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AWA show at Boylan High School, Rockford, IL , May 25th The Can-Am Express vs. The British Bullies The Express pinned Jones after a double dropkick Tom Zenk vs. Paul Diamond Diamond hit a flying back body press, but Zenk reversed it with a fistful of tights for the win Jake Roberts, Nord The Barbarian & Cactus Jack vs. Roddy Piper, Buzz Sawyer & Sabu Cactus was going for a Russian Legsweep on Piper, but Sabu roundhouse kicked him in the back of the head and Piper got the pinfall The Youngbloods vs. Mando & Hector Guerrero In a match of dueling attempted suplexes, Hector managed to get Wellington with the double underhook suplex and secure the win Brian Pillman vs. Leo Burke This was a very hotly contested bout where Burke nearly locked Pillman in the Sleeper hold, but Pillman was able to block it and catch Burke in a crucifix for the one two three Masa Saito vs. The Great Kabuki Saito cut off the thrust kick with a legsweep and followed up with the Saito Suplex to get the victory over Kabuki Sgt. Slaughter vs. Buddy Rose Sarge won by DQ after he was attacked by Col. Debeers Bob Orton vs. Leon White White fought off attempts to set him up for a Superplex and managed to hit an Avalanche in the corner to score the win. Piper was in Orton’s corner during the match, observing AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match : Black Irish © vs. British Steel Both teams went to a 20 minute time limit draw AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Shane Douglas Tanaka ducked under a running cross body press, then followed up with a crescent kick to the side of the head to defend his title Rick Steamboat & Ron Garvin vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Chris Adams Ron Garvin went for a sunset flip on Adams, but Adams reversed it for the one two three

Mask Confusion! I think that would have been an awesome main.

AWA show from the International Amphitheater, Chicago, May 24th Chris Adams vs. Biff Wellington Adams won with a superkick Brian Pillman vs. Doug Somers Pillman pinned Somers after the Air Pillman The Great Kabuki vs. Larry Zbyszko Kabuki ducked a roundhouse kick and followed up with his own thrust kick to the jaw for the win Rocky Mountain Thunder vs. Bob Orton & Buzz Sawyer White was going for a power slam on Sawyer, but Orton hit him in the head with a blackjack and Sawyer fell on top of him for the pinfall AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Tom Zenk Both men went to a 20 minute time limit draw AWA Six Man Tag Team Title Match : The Guerreros © vs. Ron Garvin, Bill Dundee & Shane Douglas Mando caught Dundee with a German suplex to defend their belt AWA World Tag Team Title Match : The Razor Boys © vs. Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell An intense match that the champs won by DQ when Patera slugged the ref AWA American Title Match : Dan Spivey © vs. Kevin Sullivan Sullivan bloodied Spivey with the Golden Spike, but Spivey rallied and got the win with the Spivey Bomber

Thanks so much. Corrected now.

AWA show from the Mecca, Milwaukee, May 23rd (as shown on ESPN / TSN Super Cards) Leo Burke & Doug Somers vs. The Can-Am Express Furnas pinned Burke after a powerslam Mando & Hector Guerrero vs. Bill Dundee & Shane Douglas Dundee and Douglas pinned Hector after a running cross body press / schoolboy trip combination Falls Count Anywhere Match : Sabu vs. Cactus Jack Sabu beat Cactus after a diving legdrop on the concrete floor Mike Rotundo & Dan Spivey vs. Bob Orton & Buzz Sawyer A hard hitting match where Buzz was going for a bulldog on Rotundo but was intercepted by a Spivey Bomber to give the victory to the All-Star Squadron Brian Pillman vs. Tom Zenk Pillman was going for the Air Pillman, but Kevin Sullivan tripped him off the ropes, and Zenk pinned Pillman with his feet on the ropes AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match : Black Irish © vs. British Steel Both teams went to a 20 minute time limit draw Roddy Piper vs. Jake Roberts Piper blocked a DDT attempt with a low blow, followed by a belly to back suplex for the pinfall AWA World Title Match : Ricky Steamboat © vs. Nick Bockwinkel Another epic match where Bock tried to finish him off with a piledriver, but Steamboat dug in and prevented it, then reversed with a schoolboy roll up for the victory. After the match, it was announced that these two would face each other in a cage match in Winnipeg

Great show and really looking forward to July 5th, especially Invaders vs. Pastores.

