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Again, I ask , where is Precious? I keep reading that she first showed up in September-October.

Dutch and Bullet Bob in a 21 minute non stop brawl sounds like a slice of heaven.

He learned that move from Little Ed Pemberton.

Missing from the AWA : Cal Manson Bill Cody Bill Rathke Mike Vachon

The lineups for more upcoming AWA house shows have been announced. AWA at Boylan High School, Rockford, IL , August 13th The Minnesota Heartbreakers (Sword, Stanton & Brewer) vs. The Latin Lovers & Iceman Parsons Ivan Putski vs. Sheikh Adnan Kaissie Ed Wiskowski vs. Moose Cholak Eric Embry vs. Samu Mr. Olympia & Da Crusher vs. Boris Zukhov & Prof. Toru Tanaka AWA at The Mecca, Milwaukee Moose Cholak vs. Buck Zumhofe The Latin Lovers vs. The Minnesota Heartbreakers (Sword & Brewer) Eric Embry vs. Samu AWA Light Heavyweight Title Match : Jimmy Garvin © vs. Iceman Parsons The Wild Bills & Lord Humongous vs. The Road Warriors & ? Big 8 Man Tag Match : Hulk Hogan, Mr. Olympia, Da Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. Ken Patera, One Man Gang, Boris Zukhov & Prof. Toru Tanaka with special guest referee, TV's Eddie Mekka

Upcoming shows, will do my best to get these out a lot quicker. AWA All-Star Wrestling , August 6th Ken Patera vs. Great Malumba Moose Cholak vs. Bill Rathke The Minnesota Heartbreakers (Jeff Sword & Tom Stanton) vs. Jimmy Garvin & Ed Wiskowski "Flamboyant" Eric Embry vs. Buck Zumhofe The Wild Bills ("Wild" Bill Irwin & Billy Jack) & Lord Humongous vs. The Latin Lovers (Vinnie Valentino & Javier Cruz) & Samu Da Crusher & Ivan Putski vs. Boris Zukhov & Prof. Toru Tanaka One Man Gang vs. Mr. Olympia Plus interview with the Road Warriors & Hulk Hogan AWA at the Met Center, Bloomington, MN, August 6th Moose Cholak vs. Great Malumba Lord Humongous vs. Buck Zumhofe The Latin Lovers vs. Eric Embry & Buck Robley Da Crusher, Ivan Putski & Samu vs. Sheikh Adnan Kaissie, Boris Zukhov & Prof. Toru Tanaka AWA Light Heavyweight Title Match : Jimmy Garvin © vs. Iceman Parsons AWA World Tag Team Title rematch : The Wild Bills © vs. The Road Warriors Hulk Hogan & Mr. Olympia vs. Ken Patera & One Man Gang

Oh believe me, I am not done with Zumhofe next. Martel stands up for all that is true and Canadian.

