American Wrestling Association

[Mad Dog]

Great Lakes All-Star Wrestling #7: 8/18/1984

Rip Rogers starts off the show. He talks about the fact that he came to the Great Lakes region for one reason and one reason only and that is to win the Great Lakes Championship.

Ray Stevens defeated Gerry Morrow at 7:47

The Bullet is out for an interview. He announces that he has been offered employment in another area of the country. He thanks the great fans in the area for all of their support. Tonight is going to be the final showdown with the Masked Superstar and he plans to go out a winner.

Mike Miller and Rip Oliver defeated Barry O and Dusty Wolf at 3:19

Angelo and Lanny Poffo confront Miller and Oliver after their match. Lanny points out that the Poffos have been waiting for a title shot since they got to the Great Lakes region. They aren't just going to let a couple of guys come in and steal a title shot from them. If Miller and Oliver want a shot at the National Tag Team Titles then they need to beat the Poffos to get it. Miller and Oliver throw out next week's show as a good time to settle this. The Poffos agree.

Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Roger Kirby at 5:18

Main Event:

Brad Armstrong and The Bullet defeated Don Carsen and Masked Superstar at 18:31

Note: Shawn Michaels came out and helped The Bullet escape the Cobra Clutch from Masked Superstar.

[SirEdger]

Can't never go wrong with Brad Armstrong and The Bullet in the main event!

[kevinmcfl]

I agree with Edger... Love the Armstrongs in the Main event and the young Shawn Michaels  continues to be a thorn in the side of the Masked Superstar.

[spaldoni]

Rip Rogers reminds the fans why he's here. Tommy Rich better be ready. 

Looking forward to next week's Poffos/Miller-Oliver showdown. 

I also agree, you can never go wrong with the Armstrongs in the main event. Will Bullet go out a winner against Superstar? 

[Crazymax Jack]

 

While Don Carson was a bit aged by this point he was a great heel and would have made a good foil in a match that was likely wrestled more by the Superstar. And having Superstar in their with the Armstrongs is going to be a great match every time. 

 

Also can't wait to see what the Ripper does. I wish him luck on his goal of becoming the Champ!

[Mad Dog]

Great Lakes All-Star Wrestling #8: 8/25/1984

Rip Rogers defeated Tom Jones at 7:41

Rip Rogers says he wants a piece of Tommy Rich this afternoon. He tells Tommy to come out here right now and he's not leaving until Rich comes out here and faces him. Solie and Dusek go to commercial break. They come back from the break with the next match of Ricky Gibson vs. Larry Hamilton. They lock up and Rogers comes in and blasts both men with a steel chair. Rogers nails both men again. He yells at Solie that there aren't going to be any matches until he gets a piece of Tommy Rich. Rogers unfolds one of the chairs and sits in the middle of the ring. Solie goes to commercial again. They finally come back and Tommy Rich comes out. He says if Rogers wants a match, then they can have a match. Rich tries to get in the ring and Rogers jumps him to start the match.

Non-Title Match:

Rip Rogers defeated Tommy Rich (c) by count out at 14:34

Rogers suplexed Rich on the cement floor multiple times and rolled back into the ring to claim the victory. Rogers grabbed a chair and went to hit Rich with it but Thunderbolt Patterson came out and stood over the fallen Rich. Rogers decided to back off.

Backstage. The Mysterious Masked Manager consoles the Masked Superstar over last week's loss. He says that he's working on getting the Superstar a big surprise for next week's show.

Main Event:

Mike Miller and Rip Oliver defeated Angelo and Lanny Poffo at 11:31

Rip Oliver gets on the mic and says that up next is getting those AWA National Tag Team Titles.

[Mad Dog]

Great Lakes All-Star Wrestling #9: 9/1/1984

Ricky Gibson comes out to start the show. He points out that Rip Rogers interrupted his match last week and hit him with a folding chair. No one does that to him and doesn't answer the bell. That's why he wants Rip Rogers right now. He's not leaving this studio until he gets that match. Solie goes to commercial break. They come back and Ricky Gibson is waiting in the ring when Rip Rogers comes out. Rogers taunts Gibson and acts like he's going to get in the ring. Rogers brushes him off and goes to leave. Rogers backs onto the camera shot and he is being pursued by Thunderbolt Patterson and Tommy Rich. Rich gets a couple of shots in on Rogers and then rolls him into the ring.

Rip Rogers defeated Ricky Gibson at 10:09

The Mysterious Masked Manager is out with party hat on and a noise maker. He promised Masked Superstar a big surprise this week and here it is. At the Big Super Bowl of wrestling this upcoming weekend he has put together The Masked Superstar Invitational Battle Royal. The winner will get a cool $50,000.