Armand Rougeau : he will be missed.

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN / TSN , May 23rd Chris Adams vs. Steve Blackman With Adams set on taking the Canadian title from Ron Garvin, he was looking to show he was worthy of the shot by taking on Garvin’s protégé, the powerful young black belt Steve Blackman. This worked out to a martial arts showdown with Adams’ Judo expertise clashing with Blackman’s Tae Kwon Do skills. The match kept the fans on the edge of their seats until Blackman’s attempts to hit an arm takedown were countered by a series of suplexes by Adams, finishing with a belly to back suplex for the three count. Adams shook Blackman’s hand after the match, but time will tell how he will ultimately fare against the double tough Garvin. Death Sentence vs. The All-Star Squadron Since leaving the Varsity Club, Mike Rotundo and Dan Spivey have banded together with Brian Pillman to form a new unit called the All-Star Squadron, and they have impressed a lot of people on recent house shows. Kevin Sullivan has sent his personal goon squad Death Sentence out to get revenge on his former colleagues, and they were clearly set on doing some damage. With Pillman at ringside, Rotundo and Spivey fought hard against their huge opponents, but Payne and Gaylord kept coming at them. Sullivan sought to tip the balance by tossing in the Golden Spike, but found him tackled to the floor by Pillman. Gaylord was still able to pick up the Spike, but was sufficiently delayed for Spivey to nail him with the Spivey Bomber and get the one two three. Both factions continued brawling after the final result, and we are clearly not done with this feud by a long ways. Chavo Guerrero vs. Shane Douglas After an intial loss to Chavo and a time limit draw with Hector, young Shane Douglas has managed a bit of a winning streak on All-Star Wrestling against the Guerrero Brothers. Chavo was obviously quite determined to make sure it didn’t go any further, wrenching him hard with several tough submission holds and suplexes to try to break him down. Douglas showed real fire and determination as he kept rallying back and, with the encouragement of his mentor Bill Dundee, held the advantage over Chavo at several points in the match. Still, the experience of Chavo kept bringing control of the match back into his hands and he looked about to cinch in the match when he got Douglas set up for the Gory Special. Douglas was able to block it, though, and even reverse it into a sunset flip. One … two … three!!!! Douglas had managed a sweep of all three Guerreros and he and Dundee celebrated at ringside with the fans. Col. Debeers vs. Too Cold Scorpio The secret weapon of Playboy After Dark continued their war with the Cobra Corps by taking on one half of Rocky Mountain Thunder. This was a battle of the size and power of Debeers against the speed and agility of Scorpio. Scorpio seemed overwhelmed for much of the match, with his attempts at taking Debeers off his feet swiftly getting shut down. Still, he was able to stagger the Special Forces officer and went up top to try for a high impact move. This was not to be, as he wound up being shoved off the top turnbuckle by Buddy Rose, taking advantage of the ref being distracted. Debeers followed up with a nasty face first piledriver to put Scorpio away. He was able to prevail over one of the junior members of the Cobra Corps, but the big Sarge will prove to be a different matter. AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Brian Pillman Tanaka has been on a run of outstanding technical matches in his defense of the Southern Title, and this match was shaping up to be the same against the popular rookie Pillman. Unfortunately, after a duel of fast paced high flying moves, both men ended up colliding and falling to the outside. As they struggled to get to their feet, Tom Zenk snuck down to ringside and hit a superkick on Pillman before scurrying back to the locker room. Tanaka was able to make it back to the ring in time and got the win by countout. When his manager Sunshine explained to him was happened, Tanaka was furious. He then helped Pillman to his feet and promised him a rematch. Ricky Steamboat & Ron Garvin vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Masa Saito The World Champion and Canadian Champion have become a formidable alliance of late, but would have to deal with the incredibly tough duo of Bockwinkel and Saito. With Bock having his own aims at Steamboat’s World Title, the two waged a ferocious assault on the fan favorites, eventually throwing the rulebook out the window when Larry Zbyszko charged into the ring and joined in attacking Steamboat, leading to a DQ. They looked intent on doing real damage to Steamboat, but Garvin waded in to the rescue, which only caused them to focus their attention on destroying Steamboat’s closest ally. They had Garvin set up for a double spike piledriver, but who should come charging in but Chris Adams, who sent Bock’s crew scattering with Superkicks. Garvin pulled himself to his feet, confused by this unlikely source of support, but Adams let his motives be known when he pointed at Garvin, then pointed at himself. Nobody was going to get to beat Garvin but him, and he didn’t want Garvin to have any excuses when he defended his Canadian Title against Adams.

