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I've watched the first Jake RF Video shoot a few times and that was never mentioned. Don't know if it ever came up on a subsequent one (if there was one).

Still have 2 errors on my roster that need to be fixed : 1) Ricky Santana is no longer on my roster, being replaced by Sunshine 2) Jack Victory is on my roster as the 47th spot Could New Guinea Maneater also please be renamed Botswana Beast?

The PYT Express in the AWA is Koko and Brickhouse Brown. This was going to be the original plan IRL for the PYT Express but Brickhouse went on a quick tour of Ontario and by the time he got back, his spot was given to Norvell (check out his Shoot interview for the reason he decided to do the Ontario tour.) AFAIK, Norvell is not on anyone's active roster.

It was the title of a Judas Priest album (not that I am a huge Judas Priest fan, but the name was too good to pass up). I might even have their intro music be "Living After Midnight". I often use ideas from music for wrestling names, I had a stable of British, Irish and German wrestlers called Trans Europe Express (from a Kraftwerk album.)

AWA show from the Portland Memorial Coliseum, Jan. 12th Doug Somers & Leo Burke vs. The Latin Lovers Burke put Valentino out with the sleeper hold The PYT Express vs. The Brotherhood Of Poland Ed Wiskowski pinned Koko Ware after hitting the face first piledriver Mike Rotunda vs. The Botswana Beast Rotunda got the victory by countout after hitting a leaping clothesline on the outside Mike Shaw vs. Greg Gagne Shaw won with a running splash Curt Hennig vs. Mr. Olympia Hennig pinned Olympia with a cradle suplex Buddy Rose & Ricky Steamboat vs. Rick Rude & Bad News Allen Rude went for an over the shoulder neckbreaker , but Rose reversed it into an inside cradle and got the quick pinfall. Both sides brawled long after the end of the match.

AWA Show from The Cow Palace, San Francisco, Jan. 11th (as shown on ESPN/TSN Super Cards) British Steel vs. Badd Company Norman Smiley made Pat Tanaka submit to the Norman Conquest Jerry Blackwell vs. Killer Khan Khan pinned Blackwell after a running kneedrop Lex Luger & Rick Steiner vs. The Can-Am Express Luger got the pinfall on Zenk after a powerslam Buddy Rose vs. Rick Rude Rude got the win after a low blow, followed by an over the shoulder neckbreaker AWA Southern Tag Title match : Ron Garvin & Wahoo McDaniel © vs. The Latin Assassins Garvin knocked out Acevedo with the Hands Of Stone punch AWA American Title match : Don Muraco © vs. Da Crusher Muraco successfully defended his belt with the belly-to-belly piledriver Paul Orndorff & Curt Hennig vs. Ken Patera & Bob Roop Roop was about to power slam Orndorff when Hennig dropkicked Orndorff, knocking over Roop and giving the pin to Orndorff

