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  1. I continue to love the Robinson vs. St. Clair feud.
  2. Sad to see Dr. D go but it puts over Bad News as a badass..
  3. Care to see how Power Rush would fare against Ken Patera and Jerry Blackwell?
  4. AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN / TSN, March 14th Roddy Piper & Bob Orton vs. Darnell Hamilton & Caleb Reynolds Piper and Orton made a shocking appearance last week on All-Star Wrestling, attacking Jake Roberts. This would be their All-Star in ring debut, with Buzz Sawyer circling the ring and howling. There was a grim intensity on Orton’s face as he easily dominated his opponents, while Piper seemed to find everything he did that hurt Hamilton and Reynolds incredibly funny. After Orton took out Hamilton with the Superplex, all three of them joined Ken Resnick at ringside. Piper swiftly put his arm around Resnick’s shoulders and mussed his hair, which clearly made him uncomfortable. Piper : Heeeeyyyy, Ken Doll! Tell me what’s on your mind! Resnick : *ahem* Roddy Piper, last week, you and Bob Orton were responsible for a heinous attack on Jake Roberts. What’s going on? Piper : What’s going on, Kenny? Well, let me enlighten you. Snakeskin comes into the AWA and assembles his little band of misfit toys and says, oooh, I’m big and scary! I’m the Agent Of Chaos ! Well, buddy, you just got a taste of what chaos really feels like! Don’t taste too good, eh? He says he’s the Wild Card of the AWA? Well, Jakie, looks like I just changed the game! And guess what? *gestures over his shoulder at Bob Orton* I’ve got an Ace up my sleeve! Piper gets cut off by the members of the Snakepit charging in and attacking him, Orton and Sawyer. The two sides brawled until a squad of AWA security came out and separated them. Brian Pillman vs. Tom Zenk Zenk returned to the AWA last week with his partner Phil Lafon as one half of the Can-Am Express, but has also been wrestling in several singles matches of late. This time out, he was facing young Brian Pillman, who has been getting a great response from the fans in spite of being accompanied by the perpetually sour-faced Kevin Sullivan. The result was a fast paced match with a lot of high flying that looked like it go Pillman’s way when he attempted a slingshot clothesline, but Zenk ducked it at the last second and Pillman went crashing to the mat. When Pillman staggered back to his feet, Zenk nailed him with a Superkick and got the three count. Pillman was looking to shake hands after the match, but Zenk left the ring immediately after, leaving Pillman with Sullivan who smacked him in the back of the head and chastised him all the way back to the locker room. Shane Douglas & Bill Dundee vs. Peter Baggenstos & Joaquin Souberbielle The influx of new talent into the AWA keeps rolling with the interesting duo of Douglas , a young graduate of Dominic Denucci’s school, and Dundee, the well regarded Australian veteran. Douglas got a lot of attention from the female fans as he smoothly dominated his opponents, while Dundee got a lot of cheers for his entertaining antics. Dundee caught Souberbielle in a running cross body press while Douglas assisted with a schoolboy trip to finish the match. We will see how they find their place in the busy AWA ranks. British Steel vs. The British Bullies The Bullies have been trying to live up to their name with their younger opponents, but this has just seemed to bring out the fire in Regal and Smiley. When their array of uppercuts and suplexes failed to keep British Steel down, they shifted to hard hitting punches and blows. Regal and Smiley just kept coming back, so Taylor and Jones went straight to the gutter by punching out the ref, then bringing a chair into the ring. It looked like they were set to do some serious damage but the members of Black Irish charged to the ring and ran them off. A grateful Regal reached out his hand in thanks to Finlay … and was answered with a right cross to the face! Finlay and Cameron continued to attack British Steel until the AWA officials forced them to leave. What side are Black Irish on? Al Perez vs. Doug Somers Following up from last week, once again members of Playboy After Dark and the Razor Boys squaring off in a singles match with their partners in their corner. The match opened up with a lock up, which Perez immediately turned into a waistlock and swiftly followed up with a German Suplex. One … two … THREE! Perez had taken out the World Tag Champ in blindingly quick time! Playboy After Dark protested but there was no denying what happened, and the Razor Boys and the fans were jubilant. Larry Zbyszko & Nick Bockwinkel vs. The Youngbloods Larry and Bock were coming out for their rematch with the Youngbloods and it looked like they were just barely able to keep from lighting into each other, only kept in check by Masa Saito walking between them . Larry insisted on starting the match and, through much of it, refused to tag Nick in. In a clear attempt to show up his partner, Zbyszko kept trying to sneak in some underhanded tactics over his young opponents, but in his zeal he kept getting caught out by the ref and shut down. Wellington and Blackman took advantage of this with rapid tags as well as double team and combination moves. They nailed him with a double clothesline and Blackman started lacing into him with martial arts kicks, but while the ref was escorting Wellington back to his corner, Blackman got torpedoed from behind by a vicious clip to his leg by Bockwinkel. Larry stood in confusion , then felt a hard slap to his shoulder that was his partner tagging himself in. Bockwinkel then proceeded to teach a masterclass in ring villainy, dissecting Blackman’s leg with brutal takedowns and submission moves, then working in every cheap shot imaginable when the ref’s eye was elsewhere. He would let Blackman seem like he would almost be able to tag out, then lure Wellington into the ring and brutalize Blackman while the ref forced his partner to leave the ring. After a massive kneebreaker, he wrapped Blackman in the Figure Four Leglock, and even after Steve gave up, kept the hold on afterwards, only releasing it right at the end of the ref’s count. Even the match was over, it didn’t end his viciousness, as when Blackman had finally struggle to his feet, Bock let loose with a nasty back kick to his damaged leg (all out of sight of the ref, of course) that sent him crashing back to the mat, and simply shrugged when the ref demanded to know what happened. Bock then turned to Zbyszko and gave him a hard stare. Larry, for once, had nothing to say, just staring at him in open mouthed shock, much like most of the audience. Bock suddenly raised his hand, as though he was going to give him a backhand slap, and Larry flinched , but the blow did not come. Instead, Nick smirked and turned on his heel to leave the ring, while Larry followed meekly behind. Bringing up the rear was Masa Saito, and the last shot of the show was of his face, which , for the first time since his return to the AWA, bore an expression other than his usual stoicism : a broad, malevolent, evil looking grin …
  5. He's still in the Spiveymania gimmick, so he still rocking the Hogan look. We'll see how that evolves.
  6. Tully Blanchard = what a dick! Love the Satanico vs. Pirata feud, Pirata got quite the victory.
  7. Lots of awesome craziness. Tonga vs Borne would have to be intense. Would love to see Freebirds vs. SST 2/3 falls.
  8. AWA show from the Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, March 9th Mike Rotundo , Ron Simmons & Doug Furnas vs. Chris Adams & The British Bullies Adams pinned Furnas after hitting the Superkick Sgt. Slaughter & Rocky Mountain Thunder vs. Kevin Sullivan, Jeff Gaylord & Darryl Peterson Slaughter and White hit a double clothesline on Sullivan to get the victory Masa Saito & Larry Zbyszko vs. The Onyx Express Saito made Koko give up to the Scorpion Leglock Al Perez vs. Leo Burke Perez hit the German Suplex to get the pinfall The Great Kabuki vs. Jerry Blackwell A bloody match that went to a double countout Nick Bockwinkel vs. Fit Finlay Finlay was going for a piledriver, but Bock blocked it and countered with a small package for the win Roddy Piper & Bob Orton vs. British Steel Piper hit a low blow on Regal and followed up with a rollup with a fistful of trunks for the tainted pin Brian Pillman vs. Phil Lafon Lafon won with a reverse back body press AWA Six-Man Tag Team Title Match : The Guerreros © vs. Greg Gagne & The Youngbloods Mando pinned Wellington after a Moonsault AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Tom Zenk Tanaka was able to duck under a Superkick and followed up with a spinning roundhouse kick that knocked Zenk out to defend his title. After the match, Tanaka helped Zenk up and shook his hand, but Zenk was clearly upset with the result. AWA American Title Match : Dan Spivey © vs. Dusty Rhodes Spivey hit the Spivey Bomber for the victory