Rock N Roll Express defeated Doug Vines and Jeff Sword at 10:41

Rock N Roll Express grab the mic. This coming weekend they finally get their hands on Miller and Oliver. Those guys have been running their mouths a lot but it's going to be put up or shut up time.

Scott Hall defeated Larry Hamilton at 3:01

Main Event:

Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Ray Stevens at 9:55

[Blehschmidt]

Digging the Rip Rogers push. His persona is a nice opposite of Tommy Rich and makes for a good feud.

The Masked Superstar Battle Royal should be good, especially if he doesn't win it!!

Miller and Oliver versus The R'n'R Express is a good little tag team feud.

Big Scott Hall gets a good, quick win.

Looking forward to seeing where this all goes!

[SirEdger]

I know it's quite early in the game for him but man, Scott Hall could really become the ace of your territory. Especially by the standards of that era.

[Mad Dog]

Got my big shows to do this week. I will probably have those up tomorrow and an episode of TV. My goal right now is to get caught up and then find a happy medium with longer form shows but maybe not as long as I was doing.

[SirEdger]

No problem!

[Crazymax Jack]

On 10/7/2019 at 1:19 AM, SirEdger said:

I know it's quite early in the game for him but man, Scott Hall could really become the ace of your territory. Especially by the standards of that era.

 I'm all for a guy with Hall's size and look getting put in a position to shine, but his ring work needs some establishment first for me before he would become the "ace". Slow and steady wins the race. You do something quick and it doesn't pan out, you've basically blown your shot at making a star. You take things cautious and build them right, you're guaranteed to have your star. That said, I like what's going on here. So I agree with Edger about Hall being a big star for you, but I wouldn't thrust Hall directly into the main event just yet.

Curious to see who the masked manager is. I hate to look at your roster because then I can probably guess... and I'd rather not know. It's part of the fun for me...

[Mad Dog]

Great Lakes Super Bowl of Wrestling: 9/6/1984

live from Chicago, IL

Scott Hall defeated Dusty Wolf at 3:41

Masked Superstar Invitational Battle Royal:

19 men are in the ring for the battle royal. Suddenly Andre the Giant walks out to the ring. Masked Superstar and The Marvelous Masked Manager start arguing with each other.

Barry 0 gets tossed by Andre the Giant

Tommy Gilbert gets tossed by Jerry Brisco

Don Carsen gets tossed by Ricky Gibson

Ray Stevens gets tossed by Andre the Giant

Frank Morrell gets tossed by Andre the Giant

Jerry Brisco gets tossed by Masked Superstar

Ricky Gibson gets tossed by Masked Superstar

Charlie Fulton gets tossed by Roger Kirby

Frank Dusek gets tossed by Brad Rhengains

Tom Jones gets tossed by Jack Brisco

Roger Kirby gets tossed by Shawn Michaels

Brad Rhengains gets tossed by Masked Supestar

Gerry Murrow gets tossed by Jack Brisco

Larry Hamilton gets tossed by Shawn Michaels

Jeff Sword gets tossed by Andre the Giant

Doug Vines gets tossed by Masked Superstar

Jack Brisco gets tossed by Masked Superstar

Masked Superstar gets tossed by Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels gets tossed by Andre the Giant

WINNER: Andre the Giant

 

Angelo and Lanny Poffo defeated Danny Fargo and George Weingeroff at 8:47

 

Sgt Slaughter vs. Ivan Koloff - Double DQ at 7:45

 

Great Lakes Tag Team Title Match:

Super Destroyers (c) defeated High Flyers at 25:01

 

Buzz Sawyer defeated Hawksaw Jim Duggan at 16:01 (TKO due to blood loss)

 

Great Lakes Heavyweight Title Match:

Tommy Rich (c) defeated Rip Rogers at 14:00

 

AWA World Heavyweight Title Match:

Ted Dibiase (c) defeated Thunderbolt Patterson at 12:51

 

Main Event:

AWA National Tag Team Title Match:

Mike Miller and Rip Oliver defeated Rock N Roll Express (c) at 20:01 to win the AWA National Tag Team Championship

[Mad Dog]

Great Lakes Wrestling: 9/7/1984

live from Minneapolis, MN

 

High Flyers defeated Doug Vines and Jeff Sword at 9:56

 

Scott Hall defeated Ray Stevens at 7:27

 

Masked Superstar defeated Lanny Poffo at 8:00

 

Buzz Sawyer defeated Thunderbolt Patterson at 15:09

 

Great Lakes Tag Team Title Match:

Super Destroyers (c) defeated Ricky Gibson and Tommy Gilbert at 10:41

 

Great Lakes Heavyweight Title Match:

Tommy Rich (c) defeated Rip Rogers at 18:29

 

Main Event:

AWA National Tag Team Title Match:

Rock N Roll Express defeated Mike Miller and Rip Oliver (c) at 16:03 to win the AWA National Tag Team Titles

[SirEdger]

When The Masked Superstar thought he had everything figured out, Andre shows up!