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN/TNS for January 11th Steven Regal & Norman Smiley vs. Bob & Gino Dellaserra Regal came out with a brand new wrestler to the AWA, Norman Smiley, and the two are now collectively known as British Steel. The two were accompanied by Mike Rotunda, who gave encouragement from ringside. The duo worked extremely well for their first time together, with Smiley displaying very impressive chain wrestling and matwork skills before making Gino submit to the Crossface Chickenwing. Interview : Ken Resnick is joined at ringside by the members of Playboy After Dark (Buddy Rose, Ed Wiskowski and Ivan Putski) Resnick congratulates Buddy Rose on his recent efforts against the Bad News Breaker, having run Eddie Gilbert, Rip Oliver and Bob Sweetan out of the AWA in quick succession. Buddy Rose said that it was no sweat for the Playboy and he wouldn’t be satisfied until the rest of the Bad News Breakers were gone. He was interrupted by Bad News Allen and Don Muraco, who came out with two other men. Allen introduced them as the two newest members of the Bad News Breakers, Leo Burke and “Pretty Boy” Doug Somers, and the Bad News Breakers weren’t through with Rose by a long shot. Rose didn’t seem to be too impressed with Burke and Somers, but before he could get out his response, he was ambushed from behind by another man who kneed him in the back. It was Rick Rude, making his return to the AWA! As the rest of the Bad News Breakers brawled with the Brotherhood of Poland, Rude DDTed Rose, followed by a nasty over-the-shoulder neckbreaker. He then stood over Rose and gyrated his hips, before snarling at him “Did you miss me, Doughboy?” He and the rest of the Bad News Breakers headed to the back, leaving the battered members of Playboy After Dark in their wake. Lex Luger & Rick Steiner vs. Badd Company Luger and Steiner were once again joined by their cheerleader, Missy Hyatt, and continued their brutal ways against Badd Company. Tanaka and Rose tried to use their speed and teamwork to get some headway against these powerful newcomers, but Steiner and Luger had speed of their own on their side, paired with incredible strength. They jackhammered Badd Company with crushing suplexes and slams, before Steiner gave the coup de grace with a massive bulldog headlock on Diamond. Even though they won, this was not enough, as Luger got Diamond up after the decision in a Human Torture Rack while Steiner clotheslined out of the ring. This provoked Mike Rotunda, Steven Regal and Norman Smiley to come out to the aide of their friends, only for Luger to casually drop Diamond to the mat and he and Steiner brushed off Rotunda as they left the ring, laughing all the while. Rotunda looked like he was about to throw down with the two newcomers, but Regal persuaded him to stay and help get Badd Company back to the locker room. Buzz Sawyer & Dave Schultz vs. The Can-Am Express Sawyer and Schultz were accompanied not just by the Col. Buck Robley, but also a tall, muscular blonde man, who stayed close by Robley’s side. It looks like, after his recent abuse at the hands of the Road Warriors, the Colonel has brought in a bodyguard. The bodyguard, going by the name Jack Victory, kept a watch on both Robley and the ringside area while the other members of the Army did battle with the Can-Am Express. Zenk and LaFon put up quite a fight with the Army but Schultz was starting to grind them down when there was a confrontation at ringside. The Road Warriors had showed up and gone after Robley, only to do battle with Victory and Sawyer. This, however, was enough of a distraction for Schultz, and when he looked to see what was going on, Zenk dropkicked him in the back and sent him flying out of the ring. Schultz was not able to make it back in time, and the ref gave the match to the Can-Am Express by countout. The Army vociferously argued the result with the ref, and by the time they turned their attention back to the Road Warriors, the champs were long gone. Killer Khan vs. Vinnie Valentino The latest member of the Sinister Syndicate wasted no time in going right after Valentino and overwhelming him with his incredible size. Khan manhandled Valentino in the ring, tossing and slamming him while Sheikh Adnan Kaissie chortled at ringside. He finally locked Valentino in the Oriental Tool to the throat, and while Valentino’s mouth foamed the ref called for the end of the match. Khan then unceremoniously let Valentino drop to the mat. The Syndicate has a powerful new weapon in their war to get back the World Title from Paul Orndorff. Paul Orndorff & Curt Hennig vs. Ken Patera & Mr. Olympia Speaking of which, the new champion has brought in as his partner the crowd favorite, Curt Hennig, to help in this match with the Syndicate. Olympia and Patera tried to use their power to overwhelm Hennig and the Champ, but Hennig kept digging into his back of technical tricks to counteract their efforts, and Orndorff was certainly no slouch himself in the power department and was able to more than hold his own. The battle waged back and forth, with neither side holding an advantage for too long, until Hennig dropkicked Olympia into a schoolboy trip by Orndorff who then got the quick one-two-three. Although Orndorff and Hennig had won this battle, it is likely that the war is far from over. (The Dellaserra's appear courtesy of Lutte Internationale)

People just shouldn't try to sunset flip fat guys.

