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Tina Ferrari is Ivory, correct? If so, great choice to start the division.

George "Master Gee" Wells will be leaving the AWA to make way for their final draft selection.

Thought that's where Memphis would go. AWA takes Jack Victory and steps out of the draft.

Missy Hyatt doesn't count under that heading of the Women, as she is a true 1985 Rookie, correct? No matter either way, I won't be using her until January no matter what.

I had been looking to possibly grab Scorpio as a tag partner for Smiley, but after I drafted Smiley, I looked at who was left and realized me getting him was highly unlikely. Luckily I immediately found something new to do with Stormin' Norman.

I just drafted Norman Smiley in the 1985 draft. Lot of possibilities in 1986.

Sounds good, thanks.

When will we be able to pick from Free Agency again? The moment the draft ends, or the day after?

Wiggling his way to the AWA will be Norman Smi-lay.

Thanks, I had lost track.

Dumb question : as of January, how much is the Roster Cap?

It's not where I thought the AWA would go, either, but here we are

Hoo boy, this is where I throw away my carefull laid draft table and do something I am certain will get me certified as crazy (even crazier than passing on Terry Funk) ... the AWA welcomes the young Melissa Ann Hiatt AKA Missy Hyatt to the frozen north. We have sweetened her deal with plenty of fur coats.

Cactus Jack going to Memphis! Traylor was a hot pick, if he had been available I would have grabbed him for my second round but I pretty much knew he wouldn't last that long.

And the Blade Runners are gone ... no big surprise. Will be interesting to see what happens with them from here.

Tom Lintz and Steven Dunn are also listed twice.

Some rock solid rosters created, looking forward to seeing what you guys do with them. Glad the Long Riders went to a good home, I loved having them but they had gotten a bit played out in the AWA.

I didn't feel that Funk, amazing though he is, was a long term fit for what I was doing with the AWA. I was specifically looking for two big strong guys I could feasibly escalate quickly from a rookie status, and with his collegiate wrestling background, I figured Steiner for the best match. Funk is an awesome fit for Mid Atlantic.

Greg Cooley is listed twice. Mike Boyette is currently retired (although he will come back in a few years and do some shots for the UWF).

Bit of a surprise for some people, not going for the obvious pick, but with the 2nd and 3rd picks of the draft, the AWA welcomes Lex Luger and Rick Steiner.

There's a match of "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal wrestling Buddy Rose and Rip Oliver in a tag match in Portland in 1981, which would be about 3 years before Darren Matthews wrestled his first matches, so he would have come first.

Finally able to post a trade that took place a while back, the AWA sends Tito Santana to the WWF for a 1st round draft pick in the Fresh Faces draft.

Duly noted, thanks.

AWA show at the Saddledome, Calgary, Dec. 1st The Cuban Commandos vs. The Latin Lovers Cruz pinned Morrow after El Volantin Great Gama Singh vs. Ed Wiskowski Wiskowski won with the face first piledriver “Crusher” Jerry Blackwell vs. Rip Oliver Blackwell got the victory with an Avalanche in the corner Bad News Allen vs. Da Crusher Bad News won with the Bad News Blaster Paul Orndorff vs. Bob Roop Orndorff pinned Roop after a Piledriver AWA World Tag Title match : The Road Warriors © vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dave Schultz The Road Warriors won by DQ after Sawyer attacked them with a chain Curt Hennig vs. Eddie Gilbert Hennig won with the Axe Lariat AWA American Title match : Don Muraco © vs. Greg Gagne Muraco won with a Powerslam

AWA show at the Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, Nov. 30th (As shown on ESPN/TSN Super Cards) Lord Humongous, Bob Roop & Mr. Olympia vs. Mike Rotunda & Badd Company Lord Humongous got the win when he hit Tanaka with a side slam onto his knee Koko Ware vs. Rip Oliver Koko won with a top rope flying dropkick Da Crusher vs. Bob Sweetan Both men went to a double count out when they were brawling outside the ring Cage Match : Buddy Rose vs. Eddie Gilbert Rose pinned Gilbert with a belly to back suplex AWA Southern Tag title Cage match : Al Perez & Ricky Santana © vs. Ron Garvin & Wahoo McDaniel Garvin and Wahoo went wild on the champs, hammering them with huge punches and chops. Al Perez wound up cowering in the corner, covering his face after too many Hands of Stone, while the challengers took apart Ricky Santana in the ring. Wahoo finally got Santana in the Indian Deathlock to put him out of his misery, and Garvin and McDaniel became the new AWA Southern Tag champs. Cage Match : Rick Martel & Ricky Steamboat vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dave Schultz Martel did a schoolboy trip on Schultz as Steamboat came off the top rope with a flying cross body press to get the win. AWA World Title Cage Match (if Santana loses, he is gone from the AWA) : Ken Patera © vs. Tito Santana This was an epic, bloody battle, that looked like it could go either way throughout much of the mach. At 43 minutes in , Santana went up to the top rope, looking to finish him off with the flying clothesline as he did with Kamala. Patera caught him in mid air and turned it around into a power slam. Patera then went up to the second rope and came off with a crushing kneedrop to Santana’s sternum. One … two … THREE! Patera had defended his belt and the crowd was in shock as Tito Santana was now out of the AWA.