Ricky & Robert able to regroup quickly to regain their National Tag team titles in barnburners. Very nice!

[spaldoni]

What a surprise and treat for the fans as Andre shows up and wins a battle royal! 

Rich turns back the challenge of Rogers.

Super Destroyers are rock'n the titles! 

Great feuds going with Slaughter/Koloff and Duggan/Sawyer. 

Scott Hall gets an impressive win over Stevens. 

Miller and Oliver beat RnR for the titles! 

Oh wait, RnR get them back the next night! We've got a true fight for the titles going on. 

Dibiase has a long list of challengers here. I would love to see Wildfire Rich go for it. 

[Mad Dog]

Great Lakes All-Star Wrestling #10: 9/8/1984

Rip Rogers defeated Tom Jones at 3:31

Rip Rogers has an interview. He admits that Tommy Rich got the better of him. He says that things between them aren't over. He's still gunning for that Great Lakes Heavyweight Championship.

Scott Hall defeated Barry O at 4:17

Masked Superstar defeated Marty Jannetty at 5:06

Masked Superstar has an interview. He complains to the Mysterious Masked Manager that he botched the battle royal and that he's getting tired of treading water. The Masked Manager says that it's all okay. He's got a freshly signed contract for the Masked Superstar to challenge Tommy Rich for the Great Lakes Heavyweight Championship.

Mike Miller and Rip Oliver defeated Ricky Gibson and Tommy Gilbert at 11:53

[spaldoni]

Masked Superstar and Tommy Rich will be awesome! Props to the Mysterious Masked Manager for getting that signed LOL. 

My guys Miller and Oliver continue to dominate. 

[Mad Dog]

Great Lakes All-Star Wrestling #11 9/15/1984

Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Barry O at 3:14

Great Lakes Heavyweight Champion Tommy Rich comes out when he gets blindsided by Masked Superstar. He applies the Cobra Clutch until Rich passes out. Superstar gets on the mic and says he wants his title shot on next week's show. He's waited long enough and next week he's finally going to take what has rightfully been his.

Shawn Michaels defeated Larry Hamilton at 8:01

Scott Hall comes out and grabs Shawn Michaels and walks him over to the announce table. Hall says that he's been on quite the winning streak in Great Lakes and he wants to issue a challenge. He wants a shot at the Great Lakes Tag Team Titles. He asks Michaels if he would be willing to team up for this. Michaels agrees.

High Flyers defeated Don Carsen and Frank Morrell at 7:01

The High Flyers get interviewed. They point out that they have earned a number of wins in Great Lakes and they think they should be getting a shot at the National or the Great Lakes belts. The Rock N Roll Express come out. Ricky Morton says that one of his favorite teams in the world of wrestling today is the High Flyers. He says that it would be an absolute honor to put the gold up against the High Flyers. He says there's a big show coming up in Detroit in October and he thinks that would be a perfect time to have the match. The High Flyers thank them and everyone shakes hands.

Masked Superstar defeated Ricky Gibson at 10:29

Tommy Rich storms out to the ring and both men start to brawl. Security rushes out and tries to pull them apart as the credits roll.

[SirEdger]

Welcome back, buddy!

[Mad Dog]

Great Lakes All-Star Wrestling #12: 9/22/1984

The cameras catch up with a lot of commotion backstage and they catch Rip Rogers trash talking and walking away from a fallen Ricky Gibson.

Scott Hall and Shawn Michaels defeated Barry O and Dusty Wolf at 4:21

AWA National Tag Team Champions Rock N Roll Express are out for an interview. Morton talks about the truly great teams in the sport of wrestling. He calls the High Flyers one of the best teams in the AWA today. He's actually surprised that they haven't won all of the belts in wrestling. He's really looking forward to this match because he wants to test himself against a high flying and technical team. 

Great Lakes Heavyweight Title Match:

Tommy Rich (c) defeated Masked Superstar at 25:31

The Marvelous Masked Manager overthrew Masked Superstar on a roll of quarters and Tommy Rich used them to get the win. The Manager apologized to Masked Superstar after the fact. As they were walking to the back, The Super Destroyers jump the Superstar. The Masked Manager starts barking orders to them as they put a beating on Superstar. They drag a knocked out Superstar to the back as the Masked Manager laughs about it the whole time.