AWA show from Cobo Hall, Detroit, Jan. 5th Steven Regal & Mike Rotunda vs. The PYT Express Brickhouse Brown got the win with a top rope Missile Dropkick on Regal Lex Luger & Rick Steiner vs. Badd Company Steiner pinned Diamond after a Bulldog Headlock Mike Shaw vs. Greg Gagne Shaw countered a sunset flip attempt with a sitdown splash for the victory The Brotherhood Of Poland vs. The Botswana Beast & Lord Humongous The Brotherhood won by DQ after Beast attacked the ref Curt Hennig vs. Bob Roop Hennig pinned Roop with the Cradle Suplex AWA Southern Tag Title Match : Ron Garvin & Wahoo McDaniel © vs. The Latin Assassins Wahoo got the pinfall on Acevedo after hitting a running Overhand Chop AWA Southern Title Match : Ricky Steamboat © vs. Bad News Allen Bad News won by countout after hitting the Bad News Blaster on the outside. Steamboat retained his title.

Luger and Steiner were my top draft picks and I have big plans for them. Full credit to Crossface Chicken Wing (RIP) who was the one who drafted Crusher and sold me on him. He's a great character who can be fitted into a lot of slots. He take a loss and have it make sense because he is an older wrestler and the fans will love him no matter what, but he can get a win over a top opponent and it will also make sense because he is still a legend.

AWA Show from the Met Center, Bloomington , Jan 4th (as seen on ESPN / TSN Super Cards) Lex Luger & Rick Steiner vs. The Latin Lovers Steiner pinned Valentino after a Bulldog Curt Hennig vs. Mr. Olympia Hennig won with the Ax Lariat Badd Company vs. The PYT Express The PYT Express won with a spike brainbuster on Diamond Loser Leaves Town match : Buddy Rose vs. Bob Sweetan Sweetan tried to set Rose up for the piledriver, only for Rose to reverse it with an inside cradle for the pinfall. Sweetan is now gone from the AWA AWA American Title match : Don Muraco © vs. Da Crusher Muraco won with a power slam AWA World Tag Title match : The Road Warriors © vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dave Schultz The Road Warriors won by DQ after Col. Buck Robley interfered in the match. After the match, the Road Warriors hit Buck Robley with the Doomsday Device AWA World Title match : Paul Orndorff © vs. Ken Patera In a rematch from Super Clash, Patera got Orndorff over his shoulder for a power slam, only for Orndorff to slide down his back and counter with a sunset flip for the pin. After the match, a giant man rushed into the ring and attacked Orndorff. It was Killer Khan! Patera held the champion in place while Khan sprayed the green mist in his face. The two then beat down Orndorff until they were run off by the Road Warriors.