Since I have lapped myself, this will be short and sweet. AWA All-Star Wrestling for the weekend of July 29th The show comes up with an announcement that the matches on the show were recorded before the recent show in Milwaukee. This is followed by clips of the Milwaukee show : various matches in the tournament, Mr. Olympia pinning Lanny Poffo, One Man Gang attacking Hulk Hogan during his match with Ken Patera, Da Crusher dropping the keg on top of Toru Tanaka and , finally, the brutal ambush of Col. Buck Robley’s army on The Road Warriors, ending with the Army marching from the ring with the World Tag Title belts. Mean Gene then announced that he recorded an interview with Col. Buck Robley’s Army (Col. Buck Robley, Maj. Cal Manson , Eric Embry, the Wild Bills and the mysterious masked man) after the show in the AWA studios. Mean Gene : Buck Robley, what you just did in Milwaukee was one of the most despicable acts I have ever witnessed. I know the Road Warriors injured your arm , but the attack you perpetrated on them … why, that was uncalled for! Robley : Shut your face, Okerlund! I told you to call me the Colonel! Road Runners, you thought I was just an old man. Well, when you kick an old dog, he bites back! Now you don’t look so cocky, you ain’t got no belts, and all you have are some bruises courtesy of my man here and the rest of the army! Mean Gene : Who is this man you brought in to attack the Road Warriors? Is this Je-? Robley : Don’t say that name! That man is no more! This is the man! This is the Ayatollah of Rock & Rollah! This is … Lord Humongous! Mean Gene : Eric Embry, what the devil are you doing here in the AWA? The last anyone had heard of you, you were on the west coast. Eric Embry (smirking) : Don’t you worry your little bald head about that, Gene. Let’s just say that the Colonel and I have come to an agreement, and I am proud to serve in his Army. And now that I have had a good look at the AWA … heh heh heh .. well, I’m fixin’ to have me a good ole time! Ed Wiskowski vs. Buck Zumhofe Wiskowski beat Zumhofe like he owed him money, hitting a vicious shoulder breaker before getting the win with the face first piledriver. Iceman Parsons vs. Bill Rathke Iceman strutted his stuff to the cheers of the fans and easily dominated Rathke before ending the match with the top rope Rumper Stumper. Ken Patera vs. Samu Samu threw everything he had against Patera, but the big power lifter waited him out and caught him coming off the ropes in a bear hug to force the popular Samoan to give up. Mr. Olympia vs. Bill Cody A quick paced bout between the masked man and the veteran that ended with Olympia locking in the Sleeper on Cody. Rick Martel vs. Sheikh Adnan Kaissie Martel clearly had the advantage over Kaissie until Boris Zukhov charged the ring with his chain, leading to a DQ victory for Martel. Da Crusher vs. Boris Zukhov The Sheikh tried to interfere in the match, but Martel came to ringside and pulled him off the ring apron. In the confusion, Crusher hit Zukhov with a Bolo Punch to get the pin. Cut to the AWA studios, for another interview after the Milwaukee show. First, Sheikh Adnan Kaissie, Ken Patera, Boris Zukhov and One Man Gang. Patera : I told you , Hogan. I TOLD YOU! There is one more, and here he is … the Big 747, the One Man Gang! We drew you into our trap, Hogan, and like the no talent muscle head you are, you fell for it, hook , line and sinker! It’s only a matter of time, Hogan, and we will pick that title belt off your broken and battered body! One Man Gang : How are those ribs, Hogan? We gave you every warning, and you still didn’t see it coming. You were too dumb to get out of the way, and you are still too dumb to quit while you can, so we are going to have to teach you another lesson. You watch your back, Hogan, because when we decide to take you out for good, even your little masked friend won’t be able to save you. Cut to a later interview. Hulk Hogan is alone in the room. His face and neck are badly bruised and his ribs are heavily taped. He speaks in a quiet tone, unlike his usual high energy self. Hogan : I let you down, folks. I knew they were dangerous, I knew they wouldn’t fight fair, but I thought I had them spotted. I was ready for Patera, ready for the Sheikh, ready for Zukhov … I should have been ready for the unknown. And they did their damage … I’m man enough to admit it. Black eye, bruised ribs … they knocked me down and they left their mark. But I am still standing, I’m still ready to fight, and I still have the title. And by God, I will not give them the satisfaction of giving in to them. Sheikh … Patera … One Man Gang … I don’t care what or who you throw at me. I will not be taken for a fool again and when I get you in my sights, I am going to run over you like a freight train! And what are you going to do then, Patera, when the AWA Champion runs wild on you? … (hmmm, like that, think I’ll use it again) … July 29th, Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Moose Cholak vs. "Buffalo" Bill Cody Moose Cholak made his debut in the AWA after a short stay in Southwestern and beat Bill Cody with a big splash. Eric Embry vs. "The Flying Samoan" Samu Embry made his AWA debut accompanied by Col. Buck Robley and beat Samu with a cradle suplex. Mr. Olympia vs. Prof. Toru Tanaka After an intense brawl, Olympia finally hit Tanaka with a flying dropkick to get the win Lord Humongous vs. "Rock & Roll" Buck Zumhofe After his appearance at the Milwaukee show, the masked Lord Humongous had his first match with Col. Buck Robley and Maj. Cal Manson in his corner and destroyed Zumhofe in 90 seconds, causing him to pass out in a modified Cobra Clutch. Da Crusher vs. Sheikh Adnan Kaissie Crusher easily disposed of the Sheikh with a Bolo Punch. Boris Zukhov tried to attack him after the match, but Crusher fended him off by swinging a chair. AWA World Tag Team Title Match : The Wild Bills ("Wild" Bill Irwin & Billy Jack) © vs. The Latin Lovers (Vinnie Valentino & Javier Cruz) The Latin Lovers put up a valiant effort but were just bullied down by the Bills, with Billy Jack beating Valentino with a Full Nelson. NWA Canadian Champion Rick Martel vs. Boris Zukhov (non-title) Kaissie tried to pass Zukhov the chain, but Crusher rushed to ringside and grabbed it from him. As Crusher and Kaissie slugged it out, Martel hit a slingshot splash on Zukhov for the hard fought victory. Cage Match : AWA Light Heavyweight Champion "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin vs. Iceman "King" Parsons (non-title) After a long, bloody brawl, Parsons caught Garvin in the top rope Rumper Stumper for the win. Afterwards, Parsons was demanding a title shot, but Garvin would not answer, rushing to the locker room with Ed Wiskowski in tow.