  9. Steiners vs. Longriders = bar fight I would not want to wander into
  10. Devils Duo + Nasty Boys = most fun 80s Indie Scum alliance ever!
  11. AWA show from Cobo Hall, Detroit, March 8th Greg Gagne & The Youngbloods vs. Kevin Sullivan, Jeff Gaylord & Darryl Peterson Gaylord and Peterson took out Wellington with a double lariat Doug Furnas vs. Koko Ware Furnas won with a running Canadian Backbreaker into the corner British Steel vs. The Sheepherders A knock down, drag out brawl that ended when Smiley was able to pin Miller after a sunset flip out of the corner Masa Saito vs. Tom Zenk Zenk put up a hell of a fight but Saito finally put him down with three straight Saito Suplexes Mando Guerrero vs. The Great Kabuki Kabuki caught Mando coming off the ropes with a thrust kick to the jaw to get the victory Black Irish vs. The British Bullies This went to a double DQ when both sides would not stop brawling AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Brickhouse Brown Tanaka caught Brickhouse with the rolling wheel kick to defend his belt AWA American Title Match : Dan Spivey © vs. Nick Bockwinkel Bock whipped Spivey into the ropes, while Larry Zbyszko pulled down the top rope, but Spivey reversed the whip and it wound up being Bockwinkel who tumbled to the outside and was counted out. Bock and Larry were on the verge of coming to blows when Masa Saito interposed himself between the two AWA World Title Match : Ricky Steamboat © vs. Mike Rotundo Steamboat has fended off a challenge from Rotundo before, but this one went epically long with the momentum swinging back and forth before Steamboat was finally able to hit the top rope flying cross body press to score the pinfall. After the match , Steamboat helped Rotundo to his feet and shook his hand, which displeased Kevin Sullivan (like pretty much everything else in the world)
  12. AWA show from the Met Center, Bloomington, March 7th (as shown on ESPN / TSN Super Cards ) The Can-Am Express vs. Doug Furnas & Brian Pillman A fast paced and exciting bout which ended when Pillman came off the top rope for a flying sunset flip on Zenk, but Zenk rolled through it and got the one two three Fit Finlay vs. Greg Gagne Finlay won with a kneeling reverse piledriver Roddy Piper & Bob Orton vs. The Youngbloods Orton pinned Wellington following a superplex Ron Simmons vs. Mando Guerrero Simmons got the victory with a spinebuster slam Playboy After Dark (Buddy Rose, Doug Somers & Leo Burke) vs. Sgt. Slaughter & Rocky Mountain Thunder Scorpio got the pinfall for his team after a Rocky Mountain Launcher on Rose Dusty Rhodes vs. Bam Bam Bigelow Rhodes was looking to try to stop a monster that has just rolled over all of his opponents since arriving in the AWA. What resulted was a war that looked like it might literally break the ring. Bigelow looked like he was going to put out Rhodes with a crushing bearhug, but Dusty was able to break free with a series of elbow smashes to Bam Bam’s skull. Dusty then looked to take him down with a big clothesline, but Bigelow caught him coming off the ropes with a belly to belly suplex. He then dazed him with a falling headbutt and went up to the top rope to crush him with the ballistic splash. One … two … THREE? The crowd was in shock as Bigelow got his biggest win yet over the American Dream. AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Koko Ware Another fast paced and high flying match that ended with Koko going for the Brainbuster but it being blocked by Tanaka, who followed it up with a crane kick that got the pinfall NWA World Title Match : Rick Martel © vs. Larry Zybyszko With his recent (dirty) victory over Martel for the AWA Canadian title, Larry Z. has leveraged that into a shot at Martel’s NWA World Title. Larry had Nick Bockwinkel in his corner, but for all of Larry’s badgering him to do so, Bock didn’t seem to show much interest in tipping the scales in Larry’s favor. Zbyszko was extremely aggressive with Martel throughout the match, but Martel kept his cool and showed the ring savvy that was a key factor in why he was such a strong NWA Champion. Larry started bellowing at Bock to get involved, but Nick clearly had no idea what exactly Zbyszko expected him to do. This , however, proved enough of a distraction for the ref, who went over and warned Bock to stay in his corner. This turned out to be part of Larry’s plan, as