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN/TSN for January 4th The Can/Am Express vs. Lex Luger & Rick Steiner These two incredibly fit young rookies were introduced as being from University of Miami and University of Michigan, respectively, for their AWA debut match. They were also accompanied by a curvaceous blonde woman in a cheerleader uniform who was apparently named Missy Hyatt. These two muscular young men were clearly out to make a big impression as the started off by charging over to the opposing corner and brutally elbowsmashing Phil Lafon off the apron. They then proceded to toss Tom Zenk all over the ring, Steiner in particular throwing some nasty suplexes that didn't seem to care where Zenk landed. In spite of her good looks, Missy Hyatt drew the ire of the crowd as she not only cheered her team on but taunted the Can/Am Express as they struggled to gain ground on the newcomers. Luger hoisted Zenk up in an Argentine Backbreaker that he called the Human Torture Rack and it was all over. After the match, Luger placed his foot on the chest of the fallen Zenk and smirked while Steiner ran around the ring, howling. They are clearly a dangerous new force in the AWA. Don Muraco & Bad News Allen vs. Ricky Steamboat & Da Crusher The two biggest guns in the Bad News Breakers have been gunning for the Southern champ Steamboat of late, and they seem to be slowly but surely breaking him down. For this match, Steamboat brought in the popular veteran Da Crusher and, at first, Muraco and Allen didn't seem to be taking him too seriously. They laughed at his playing to the crowd and, overall, seemed dismissive of "The Man Who Made Milwaukee Famous". This proved to be a big mistake, as any attempt to push Crusher around were met by a flurry of flying fists that staggered the two bigger men. They tried to bully him like they had past opponents, but were clearly unprepared for his two fisted style. When he finally tagged out to Steamboat, the Bad News Breakers worked to keep him in their end of the ring , working him over while the ref kept out all of Da Crusher's attempts to intervene. Muraco thought he had finished off Steamboat with a massive atomic drop, but failed to notice that Steamboat had managed a blind tag to Da Crusher. Muraco was blindsided by a huge running Bolo Punch that knocked him to the mat. One ... two ... three? Crusher just pinned the American champ! The crowd exploded in cheers while Steamboat and Crusher celebrated and the Bad News Breakers tried to figure out what just happened. Loser Leaves Town match : Buddy Rose vs. Rip Oliver Speaking of the Bad News Breakers, Buddy Rose had just recently dealt them a major blow by sending Eddie Gilbert out of the AWA, and now looks like doing the same to the rest of the stable. Oliver showed his typical deviousness throughout the match, fighting his way out of tight corners with eye rakes and low blows and pull out the stops to get rid of the Playboy. Rose was far from a newcomer to sneaky tactics, however, and bided his time until the right moment to strike. That moment came when Oliver whipped him hard into the corner and came in for an Avalanche, only for Rose to pull his knees up at the last moment. Oliver staggered back out and Rose hit him with the Inside Out Backbreaker for the quick pin. Just like that, Rose sent his former Portland compatriot packing from the AWA. Who is next for the Playboy? Road Warrior Animal vs. Buzz Sawyer Col. Buck Robley's Army have declared their intention to take the World Tag belts from around the waists of the Road Warriors, but this time out, it would be a singles match. Animal had his partner, Hawk, in his corner, while Sawyer was accompanied by both Dave Schultz and his "Commanding Officer", the Colonel himself. As crazy a match as you can imagine, with Animal hitting some big clotheslines and slams, and with Sawyer bringing his own unconventional offense of clubbing fists and headbutts. Animal looked about to put Sawyer away with a running shoulder block, but has he was coming off the ropes, Buck Robley reached in and snagged his ankle, tripping Animal and causing him to fall to the mat. The ref caught this and immediately called for the DQ as the Army fled to the back with both Road Warriors in hot pursuit. AWA World Title Match : Paul Orndorff © vs. Bob Roop This was Orndorff's first title defense after winning the World championship from Ken Patera, and it was against the former champ's stablemate, "The Beastmaster" Bob Roop. Both Patera and Sheikh Kaissie were at ringside, giving direction to Roop as he used his considerable technical skills to take Orndorff down and work over his legs. Orndorff, however, seemed to be newly invigorated by his title victory and, in an impressive display of matwork, managed to maneuver his way out of every hold without taking too much damage. Roop then tried to change tactics by getting Orndorff in a series of armwringers, but that only played into Orndorff's hands as he countered with big clotheslines, followed by a powerslam. Roop was able to gradually work his way back into a brief period of dominance and tried to get Orndorff in a shoulderbreaker, but the champ slid down his back and staggered him with a big atomic drop. He then got Roop up in the Piledriver and drove him straight down to successfully defend his title. As Orndorff soaked up the cheers of the crowd, Patera glowered at him from ringside.

Maple Leaf was a lot of fun, definitely worth checking out.

Put what you want to. I went with all of my title changes, since I was going through all of my past results anyway. Whatever works for you is fine.

Just saying those are 6 of my favorite 80s Luchadors.

5) Los Caudillos (Sangre Chicano y Mocha Cota y La Fiera) contra Los Infernales (El Satanico y MS-1 y Pirata Morgan) I'm callling this, in advance, the greates match in the history of anything.

Nothing to do with anything, but going over my past results to compile a history of my AWA, and I found my favorite forgotten AWA house show result : AWA house show at the Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, August 11th AWA World Title match : Ken Patera © vs. Ron Garvin The match went to a no contest by blood stoppage on both men

Wow, love the first show. Adonis is a great guy to do the "Better than Memphis" gimmick.

Whew, finally caught up to the end of last year. I just posted Super Clash 1984, my big year end show ... lots of fun stuff going on that will help set up the next year.

That, for me, would depend on the wrestler who would be beating him.