Instead, Polish Power will be coming to the midwest, as the AWA welcomes Ivan Putski.

BTW Cross Face has authorized me to make the pick for the AWA.

At some point Maple Leaf Wrestling became basically Superstars in all but name. I remember watching another show that was on the station from Kingston that was pretty much Challenge, except the last match was an arena match, usually from Toronto. I watched for the Al Perez matches and Shane Douglas' war with Haku

True story : way back in the day, when I first started watching wrestling (between WrestleMania and WrestleMania 2), WWF Maple Leaf Wrestling had their own separate Canadian tapings where everyone was moved up a notch. We usually didn't get the top level guys, the mid-card and upper job guys were competitive and even got some wins. George Wells got a fair sized push (he was a former Saskatchewan Roughrider) and was, no fooling, my favorite wrestler for a bit. It damned near broke my heart when, on a visit to my grandparents in Newfoundland, I watched a US broadcast of Superstars and saw Wells being used as a jobber.

No way I would have figured George Wells would be the first to go. Not a dig on your pick, I was slightly hoping we would be able to grab him (but not too optimistic given our placement) but not the guy I would have figured to be grabbed first.

How much longer until we skip down to dawho?

Fabs should have known better than to mess with the Wild Bills.

Just a heads up, my shows will be a couple of days late this week. Just the way the week has worked out. They should be up by the weekend. Thanks for your patience.

The AWA World Tag Team champions : The Wild Bills ("Wild" Bill Irwin & Billy Jack)

Cool idea except for the abbreviation

Verne just hasn't had his medicine today.

See, how could I possibly leave the AWA and all of this awesomeness?

Here is the upcoming schedule for the AWA for the month of August, 1983 : Wednesday, August 3 : TV Taping, St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN Friday, August 6 : AWA All-Star Wrestling Friday, August 6 : Met Center, Bloomington, MN Friday, August 12 : AWA All-Star Wrestling Friday, August 12 : Boylan High School, Rockford, IL Wednesday, August 17 : TV Taping, St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN Friday, August 19 : AWA All-Star Wrestling Friday, August 19 : The Mecca, Milwaukee, WI Friday, August 26 : AWA All-Star Wrestling Friday, August 26 : Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wednesday, August 31 : TV Taping, St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN

I am going to pull the trigger and take my name off the waiting list (which, at this point, means the list is empty). If for some reason CFCW decides to bow out (which I am certainly hoping he does not do, I am enjoying working with him), I would be interested in assuming full control of the AWA but for now, I am happy with my current situation and not interested in taking over another territory. I will let folks know if that changes.

sorry it took so long to get back, I was on the road for most of the day and have been recovering for the rest. I am officially staying put ... I am sure lowblowbooking will do a great job with Mid South.

You should be more concerned that he tried to sexually assault Laverne. A libellous allegation. Cruz would never dream of laying a hand on her, given that AWA President Stanley Blackburn is quite clearly Laverne's father.

For pity sake, Col. Buck Robley's Army is sleazy, it is not *classless*!