he took advantage of the diversion to go for a huge low blow kick on Martel. The champion, though, was far too smart to be caught in the same trap twice. He easily blocked the kick and countered with a leg sweep that took Larry down to the mat, following up with a double leg cradle. The ref spotted this and rushed over to count the one two three for the NWA champion. Larry and Bockwinkel proceeded to argue and shove each other back to the locker room. AWA World Title Match : Ricky Steamboat © vs. Ken Patera This was the toughest match of Steamboat’s title reign so far, fending off the challenge of the former World Champion. The result was an epic battle that had the fans on the edge of their seats for much of it. It looked like Patera had Steamboat dead to rights as he went for the second rope kneedrop, but Steamboat rolled out of the way just in time and Patera landed hard on his own knee. Steamboat then proceeded to work over Patera’s wounded leg before coming off the top rope with the flying cross body press to get the hard fought pinfall.
  13. I didn't include it in the write up, but I figured that Bock saved the day, but Larry getting bent out of shape because he figured Bock still should have kept him from eating the bicycle kick. 80's Troll logic
  14. Tag matches on the Charlotte card looked all kinds of fun. Flair vs. Backlund was the epic it deserved to be. Loving the Stud Stable , so wonderfully hateable.
  15. Glad to see Gama on the comeback trail. Love the continuing development of Owen.
  16. That cage match would have had to have been insanely violent.
  17. The Von Erichs vs. The Steiners would have been a dream match ... and then Kamala and Kokina! Makes me think of that fun Kamala / Botswana Beast vs. SST match from late 80s Texas.
  18. Naturally loving the amounts of AWA on this card Glad to see my big men all looking strong, this is exactly why I want to send guys like Spivey, White and Simmons over every chance I can. Mike Shaw and Bigelow make that an honorary AWA match. The opener and the main event are junior dream matches for me.
  19. AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN / TSN, March 7th Nick Bockwinkel & Larry Zbyszko vs. The Youngbloods Bockwinkel and Zybysko have not been seeing eye to eye of late, to put it mildly. Bad enough with Bock losing the American title last week, but with Zbyszko’s recent taking of the Canadian title he has become especially insufferable . Nothing Nick did in this match, either in the ring or on the ring apron, seemed to be to Larry’s satisfaction. Not helped by the fact that the Youngbloods were especially determined to prove themselves against the AWA veterans. Every time Wellington and Blackman were able to get one over on them, Zybyszko would blame Bockwinkel for it. During one instance of berating Bockwinkel, Larry was sufficiently distracted to leave himself open for a bicycle kick from Blackman, but unknown to either of them , as Larry fell back, Bock tagged himself in. When Blackman went for a pin on Larry, Nick swooped in with an Oklahoma Roll for the one two three. Even though they got the victory, Larry and Nick continued arguing to the point of shoving each other, and might have come to blows had not the AWA officials intervened. The two did continue bickering all the way back to the locker room. The Can-Am Express vs. Vince Sly & Max Dawson The team of Tom Zenk and Phil LaFon have not been seen in the AWA for a while, as they had been on a tour of other promotions, but received a very warm reception from the AWA fans. Zenk in particular, who wrestled most of the match, dazzled the crowd with his new finesse before coming off the top rope and pinning Dawson with a flying cross body press. The level of competition in the AWA tag team division has gotten much more intense since they were last here, but the Can-Am Express look like they are ready for anything. Chavo Guerrero vs. Larry Cameron The Southern Tag champ was accompanied by his brother and partner Hector, while Cameron had his Black Irish partner Fit Finlay in his corner. Cameron went after Guerrero like an a mad bull, going for big tackles and power moves. The veteran Guerrero was able to keep out of danger for much of the match, but any time Cameron was able to land one of his big moves, you could tell he did a lot of damage. Chavo tried to rein in Cameron with chain