rainmakerrtv Posted February 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN/TSN for Jan. 25th Dave Schultz, Buzz Sawyer & Mike Shaw vs. Mike Rotunda & Badd Company The members of Col. Robley's Army have let it be known that they are gunning for the AWA Six-Man Tag Titles and looked to be using this match to stake their claim on a title shot. They spent most of the match working over Pat Tanaka, keeping him trapped in their corner of the ring and preventing him from tagging out to Paul Diamond or Mike Rotunda. Strangely, mid-way through the match, Rick Steiner and Lex Luger showed up at the back of the arena, observing the match and pointing at Mike Rotunda while snickering. This provided a sufficient distraction to Rotunda that he started jawing with them from the ring apron, which caused him to not be there for Tanaka when he was trying to take out. This in turn led to Tanaka being on the wrong side of a lariat from Schultz, followed by a piledriver that spelled the end of the match. Luger and Steiner clearly found this vastly amusing and then swiftly disappeared to the locker room while Rotunda fumed in the ring. Interview : Ken Resnick stands in the ring Resnick introduced his next guest as the rookie sensations collectively calling themselves the Varsity Club, Lex Luger & Rick Steiner. Luger and Steiner, along with their "cheerleader" Missy Hyatt , came out and immediately started crowing about their success since arriving in the AWA, saying that the day of the old men in the AWA was done and they were the future of wrestling. This prompted Mike Rotunda to storm out to the ring, with Steven Regal tagging along. He immediately got in the face of the Varsity Club, saying they had a lot of nerve bragging about beating up a bunch of smaller rookies. He then called them out for sticking his nose in his matches and their overall dismissive attitude towards him, demanding to know what is exactly their problem with him. Luger gave his trademark smirk and condescendingly explained that he thought that Rotunda had a lot in common with him. Luger was a former college and pro football star, and Steiner was a top college wrestler. Rotunda was clearly a thoroughbred, like them, but insisted on squandering his potential by associating with losers like British Steel and Badd Company. ("Losers!" interjected Missy Hyatt.) As long as he kept hanging around the dregs of the AWA, Rotunda would never be able to reach the level of the Varsity Club. Luger added that they would be more than happy to prove it to Rotunda and Regal in the ring next week, if they insisted on pushing the point. Before Rotunda could answer, Regal immediately accepted the challenge and offered to throw down right now. The Varsity Club laughed and left Rotunda in the ring, trying to calm down Regal. The Can-Am Express vs. The PYT Express The Can-Am Express were gearing up for a big tournament appearance in Japan. The PYT Express, on the other hand, seem to have set their cap for the AWA Southern Tag Titles, based on Koko's underhanded victory over Wahoo McDaniel last week. What followed was a brisk, exciting match with a lot of high flying and combination moves from both teams. The PYTs past behaviour came back to haunt them when the Southern Tag champs, Garvin and McDaniel, eventually showed up at ringside to argue with them. They smugly brushed it off, but it was enough of a distraction for Brickhouse to turn around and find himself caught in the face with a superkick from Zenk. The Can-Ams picked up the win before heading to Japan and the PYTs were furious. Killer Khan vs. Greg Gagne The always popular Greg Gagne did his best to hold the huge Mongolian monster in check, firing off dropkicks and using his technical skills to try to bring Khan down to the mat. In the end, though, it just wasn't enough to overcome Khan's enormous size. Khan caught him coming off the ropes with a side slam, then immediately trapped Gagne in the Cobra Clutch. Greg was forced to surrended, and you know that somewhere, Paul Orndorff had to be looking on with concern. Rick Rude vs. Ivan Putski Rick Rude has made quite an impact since his return to the AWA and looked to be taking out his frustrations on not just Buddy Rose but all of the members of Playboy After Dark. This time he was facing one half of the Brotherhood Of Poland, Ivan Putski, who seemed unimpressed with Rude's physique and "sexy" posing, responding with his own muscular poses that drew the cheers of the fans. An incensed Rude tore into Putski with a vicious offense, but Pustki more than held his own with his big power moves. It looked like Putski might just pull off the upset when he caught Rude in the Polish Bearhug, but Rude got out of it with an eye gouge followed by a nasty low blow knee shot. He then hit Putski with an over the shoulder neckbreaker before saying "Now that's a real Rude Awakening!" before pinning him. Rude's