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In a move that will no doubt shock the world of wrestling, with their final pick the AWA selects ... "Mad Dog" Pierre Lefebvre. Now for Gene and Kevin to make their picks, and MACW and Stampede can be left to divide what is left of Gaul between them.

The AWA brings "Wildman" Jack Armstrong back into the fold.

Stampede will take "Golden" Moose Cholak.

It was more of an exhausted hand slap ... it's 83 Road Warriors and they just went 30 minutes, cut them some slack.

The AWA welcomes back Vinnie Valentino.

http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/31376-american-wrestling-association-results/page-8 Hey, kids, the AWA is now up to date! Big huge thanks to all of the various promoters who helped me through this Hogan-less time with their generous talent sharing. Looking forward to all kinds of excitement in the post-redistribution era. For those wondering about the mystery partners in the most recent house show. although both wrestlers were recently drafted by me, they were appearing as a part of an earlier talent arrangement with their original promoter that gave them to me for the month of December. The draft just ensured that they will be continuing with the AWA full time after that. Similar to that, the Super Destroyer's appearances have been a part of a similar talent arrangement.

AWA show at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, December 9th Samu vs. Apocalypse After an intense bout , Samu was about to put Apocalypse away with the Dynamite Drop, Col. Buck Robley broke it up with a lariat to the back of the head, leading to a DQ The Wild Bills vs. The Fantastics The Wild Bills were clearly looking to bully the Fantastics like they had the Latin Lovers. The Fantastics had faced some tough competition in Mid South and weren’t about to be intimidated by the Bills. After a spectacular back and forth match, while the ref was escorting Billy Jack out of the ring, Bobby Fulton tried to take Irwin down with a sunset flip, but Irwin, cowbell in hand, blocked it by grabbing Fulton by the hair and was about to bring the cowbell down hard on his head. However, Tommy Rodgers came to the rescue with a spectacular dropkick on Irwin, and Fulton was able to roll through with the sunset flip. The ref got back just in time to count the pin and, despite the protests of Col. Buck Robley, the Fantastics got the win. Mr. Olympia, Tony Atlas & The Latin Lovers vs. Eddie Mansfield & The Minnesota Heartbreakers Once again, Mansfield did his best to avoid getting in the ring and left the Heartbreakers to get knocked across the mat by the opposition. Tony Atlas forced Tom Stanton to give up to a big bear hug, but Mansfield will soon have to pay the piper for his recent actions against Mr. Olympia . Wahoo McDaniel vs. Lord Humongous Both men were a bloody mess by the end of this match. Wahoo managed to get the hockey mask off Humongous and laid down some massive chops on his exposed head, but Humongous was not a one trick pony and used his massive power to hit some devastating slams on McDaniel. Humongous sought to polish him off with a lariat, but Wahoo ducked at the last moment and came back off the opposite rope with a Tomahawk chop to get the win. McDaniel got the victory , but both men looked like they had gone through the wringer. Greg Gagne & ? Vs. Paul Orndorff, Super Destroyer & Jimmy Garvin Orndorff and his partners were clearly confident as they came out to the ring, and were even more confident when Greg Gagne came out by himself. Their cocky smiles turned into frowns, however, when Gagne signaled to the back and brought out …. Jim Brunzell and Phil LaFon ! Brunzell had a long association with Gagne as part of the High Flyers and brought with him the Canadian sensation, Phil LaFon, with whom he had teamed in Quebec. This exciting new triad stymied the villains with their fast paced moves and technical wrestling, never losing their cool when their opponents tried to bring the match down into the dirt with cheap tactics. After an exciting match, a gasp went up from the crowd when LaFon hit the huge Super Destroyer with a cobra clutch suplex, and when Orndorff and Garvin tried to come in to break up the pin, they were met by precision dropkicks from Brunzell and Gagne. With this victory, it looked like Gagne had finally found the right allies to take on Orndorff’s crew, but time will tell how this pans out for them. Iceman Parsons, Jerry Lawler & "Wildman" Jack Armstrong vs. Ken Patera, Mike George & Boris Zukhov Parsons and Armstrong once again worked with Parsons’ friend , the King Of Memphis Jerry Lawler, to square off with Sheikh Kaissie’s men. The end came when Armstrong looked to finish off George with a bear hug, but Zukhov took advantage of the ref being distracted and hit a chain assisted clothesline to Armstrong’s back. He placed George on top of Armstrong and the Sheikh’s soldiers got the tainted win. AWA World Tag Titles Match : The Road Warriors © vs. The Rock 'n' Roll Express There was a lot of anticipation going into this match, both with the Express’ recent victory over the Brotherhood Of Poland and with the news that the Express had scored a victory over the Warriors in the Memphis territory. This match delivered on every level, with the Warriors devastating power evenly matched with the Express’ high flying expertise. The Express did hit their double dropkick finisher on Hawk, but were unable to capitalize as, when they got up, Animal levelled them with a double clothesline from behind. At one point, Animal got ready to put them away by hoisting Ricky Morton up on his shoulders for the Doomsday Device, but Hawk was unable to administer the top rope clothesline as Robert Gibson had grabbed onto his leg and would not let go, and Morton was able to counter with a victory roll. He got a two count before Hawk had kicked himself free of Gibson and broke it up with an elbow smash. As the match wound down, the Express were able to hit the drop toehold/elbowdrop combo that got them their earlier win, but Animal was able to kick out just in the nick of time. The two teams were still battling it out as the bell rang, signaling a 30 minute time limit draw, but were able to calm down enough afterwards to shake hands as a show of good sportsmanship.