I actually like Greg, but at this point in my circuit, he is filling a role on the babyface side that Leo Burke does with the heels : the veteran trainer who goes out to give a good match with less experienced wrestlers and put them over.

AWA show from the CU Events/Conference Center, Boulder, May 18th Sabu vs. Cactus Jack Cactus won by DQ after interference by Roddy Piper The Can-Am Express vs. The Youngbloods The Can-Ams won after a dropkick-Cobra Clutch Suplex combo on Wellington Ken Patera vs. Bill Dundee A stiff match with Patera finally taking the win with a shoulder breaker Tom Zenk vs. Greg Gagne Zenk reversed a schoolboy rollup with a fistful of tights to get the pinfall The Great Kabuki vs. Leo Burke Kabuki won with a thrust kick to the jaw Chavo Guerrero vs. Shane Douglas Douglas put in a valiant effort but went down to a top rope somersault senton The All Star Squadron vs. Kevin Sullivan & Death Sentence Pillman pinned Sully after a top rope sunset flip Jake Roberts vs. Roddy Piper Piper pinned Roberts with a double leg takedown with his feet on the ropes Rocky Mountain Thunder vs. Mando & Hector Guerrero Hector was going for a running cross body press on White, but was caught and White countered with a powerslam for the victory. The crowd was going crazy for both Colorado native Scorpio and former Colorado Buffalo White AWA Canadian Title Match : Ron Garvin © vs. Buzz Sawyer A knock down, drag out fight that ended with Garvin piledriving Sawyer to defend his title AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Larry Zbyszko Both men went to a 20 minute time limit draw AWA World Title Match : Ricky Steamboat © vs. Bob Orton Steamboat fought out of a superplex attempt, knocked Orton off the turnbuckle then hit a top rope flying cross body press to get the one two three

And BOOM! goes the dynamite! If anyone can intimidate Kokina, it would be Andre.

Did they get wrestlers at their Comic Con? They only had some in the first 2 in Quebec City and they haven't had in awhile. Almost considering going to Montreal's if I'd know I wouldn't have too much of a workload this summer. Trish Stratus, I was at her Q & A, she was very cool and sweet.

Ottawa Comic Con.

Getting caught back up, loved the May 12 Prime Time 6 man, classic Horsemen match and promo.

A well constructed tournament, definitely looking forward to the big Memorial Day final.

Sorry for the big text drop, I lost a bunch of time to Comic Con so I was in a big rush to get caught up.

That 6 man looks awesome, some serious badasses in that match.

AWA show from the Great Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, May 17th Jerry Blackwell, Ken Patera & Sheikh Adnan Al Kaissie vs. The Great Kabuki, Nord The Barbarian & Cactus Jack Blackwell pinned Cactus with a power slam after Sabu slipped into the ring and kicked Cactus in the back of the head Greg Gagne vs. Maxx Payne Payne made Gagne give up to the Payne Killer Brian Pillman vs. Mando Guerrero Pillman won with the Air Pillman Chris Adams & The British Bullies vs. Ron Garvin & The Youngbloods Adams countered the Bicycle Kick attempt by Blackman with a legsweep , then forced him to submit to the figure four AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Chavo Guerrero In an incredibly competitive bout, Chavo was going for a German Suplex, but Tanaka stopped it with a back low kick, followed by a school boy rollup for the one two three AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match : Black Irish © vs. Bill Dundee & Shane Douglas Black Irish executed a spike piledriver on Bill Dundee to get the win AWA American Title Match : Dan Spivey © vs. Tom Zenk Spivey dodged a top rope flying cross body press, then hit the Spivey Bomber to defend his title

