickhouse instead. Goliath held back Bobo as Gordman got the Diamond Twist DDT on Brickhouse for the victory. Brickhouse was clearly quite upset with Bobo after the match, but Brazil was able to talk him down and the two left the ring together. Loser Leaves The AWA Match : Samu vs. Eric Embry Samu was clearly out for revenge after Embry had earlier put him out of action for a month and Embry was not just fighting for his AWA career but seemingly his life. The Flamboyant One was consistently on the defense against the incredibly aggressive attacks by the newly minted “Samoan Dynamite”, being busted open early in the match. It looked like the match was over when Samu whipped Embry into the corner and came in with a jumping headbutt, only for Embry to duck out of the way at the last moment and Samu went face first into the turnbuckle. Embry hooked both Samu’s legs and put both his feet on the ropes and got the one …. Two … three? No! The ref signaled that Samu managed to get his shoulder up just in time but Embry thought he had scored the win. He celebrated then turned back to Samu, but was greeted with a hard thrust kick to the face. Samu then hit the Dynamite Drop (brainbuster) and got the pinfall, sending Embry out of the AWA. Missouri Title Match : Nick Bockwinkel © vs. Tony Atlas Atlas was still sporting taped ribs from his injury several weeks ago at the hands of Hercules Hernandez, but was clearly not going to let that stop him from going full bore against the Missouri champ. Bockwinkel, the ever canny competitor, put in every effort to control the match using his unparalleled ring smarts and well timed shots to the ribs, but Atlas stayed with him every step of the way, hitting big power moves when it looked like he might be at a disadvantage. Bockwinkel kept trying to wear down Atlas, taking him off his feet and working on his legs. He tried to get Atlas in a figure four leglock but Atlas countered with an inside cradle that got a 2 count. Atlas tried to get another cradle on Bockwinkel , only for the champ to counter with his own cradle and a fist ful of tights to get the pin. Bockwinkel had held onto his belt but Atlas had proved that he was back as a contender. AWA World Tag Team Title Match : The Road Warriors © vs. Ken Patera & Mike George This was the first challenge to the Warriors’ belts by the new team of the veteran Patera and his apprentice, Mike George, and the Sheikh’s men certainly gave the Roadies a run for their money. Patera was big and strong enough to take the Warriors’ power offense and dish out his own, and George showed the benefits of Patera’s coaching as he aggressively tried to break down the champ’s limbs with arm and leg locks. There seemed a possibility they just might pull it off when they were about to hit Hawk with a running clothesline, only for Hawk to duck and come back with a clothesline of his own that knocked them off their feet. A second flying clothesline on George got the pin, but it doesn’t look like the Sheikh’s men are going to go away soom. Dick The Bruiser, Da Crusher & Prof. Toru Tanaka vs. King Kong Bundy, Ed Wiskowski & Ivan Putski The was a cross-promotional reunion of old partners Crusher and Bruiser taking on their current rivals and the crowd was excited to see both men in the ring together, cheering their every double team move. Bundy did his best to try to make this a short lived reunion as he pummeled his opponents with big crushing moves, while the Brotherhood of Poland were happy to take advantage of the destruction left in the big man’s wake. The veteran team toughed it out, though , and when Wiskowski tried to get Tanaka in a face first piledriver, but Crusher and Bruiser, taking advantage of the ref making their opponents leave the ring, came off the ropes with a running double Bolo Punch on the Polish Prince. The crowd roared its approval as Dick The Bruiser got the pinfall. Hulk Hogan & Jimmy Snuka vs. Lord Humongous & Larry Zbyszko This was a big occasion with two extremely popular superstars, Hogan and Snuka, teaming for the first time. Zbyszko, for his part, wanted nothing to do with either man and was more than content to let the huge masked man bludgeon both men. Zbyszko would come in the ring briefly when it seemed his side had the decisive advantage, only to tag out the moment the opposition started to fight back. Only when he felt that Snuka had been beaten down sufficiently that he came back into the ring, directing Humongous to go after Hogan while he put the boots to Snuka. While Hogan and Humongous brawled at ringside, Zbyszko attacked Snuka until he finally threw him out of the ring. But Snuka was only playing possum, and after Zybyzko had finished gloating and turned back in his direction, he came off the top turn buckle with a flying cross body press and pinned the surprised Zybyszko. Larry Z tried to blame Humongous for his defeat, but the masked man didn’t take kindly to that and moved menacingly towards the smaller man, leading to Larry beating a hasty retreat from the ring. The Hulkster and the Superfly celebrated in the middle of the ring as the crowd cheered on their victory in this historic cross-promotional event.