26 countries, mate! (I think, I never could get the number right.)

AWA All-Star Wrestling , December 9th Lord Humongous vs. Tony Russo Lord Humongous has been keeping a relatively low profile since his title matches against Hulk Hogan. Today, he gave a reminder as to why he got a title shot in the first place. He brutally dismantled the Wild Italian, hitting a devastating series of power moves before putting him away with the modified Cobra Clutch. The Wild Bills vs. The Latin Lovers The Wild Bills are gearing up for a match with another fast paced team in the Fantastics and gave an indication of their approach with a furious assault on the well liked Latin Lovers. Valentino and Cruz did their best to hang with the former tag champs but when the Bills hit a brutal double lariat on Cruz, that was all she wrote. Da Crusher vs. Bill Rathke AWA legend Da Crusher clearly had the crowd on his side as he took on journeyman “Big” Bill Rathke, and spent much of his time playing good-naturedly to the fans before knocking Rathke out with a running Bolo punch. Paul Orndorff vs. Stan Stasiak “Mr. Wonderful” has been on quite the tear as of late while he heads towards the ultimate show down with AWA stalwart Greg Gagne, and this time out was facing former World champ Stan Stasiak. Stasiak put up some of the stiffest opposition Orndorff has faced yet, resisting Orndorff’s attempts to injure his arm and take the Heart Punch out of the equation, all the while firing back with big haymakers. He tried to get Orndorff in position for the Heart Punch with a lariat, but Orndorff ducked and hit his own lariat. One piledriver later and “Mr. Wonderful” had gotten another win. Iceman Parsons & “Wildman” Jack Armstrong vs. Boris Zukhov & Mike George The American champ Parsons and his good friend “The Wildman” have been having their share of troubles with Sheikh Kaissie’s men, with Parsons targeted by Ken Patera for his title and Armstrong feuding with Boris Zukhov. The threat of Patera interfering hung over this match, but for the time being, the Olympic strongman seemed to be waiting for his ideal shot, and Parsons got the win for his team when he hit a top rope Rumper Stumper on Zukhov. Eddie Mansfield vs. Mr. Olympia These few have been feuding for quite some time, and for once it seemed like there would be a level playing field with the threat of sanctions in case the Minnesota Heartbreakers interfered. This seemed to play in Olympia’s favor, as he took all of his long time frustration out on Mansfield, dominating him with slams and dropkicks. It looked like he would finally get a decisive victory over the Continental Lover when he got Mansfield in the Sleeper hold … but sure enough, the Minnesota Heartbreakers came running in from the back to attack Olympia, leading to the DQ. The Latin Lovers came out swinging chairs to run them off, and the AWA officials were seen in intense discussion as to what measures would be taken on Mansfield and the Heartbreakers.

Isn't his proper name Jonathan F*cking Boyd?

Eddie Mansfield is back to the AWA.

And 2 of the 3 of those are not rookies but experienced wrestlers returning to action after a lay off.

So I can take Putski now? I am taking Putski now Stampede is up.

Awesome, always love these.

I remembered that my turn came after a double pick, I completely spaced that it was on the other end of the snake next to Stampede.

I'd be willing to support a one off exemption for Gino. It's only one month, after all.

Frick, sorry, jumped my spot ... please don't take Ivan Putski, folks

Wow, that went quick. Welcome home, Ivan Putski.

Hmmm, active is active. I'd vote to allow it.

Going from Online World Of Wrestling : Stampede Wrestling May 30, 1986: Owen Hart officially debuted in his father’s Stampede Wrestling promotion It says he had a few one off appearances before that, filling in under a mask, but I believe we go from when they start full time. AWA takes back Mike Boyette.

Stampede now gets back to back picks.