AWA show from the Denver Auditorium, Denver, May 16th (as shown on ESPN / TSN Super Cards ) The Can-Am Express vs. The British Bullies Lafon pinned Jones after a flying back body press Masa Saito vs. Bill Dundee Saito won with a Saito Suplex The All-Star Squadron (Dan Spivey, Mike Rotundo & Brian Pillman) vs. Kevin Sullivan & Death Sentence An intense, hate-filled bout that ended with Spivey nailed Gaylord with the Spivey Bomber Rocky Mountain Thunder vs. Leo Burke & Doug Somers White crushed Somers with a scoop power slam to score the win Roddy Piper & Sabu vs. Jake Roberts & Cactus Jack A crazy match that ended with Sabu piledriving Cactus on the concrete, leading to a countout victory for Piper’s Pit Sgt. Slaughter vs. Col. Debeers Sarge won by DQ when he was attacked by Buddy Rose AWA World Tag Team Title Match : The Razor Boys © vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero An epic battle that ended when Chavo had Perez set up for a German Suplex, but Perez reversed it and Diamond super kicked Chavo into a German Suplex by Perez to defend their belts AWA World Title Match : Ricky Steamboat © vs. Nick Bockwinkel A long and riveting contest where Steamboat countered a figure four attempt by Bock with an inside cradle to score the hard fought one-two-three.

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN / TSN, May 16th Col. Debeers vs. Jacob Derwin Buddy Rose was looking like the proverbial cat that ate the canary as he led his powerful new cohort to the ring. Less happy about this was young rookie Derwin, who was probably wishing he hadn’t gotten out of bed this morning. Debeers unleashed a savage mauling on Derwin, dropping him hard on his head on multiple occasions before finally polishing him off with the face first piledriver. If Sgt. Slaughter is going to get revenge on Debeers and Playboy After Dark, he certainly has his work cut out for him. The Great Kabuki & Nord The Barbarian vs. Ken Patera & Crusher Blackwell Kabuki and Nord have made for an unusually alliance, with Sunshine’s personal bodyguard and the powerful stalwart of the Snakepit finding common ground in their mutual hatred of Sheikh Kaissie’s men. Patera and Blackwell went at it full force against them, with all four men getting busted open at different points. It was all Kabuki and Nord could do just to survive, but Kabuki was able to catch Patera in a series of vicious kneestrikes to the head, and followed up with a roundhouse kick that was just barely able to get the three count. Kabuki and Nord won this round, but you can bet they aren’t done with the Syndicate. Sabu vs. Brendan Shapiro The mysterious man who attacked Cactus Jack last week turns out to be named Sabu, rumoured to be the nephew of the original Sheikh. He certainly seems to have inherited his uncle’s trademark insanity, mauling young Shapiro both inside and outside of the ring. Roddy Piper was clearly finding all of this incredibly amusing, as he chortled at ringside while he watched the massacre. Sabu seemed to finally put Shapiro out of his misery with a top rope legdrop, but even that wasn’t enough, as Piper proceeded to slap Shapiro’s face as the rookie lay unconscious on the mat. Is it just me, or has Piper’s Pit gotten even crazier? AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match : Black Irish © vs. British Steel British Steel put in a very concerted effort to wrest the Southern Tag Titles from their hated rivals in Black Irish. They worked hard to keep Finlay in their corner of the ring, tagging in and out and breaking him down with submission holds. Regal nearly had him set up for the Regal Stretch, but Finlay busted out of it by just repeatedly punching him hard in the face and was able to make the hot tag to Cameron. Normally, this would be where it would be all over, but Regal was able to keep ducking and dodging and staying one step ahead, before Cameron was finally able to nail him with the leaping clothesline. One … two … no!!! Regal just got his shoulder up in time! A frustrated Cameron hoisted him over his shoulder to polish him off with the running powerslam, but Regal got out of it with a slide down and sent Cameron chest first into the turnbuckle, following up with a roll up that got a two and a half count. He then tagged in Smiley, who was endeavouring to cinch in the Norman Conquest when the bell rang, signaling a 15 minute time limit draw. Both sides continued to battle after the bell, showing that British Steel’s challenge for the belt will continue. Hector Guerrero vs. Shane Douglas Last week, Shane Douglas pulled off what some consider to be an upset with a victory over Mando Guerrero. His brother Hector was clearly out to show that as just a fluke, as he really took it to Douglas with all of the tricks in his considerable arsenal. Douglas kept at it, with Bill Dundee cheering him on, firing back with dropkicks and high flying. Hector looked like he was going to finally put him down with the double underhook suplex, but Douglas dug in to block it, then powered out with a backdrop. Hector showed his resilience by bridging up, but Douglas was ultimately able to reverse this with a backslide that got the one two three. Douglas and Dundee were jubilant that he had once again been able to pull out the win. Dan Spivey & Mike Rotundo vs. Kevin Sullivan & Tom Zenk With Death Sentence currently in Japan, Sullivan brought the newest member of his stable to try to get revenge on the former Varsity Club standouts. The anger that Sullivan and Zenk brought to the bout was, if anything, matched on the other side, as Spivey and Rotundo had clearly had a bellyful of Sullivan’s attitude and were looking to release some pent up aggression on him. The momentum of the match swung back and forth , with Sullivan and Zenk pulling out every underhanded tactic they could think of and Rotundo and Spivey countering with a blend of power and skill. Rotundo had Sullivan set up for the Varsity Rush , but Zenk hit him in the head with Sullivan’s Golden Spike, and then went on to attack Spivey with it as the ref called for DQ. They continued their assault until Brian Pillman rushed to the ring, swinging a chair and running them off.