wrestling and submission moves, but Cameron was generally too much to control. Chavo managed to get a waistlock to set him up for a German Suplex, but “Lethal” Larry broke it up with several big elbow shots to Chavo’s face. Larry then tried to get him set up for a running powerslam, but Chavo countered with a slide down, flipping behind Cameron’s back. Chavo was certainly not ready for Cameron’s response, when Cameron whirled around and flattened him with a mammoth spinning clothesline. One … two … THREE! Chavo was still groggy well after the final bell, as Cameron and Finlay celebrated in the ring. The champions clearly need to be on their guard if they end up facing Black Irish in a title match. Rocky Mountain Thunder vs. The Onyx Express The new union of Too Cold Scorpio and Leon White had an impressive debut as a team a couple of weeks ago, but becoming part of the Cobra Corps has given them focus and a sense of purpose. With Sgt. Slaughter waving the American flag in their corner, they had the entire crowd solidly behind them as they dominated Koko and Brickhouse, mixing power and speed before polishing off Koko with the Rocky Mountain Launcher. The Cobra Corps is back to being a force to be reckoned with now that these two fine athletes have joined the ranks. Buddy Rose vs. Paul Diamond With Black Irish gunning for the Southern Tag titles, it looks like the new tandem of the Razor Boys have their sights set on the World Tag titles held by Playboy After Dark. Once again, this would be a singles match with each man having their partner in their corner. Rose had a lot of experience in matches with Al Perez, but Diamond was largely unfamiliar to him, and the Playboy found himself on the defensive for much of this match. Diamond kept Rose backpedaling throughout the match with his fast paced offense, and even looked to finish him off with the flying back body press, only for Doug Somers to knock him off the top rope by hitting him with an elbow smash. As the ref called for the DQ to give the match to Diamond, the two teams continued to fight it out both inside and outside the ring. Jake Roberts vs. Buzz Sawyer Sawyer had engaged in a serious of vicious bouts with all three members of the Snakepit, but with Nord The Barbarian and Cactus Jack currently on a tour of Japan, the Snake would take on the Mad Dog one on one. What resulted was an incredibly savage match that clearly took a lot out of both men. The two wild warriors battered each other throughout the match, with Buzz coming close to getting the bulldog on Jake at a number of occasions, but finally getting lured into the DDT. One … two …. Wait, what’s happening? Two men came out of the crowd and rushed the ring to attack Jake! IT’S RODDY PIPER AND BOB ORTON! The two men had never been seen in the AWA before, but now come out of nowhere to assault Jake Roberts. Both of them brutally pummeled Roberts before Piper had Orton hold Roberts down while Piper took off his belt and started to whip Roberts with it! This ghastly attack continued until the AWA officials flooded the ring, at which point the deadly duo collected the still groggy Sawyer and retreated from the ring, with Piper manically cackling all the way. What fresh insanity is this?
  20. Big shock in the Rougeaus loss, although those two monsters would be hard to put down. The two tag title matches look like they would be all kinds of fun.
  21. The Hart Brothers match looks like it would have been awesome, love to see how this will play out.
  22. So much good ... Hansen vs. Andre is really ramping up. Love the development with Sting.
  23. I really don't think I did Big Dust justice. He really needed to be the center of focus, which I wasn't able to give him. In World Class, he will be able to get the spotlight he deserves. They are also getting two great workers with Texas backgrounds. In turn I get an awesome worker who can readily main event a card without having to always be center of attention (Garvin), a charismatic veteran who can fit in a variety of roles (Dundee) and an energetic rookie who can fit in with my youth movement (Douglas).
  24. To be implemented during the month of March : AWA to WCCW : Dusty Rhodes, Koko Ware and Brickhouse Brown WCCW to AWA : Ronnie Garvin, Bill Dundee and Shane Douglas
  25. Dusty Rhodes might be on the block.
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