AWA show at the Met Center, Bloomington, December 2nd The Latin Lovers vs. The Minnesota Heartbreakers The Latin Lovers won with the Love Missile on Rocky Brewer. The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs. The Brotherhood Of Poland The RnRs come in making a guest appearance from the Memphis territory bringing a lot of excitement and an impressive resume, including a victory over none other than the AWA tag champion Road Warriors. They showed they are definitely worthy of the hype as they dazzled the crowds and stymied the bigger team with their rapid fire, double team moves, getting a shocking victory with a double dropkick on Putski. Mr. Olympia & Tony Atlas vs. Eddie Mansfield & Rick Patterson Mr. Olympia brought in a second “Mr. Olympia”, none other than Tony Atlas, to continue his campaign against Mansfield and the Minnesota Heartbreakers and got the victory when Atlas hit the running splash on Patterson Wahoo McDaniel & Samu vs. Lord Humongous & Apocalypse Samu teamed with Mid-South’s legendary Wahoo McDaniel against the two masked men of Col. Robley’s Army and the match went to a double count out with both teams brawling outside the ring Iceman Parsons & Jerry Lawler vs. Ken Patera & Mike George The Memphis legend made a return appearance to the AWA teaming with the American champ and got the win when he hit the flying fistdrop on Mike George Greg Gagne & The Fantastics vs. Paul Orndorff, Super Destroyer & Jimmy Garvin Gagne was teaming with the popular Mid South tandem of The Fantastics in his efforts to defeat Orndorff and crew and Rodgers and Fulton did not disappoint, going fist and fire with Orndorff, Super D and Garvin. Orndorff ultimately went to the gutter, tripping Gagne from the outside as her tried to suplex Super Destroyer from the ring apron into the ring and held down Greg’s leg to get the dirty victory for his team. AWA World Tag Titles Match : The Road Warriors © vs. The Wild Bills Yet another epic match between these two teams. It looked like the match could end at several points, including when Billy Jack just barely kicked out from a Hawk top rope clothesline, and when Irwin and Haynes side suplex/second rope elbow drop on Hawk got a 2.99999 count that was just barely broken up by Animal. Ultimately, Irwin had Animal set up on the top rope for a superplex, but Animal resisted and fought back with big forearm shots until he knocked Irwin to the mat. He and Hawk then hit a double top rope flying shoulder tackle that finally put an end to the match.

The AWA brings back Mike George into the fold.

AWA All-Star Wrestling for December 2nd Eddie Mansfield vs. Javier Cruz Eddie Mansfield didn’t seem happy not being allowed to have the Minnesota Heartbreakers at his back for this match, but he seemed determined to take his frustration out on Javier Cruz. The popular Latin Lover fought hard to keep up with the Continental Lover, but Mansfield seemed to have an extra edge of viciousness to his moves. Any attempts at high flying moves were immediately shut down by Mansfield, and ultimately a powerslam on Cruz signaled the end of the match. Apocalypse & Maj. Cal Manson vs. Samu & Moose Cholak Any semblance of control in the match went out the window in the first minute, when Samu and the masked Apocalypse brawled their way out of the ring to ringside and didn’t return to the ring for the rest of the match. The left the big Moose in the ring to dominate Manson, and he swiftly dispatched the second in command of the Army with a running splash. Ken Patera vs. “Wildman” Jack Armstrong Armstrong had been on a hot streak against Sheikh Kaissie’s men of late, and hoped to extend it with this match. He certainly had his work cut out for him against the formidable strongman Patera, especially when Boris Zukhov joined Patera at ringside to provide distraction. It was still all Patera could do to contain the out of control offense of the Wildman. When Armstrong looked to be winding up for the big Running Clothesline, it seemed like he might just be able to pull off the upset. But Zukhov made his presence felt by snagging Armstrong’s leg as he came off the ropes, tripping him and sending him crashing face first into the mat , where Patera capitalized with a brutal elbow drop to the back of Armstrong’s head. One shoulder breaker later and he had put an end, for now, to the challenge of the Wildman. Road Warrior Hawk vs. “Wild” Bill Irwin Both the Road Warriors and the Wild Bills were gearing up for their big tag title rematch, and both men had their tag partners in their corner for this singles match. As could be expected, this was an intense match with Irwin looking to inflict as much punishment before the big title match and Hawk determined to pay back every shot with two more. Hawk was setting up Irwin to finish him off with a big flying clothesline, but as he was about to come off the ropes, Billy Jack Haynes yanked down the top rope and Hawk tumbled to the outside. As the ref called for the DQ on Irwin, the two teams brawled into the commercial break. Mr. Olympia vs. Tom Stanton Olympia seemed to have noted the aggression early in the show by Eddie Mansfield and had, in turn, cranked up the violence of his own attack. He never gave Stanton a chance to breath, hitting him with an array of lightning quick power moves before putting him in the Powerlock (figure four leg lock) for the win. Greg Gagne & Da Crusher vs. Paul Orndorff & Super Destroyer In his ongoing war with Mr. Wonderful and the Super Destroyer, Gagne has to go to various different places for help. This time , he teamed with his old friend Da Crusher. Gagne and the scrappy veteran really took it to the villainous pair, slugging it out with both of them. But just when it seemed like they would finally get the win, with Crusher setting up Super D for a big power slam, Orndorff, taking advantage of the ref escorting Gagne out of the ring, viciously clipped Crusher from behind, sending Super Destroyer crashing down on top of Crusher and stealing the win.

Damned good choices by Mephis. Jackson was on my extended list, although I don't think I would have ultimately found a place for him.