I always try, when possible, to give a spotlight for wrestlers when they wrestle in their home town or places where they have a lot of history : Bad News in Calgary, the Road Warriors in Chicago, Crusher in Milwaukee, Buddy Rose and Curt Hennig in Portland and San Francisco, etc.

AWA Super Clash 1984 from the Metrodome, Minneapolis (as shown on a special edition of ESPN/TSN Super Cards) 20 man $5000 Battle Royal including : Da Crusher, Greg Gagne, Jerry Blackwell, Ron Garvin, Phil Lafon, Vinnie Valentino, Paul Diamond, Pat Tanaka, Javier Cruz, Tom Zenk , Wahoo McDaniel, Mr. Olympia, Rip Oliver, Bob Sweetan, Al Perez, Angel Acevedo, Dave Schultz, Buzz Sawyer, Mike Shaw, Bob Roop It came down to the Final Four of Da Crusher, Jerry Blackwell, Dave Schultz and Buzz Sawyer. The Army were able to get out Blackwell, after much effort, with a double clothesline then turned their attention to "The Man Who Made Milwaukee Famous". Crusher put up an heroic effort but could not beat the numbers when the Army double backdropped him over the top rope to eliminate him. The two partners then looked set to tear into each other but Col. Buck Robley swiftly intervened and convinced the two partners to split the money and the victory. The ref wasn't about to argue with them , so the (co-) winners are Buzz Sawyer and Dave Schultz. Steven Regal vs. Sheikh Adnan Kaissie Kaissie tried to bully Regal throughout the match but Regal came back with the Iron Fist punch to knock out Kaissie and get the win. The PYT Express vs. The Brotherhood Of Poland The PYT Express hit a combination of a legsweep by Brickhouse and a dropkick by Koko on Wiskowski to get the win. Lord Humongous vs. Mike Rotunda When Sheikh Kaissie tried to interfere , Steven Regal intercepted him with a tackle to the ground, and with Humongous distracted by this, Rotunda caught him with a roll up for the one-two-three . Don Muraco & Bad News Allen vs. Curt Hennig & Ricky Steamboat Steamboat had Bad News lined up for the top rope flying cross body press, but Muraco shoved him hard from behind off the top turnbuckle and sent him crashing to the mat. Bad News then gave Steamboat a big running fistdrop for the dirty win. Loser Leaves Town Match : Buddy Rose vs. Eddie Gilbert As crazy a match as you can imagine, Gilbert was ready to hit Rose with the Hot Shot, but the Playboy cut it off with a big elbow shot to the face, then got the Inside Out Backbreaker for the win and sent Hot Stuff packing from the AWA. AWA World Tag Title Double-Chain Match : The Road Warriors © vs. Kamala & The Botswana Beast In an extemely bloody brawl, the Roadies finally got Kamala down with a chain assisted double clothesline to get the hard fought victory. AWA World Title match : Ken Patera © vs. Paul Orndorff Orndorff had been gunning for Patera for a while but had to fight his way through the Sinister Syndicate to get to him. He finally had Patera and the World Title in his sights. Patera spent much of the match working over Orndorff's arm and shoulder, trying to take away the Piledriver and set him up for the Full Nelson. Orndorff fought back hard, matching the champ hold for hold and power move for power move. Patera kept trying to hook the Full Nelson on him, but Orndorff was always able to wriggle free or power out before he could get it cinched in. Patera finally got him on his shoulder and ready for the powerslam into the corner turnbuckle that had dispatched so many challengers before. Orndorff, however, was able to get free with a slidedown of his back, and Patera went hard , chest first, into the corner turnbuckle and went backwards into a massive belly-to-back suplex by Orndorff that shook the ring. One ... two ... THREE!!!! Orndorff won the match and is the new AWA World Champion. Curt Hennig, Ricky Steamboat, Greg Gagne, Mike Rotunda and many other wrestlers rushed the ring to congratulate the new champ and hoist him on their shoulders as the fans cheered on.