[rainmakerrtv]

Hall and Michaels is an intriguing duo of the time , lots of potential for them as a team. Can't wait until the Masked Manager is revealed.

[Mad Dog]

Great Lakes All-Star Wrestling #13: 9/29/1984

The Marvelous Masked Manager and Great Lakes Tag Team Champions Super Destroyers start off the show. The Manager calls Masked Superstar a loser. He talks about how much he tried to get the guy wins and championship success here but he snatched defeat from the jaws of victory every single time. He even named a battle royal after Masked Superstar and he still managed to lose that match. He says you won't be seeing the Masked Superstar anymore. Now he is going to focus his time and energy on real champions like the Super Destroyers. These men have beaten every team they have faced in Great Lakes so far. Now they have a couple of young punks in Scott Hall and Shawn Michaels looking to get a title shot. Well, he's willing to put the titles on the line if Hall and Michaels can beat his guy in a match on today's show.

Rip Rogers defeated Marty Jannetty at 6:01

Gordie Solie asks Rogers why he attacked Ricky Gibson on last week's show. Rogers says some people just like to watch the world burn. He's tired of all of these pretty boy punks running around Great Lakes. He's from the south where wrestling is about grizzled combat and blood. Not these pretty boys with big hair doing flashy moves and technical wrestling. 

Wahoo McDaniel defeated Barry O at 2:39

Wahoo McDaniel interview.  He's traveled all over the world and had success everywhere he's gone. He's here in the Great Lakes region because he's heard of all the success Tommy Rich has been having as the Great Lakes Heavyweight Champion. He wants a shot at that championship belt and wants Rich to name a time and a place.

High Flyers defeated Dusty Wolf and Frank Morrell at 4:00

High Flyers interview. They admit they seem to keep coming up on the short end of the stick in these title matches. They thank the Rock N Roll Express for all of the kind words and how supportive they have been over this upcoming title match. They are hoping for a good clean match. 

Non-Title Match:

Scott Hall and Shawn Michaels defeated The Super Destroyers by DQ at 15:08

The Super Destroyers couldn't get the final pinfall on either man. Finally, Super Destroyer #1 had enough and grabbed a chair from the crowd and nailed Hall and Michaels with it drawing the DQ. He laid into both men as the bell rang. The Super Destroyers and The Marvelous Masked Manager pose over the fallen Hall and Michaels as the show fades to black.

[Mad Dog]

18 minutes ago, rainmakerrtv said:

Hall and Michaels is an intriguing duo of the time , lots of potential for them as a team. Can't wait until the Masked Manager is revealed.

Yeah. I didn't have Hennig which was a duo of the time but Hall and Michaels seemed like a tag team a promoter might create if they wanted that young up and coming team on their roster.

[Mad Dog]

Great Lakes All-Star Wrestling #14: 10/6/1984

Results:

Ricky Gibson defeated Larry Hamilton at 6:49

Rock N Roll Express defeated Doug Vines and Jeff Sword at 10:32

Wahoo McDaniel defeated Roger Kirby at 3:01

Scott Hall and Shawn Michaels defeated The Poffos at 11:03

Angle Developments:

The Marvelous Masked Manager came out and claimed that Scott Hall and Shawn Michaels were not getting a title shot because they did not beat the Super Destroyers by pinfall or submission. Verne Gagne came out and told MMM that this isn't how these types of matches work. He points out that Scott Hall and Shawn Michaels won the match and that means they get the title shot. He is making this a mandatory title match for the October 26th show in Detroit. MMM is livid a this and starts yelling at Verne. The Super Destroyers storm out and get in Verne's face about the match. Hall and Michaels come out to get them to back off of Verne. Both teams stare each other down for a really long time but MMM calls the Super Destroyers off.

Tommy Rich does commentary during Wahoo McDaniel's match. He talks about their long history together and even held the Georgia Tag Team Titles at one point. He talks about his massive respect for Wahoo and how it would be a pleasure to defend the Great Lakes Championship against him.

Rip Rogers blindsided Ricky Gibson after his match. Gibson managed to fight back and even dropkicked Rogers out of the ring. Rogers tried to climb back in but got a fist to the face for his trouble.

AWA National Tag Team Champions Rock N Roll Express were interviewed. Ricky Morton talked about how when you think of tag team wrestling in the United States that the name that comes to mind is the Rock N Roll Express. They've held belts all over this country. He's excited for this match with the High Flyers because it's a chance to have a nice clean match built on respect. But he warns the High Flyers. The Rock N Roll haven't been champions all over the world by going easy on opponents. There won't be anything underhanded from them but once that bell rings all bets are off. They are coming to fight in Detroit and he hopes the High Flyers can meet the challenge.