notorious temper certainly didn't seem to have cooled in his time away from the AWA , and only time will tell what Buddy Rose will do to deal with that. Rick Martel & Da Crusher vs. Don Muraco & Leo Burke Da Crusher has been proving to be a real thorn in the American champ's side as of late. While Crusher turned to his long time friend, Rick Martel, Muraco brought in one of the newest members of the Bad News Breakers, Leo Burke, the man claiming to be Canada's Greatest Wrestler. Burke soon proved his worth, displaying truly impressive technical skills to take the Canadian champ to the mat and then cruelly stomping him when he was down. The two men kept trying to put Martel down for the count, but the handsome French Canadian could not be kept down for long. Once again, overconfidence was the Achilles Heel for Muraco as he failed to notice that Martel had managed to tag out while his back was turned, and when the Magnificent One turned around, he caught a big running Bolo Punch from Crusher right to the face. The ref made the three count and Crusher and Martel celebrated. Their celebration didn't last long, however, as Burke immediately went after Martel again, and the two had to be separated by the ref and other AWA officials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted February 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 AWA show from the Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg (as shown on ESPN/TSN Super Cards) Lex Luger vs. Paul Diamond Luger made Diamond give up to the Human Torture Rack Mike Rotunda vs. Rick Steiner Steiner won by countout when Rotunda was brawling with Luger at ringside Curt Hennig vs. Bob Roop Hennig pinned Roop after hitting the Ax Lariat Da Crusher & Buddy Rose vs. Don Muraco & Doug Somers Crusher snuck in the ring and Bolo Punched Muraco into a roll up by Rose for the win AWA Canadian Title match : Rick Martel © vs. Leo Burke The two men went to a 30 minute time limit draw, but still continued fighting even after the final bell AWA World Tag Title match : The Road Warriors © vs. Dave Schultz & Buzz Sawyer Hawk caught Schultz with a lariat to get the pin, but right after, Sawyer brought in a chain to attack Hawk. Animal then came swinging a chair and it took all of the AWA officials to separate the two AWA World Title match : Paul Orndorff © vs. Killer Khan Khan responded to an attempt by the ref to stop choking Orndorff by spraying the green mist in the ref's face. This led to a DQ win for Orndorff, but Khan and Sheikh Kaissie kept attacking Orndorff until Curt Hennig and Mike Rotunda ran in to chase them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Love the idea of having Lex Luger in the Varsity Club. That would've prepped him better in real life than being thrown in the Horsemen right away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted February 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 AWA Show from the Saddledome, Calgary, Jan. 26th The Latin Assassins vs. The Latin Lovers Acevedo pinned Valentino after a Corkscrew Neckbreaker Steven Regal vs. Rick Steiner Steiner won after hitting a Bulldog Headlock Lord Humongous vs. Curt Hennig Lord Humongous went for a lariat but Hennig countered with a crucifix to get a quick pinfall Mike Shaw vs. "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell Blackwell missed a running splash and Shaw came back with a running Big Leg Drop for the win AWA Southern Tag Title match : Ronnie Garvin & Wahoo McDaniel © vs. The PYT Express Garvin tagged Koko with the Hands Of Stone punch to succesfully defend their belts. AWA Southern Title match : Ricky Steamboat © vs. Bad News Allen Allen had Steamboat set up for the Bad News Blaster, but Steamboat ducked at the last second and Allen missed. Steamboat then wrapped him up in a small package, but Allen grabbed a big fistful of trunks and reversed it. One ... two ... THREE? Bad News Allen beat Ricky Steamboat for the AWA Southern title! The crowd looked on in shock as Bad New raised the belt above his head with one fist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordi Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Wow! Bad News as Southern Champ! He should be able to draw a lot of heat in the Midwest, calling the fans "Beer-belly share-croppers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Oh man, yes. I don't think you could've put the Southern title on a better heel than Bad News Allen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted February 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Strangely, the title change itself was a bit of a last minute decision. I had definitely planned for Bad News to take the belt at some point in the future, but it was the main event in Calgary and I didn't want a screwjob finish, so I figured, what the hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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