AWA Show from the Saddledome, Calgary, December 28th The Latin Assassins vs. The Latin Lovers The Latin Assassins won with a Spike Piledriver on Javier Cruz Greg Gagne vs. Rip Oliver Oliver beat Oliver with a top rope kneedrop Mike Shaw vs. Tom Zenk Shaw countered a sunset flip attempt with a stidown splash to get the victory Curt Hennig vs. Mr. Olympia Hennig got the win when he was able to get Olympia in the Cradle Suplex AWA American Title match : Don Muraco © vs. Buddy Rose After a hard fought war that went back and forth, Muraco finally executed a powerslam on Rose to succesfully defend his title AWA World Tag Title match : The Road Warriors © vs. Kamala & The Botswana Beast The Road Warriors won after a double top rope flying shoulderblock to Kamala AWA Southern Title Match : Ricky Steamboat © vs. Bad News Allen Another epic match that went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

AWA show from the Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg (as seen on ESPN/TSN Super Cards) Badd Company vs. The PYT Express The PYT Express won with a spike brainbuster on Pat Tanaka Curt Hennig vs. Bob Roop Hennig got the pin after the Ax Lariat Mike Rotunda vs. Mr. Olympia Rotunda got the victory with a Samoan Drop "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell vs. Bad News Allen After a long and bloody match, Bad News got the shocking win with the Bad News Blaster AWA Southern Tag Title match : Ron Garvin & Wahoo McDaniel © vs. Rip Oliver & Bob Sweetan Garvin got the win by countout after just making it back into the ring while brawling on the outside with Sweetan Paul Orndorff vs. Kamala Orndorff won after hitting a series of running shoulder blocks, followed by a running knee drop on Kamala AWA World Title match : Ken Patera © vs. Rick Martel The newly re-crowned Canadian champ went the distance with Patera, going to a 30 minute time limit draw

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN & TSN for December 28th Brickhouse Brown vs. Ivan Putski After a heated bout where the ref got knocked down, Putski wrapped up Brickhouse in a small package, but Koko Ware took advantage of the referee's incapacitation to roll them over so that Brickhouse was getting the pin. The ref, however, recovered in time to see Koko leaving the ring, and when he went over to caution him, Ed Wiskowski quickly entered the ring and reversed the pin back to Putski. The ref then counted the victory for Putski. "Doctor D" Dave Schultz vs. Vinnie Valentino With his partner Buzz Sawyer howling at ringside, Schultz tossed Valentino all over the ring, dropping him hard on his head several times, before piledriving him twice to finally take the win. Al Perez & Angel Acevedo vs. The Can-Am Express Perez and Acevedo are apparently now referring to themselves as the Latin Assassins. Perez left most of the work to Acevedo, who showed unprecedented viciousness in battering Lafon and Zenk before finally polishing off Zenk with an over-the-shoulder neckbreaker. Buddy Rose, Ricky Steamboat & Curt Hennig vs. Eddie Gilbert, Bad News Allen & Don Muraco While Steamboat was trying to punch his way out of a Muraco bearhug, Gilbert grabbed him by the hair from the outside and dropped him, throat first, onto the top rope. Bad News then came in with a running fistdrop to get the shocking victory. AWA World Tag Title match : The Road Warriors © vs. Rip Oliver & Bob Sweetan The Bad News Breakers actually put up a pretty stiff fight before the Roadies decided to take the metaphorical gloves off and blasted Oliver with the Doomsday Device for the win. Paul Orndorff vs. Kamala In the ongoing war between Orndorff and the Sinister Syndicate, he won by DQ when Kamala attacked the referee. AWA Canadian Title match : Mike Shaw © vs. Rick Martel Ever since his shocking loss of the AWA Canadian Title to Shaw 2 months ago, Martel has been gunning for a rematch. Throughout the match, Shaw kept working over Martel's ribs, while Martel attacked Shaw's legs and knees, trying to take him off his feet. Martel eventually went for a running cross body block, but Shaw caught him. It looked like history would repeat itself with Shaw hitting another big power slam, but his legs buckled from beneath him and Martel got the one-two-three, retaking the title to the cheers of the fans.