Is that Funk match readily available? Dustin Rhodes vs. Terry Funk (PWF 3/11/89) From goodhelmet's Dustin Rhodes comp.

Fact is, no one has ever seen them in the same room at the same time.

AWA show from McArthur Court, Eugene, May 11th The Can-Am Express vs. Leo Burke & Doug Somers Furnas powerslammed Somers for the win Larry Cameron vs. Greg Gagne Cameron won with a leaping clothesline The Youngbloods vs. British Steel Regal just barely dodged Blackman’s Bicycle Kick and trapped him in a single leg roll up for the pinfall Rocky Mountain Thunder vs. Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell Patera managed to catch Scorpio in a shoulder breaker to score the victory Chavo Guerrero vs. Brian Pillman Pillman reversed a Gory Special into a sunset flip and got the one two three Bill Dundee vs. Bob Orton Orton countered Dundee’s running cross body press attempt with a backbreaker to get the win Mando Guerrero vs. Shane Douglas Douglas pinned Mando after a top rope flying cross body press AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Fit Finlay Tanaka managed to counter a lariat by Finlay with a crucifix to get the three count AWA World Tag Team Title Match : The Razor Boys © vs. Death Sentence The Razor Boys won by DQ when Death Sentence hit the Execution on the ref AWA American Title Match : Dan Spivey ©vs. Larry Zbyszko Larry pulled out every dirty trick he could fit in but still ended up going face first into the Big Dan Boot, followed by the Big Dan Leg Drop

AWA show from the Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland,May 10th Tom Zenk vs. Bill Dundee Dundee went for a running cross body press but Zenk countered with a rollover and a fistful of trunks to get the one two three Bob Orton vs. Brian Pillman A very intense match where Pillman was able to hit the Air Pillman to get the win Nord The Barbarian vs. Ken Patera Nord was going for a running kneedrop, but Patera rolled out of the way at the last second, then hit his own second rope kneedrop to take the match Ron Garvin & The Youngbloods vs. Sheikh Adnan Al-Kaissie & The British Bullies In a match with a lot of brutal shots and punches as well as submission work, Garvin was able to make Jones give up to the figure four Steven Regal vs. Leo Burke Regal was able to pin Burke with the Regal Plex Shane Douglas vs. Chris Adams A back and forth match that ended with Shane going down to the Superkick. After the match, Adams raised Shane’s arm as a show of respect Sgt. Slaughter vs. Col. Debeers Both men went to a double countout when brawling at ringside Jake Roberts vs. Roddy Piper Roberts had Piper almost set up for the DDT, but got distracted by Cactus Jack being attacked at ringside by Piper’s new ally, and Piper capitalized with a roll up assisted by grabbing the ropes to get the tainted pinfall AWA American Title Match : Dan Spivey © vs. Kevin Sullivan Spivey won with the Spivey Bomber AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match : Black Irish © vs. Rocky Mountain Thunder Leon White was going for a power slam on Cameron, but Finlay clipped White’s leg from behind and Cameron landed on top for the one two three AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Buddy Rose Rose was going for the Inside Out Backbreaker, but Tanaka flipped out of it and hit the Crane Kick to defend his title