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Good set of matches to kick off the series. Rain beat me to the punch. I also think this might be Prichard's time to shine. He's got some serious momentum going.

I always thought it was cool when managers would trade talent. Like AD mentioned, this does make total sense. Will Zeus be the deciding factor at Summerslam? Tito cuts a pumped up promo but Muta's in the groove right now. I'm still torn on the Demolition/Rockers match. Both teams are looking strong, but I think the Rockers might have just a little more momentum going in. We shall see. I'm interested in how the Andre/Gonzalez is going to go down. We all know this one's all about the visual, but for some reason I think we're going to see some crazy chaos. Valentine and Bravo are going to explode. Meanwhile the Bulldog has been getting in some big moments. All roads lead to Summerslam. This card has been built up well. The Rougeaus better be on their A game against the Steiners. Awesome way to end the show. I was already excited about the War Zone match, but now I know it's going to be epic!

It says a lot when even Cornette doesn't question Busick. I was actually thinking the same thing about Lee. It's like ridding the Undertaker took everything out of him. Good to see he's trying to get his groove back. Very eerie promo from Sinister. Hart and Austin are tearing up PCW. Maybe a cage match is the only solution. Brigade win a battle but it was a fight. Seems like the Dreamboats are one step ahead of the Midnights. Can they pull off the upset of the year? Cow Palace, Chono and Blackman are rivaling Hart and Austin in the hot feud category. Poor Dustin is taking some beatings from Williams. Pillman is victorious this round, but I'm sure Scotty wants to go another round. Steamboat returns and sends a strong message that he isn't a false dragon. Can Ams hang on to retain. Speaking of hanging on, Rose barely squeaks by again. It doesn't help that Hall is causing hell for the Playboy Club. Fresno, Oh yea, Iron and Steel are officially back in the tag team scene. WATCH OUT! Lynn gets in a rare defeat on Condrey. I'm really interested in where Busick is heading. We get a taste in the long awaited Hall/Awesome showdown. To be continued. Starr takes a pounding from Bigelow. It's good to have friends in PCW. Just ask Douglas. As always, the LHW's continue to keep the division hot and close the night on an exciting note. Phoenix Firestorm is always one of the best cards of the year. Steamboat vs. Jackel is going to be NUTS!

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 8-16-89 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight! The newly crowned AWA world champion Hulk Hogan will be here! Austin Idol takes on his rival Bob Armstrong. The National tag champs, the Olympians will be in action. Also, the Rock n Roll Express will be in the ring. David Sammartino goes up against Cannonball Griz. And for the 'Superstar' moniker, Bill Dundee clashes with Don Muraco. Ok, let's get to the ring. The Renegade Warriors vs. Duncan Rivers and Chance Whitney The Warriors are looking to make their mark in the AWA and put on a great showing tonight. Mark Youngblood hoists Whitney up in a suplex position as Chris Youngblood leaps off the top rope with a flying press for the win. Nelson: At Wrestlerock you two made your debut with a win over the Rose Cousins. However, afterwards the Rose Cousins attacked you and left you laying in the ring. Chris: The Roses made a terrible mistake. They proved they can only get the job done by cowardly actions. Mark: Rose Cousins! The Renegade Warriors are going to show you what family and blood is all about! Commercial Break David Sammartino vs. Cannonball Griz Griz charges at the bell and puts Sammartino down with a shoulder block. Griz picks up Sammartino and slams him down hard and follows with a big elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Griz swings Sammartino into the corner and goes for an avalanche but Sammartino moves. Griz hits hard and falls back and down. Sammartino regroups. Griz staggers up as Sammartino pounds away, swings him to the ropes and clotheslines him down. Sammartino picks Griz up and slams him down hard. Sammartino swings off the ropes and hits a jumping fist drop. WHAM! Larry Zbyszko hits the ring and nails Sammartino with his nun chucks! Larry hammers down on Sammartino with the nun chucks. The Ref signals for the DQ. Griz rolls out of the ring, groggily raises his arms and leaves. Sammartino's head is bleeding as Larry picks him up and executes a swinging neckbreaker! Larry steps on Sammartino's chest and walks over him. Commercial Break The Rock n Roll Express vs. Todd Rooney and Ray Glader After what just happened, RnR is just what the fans need. Ricky and Robert electrify the crowd and win the match with the double dropkick! RnR cut a promo about their match with the Moondogs next week and promise payback! Commercial Break AWA National Tag Champs The Olympians vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Rheingans hits a gut wrench suplex as Patera follows with the swinging full nelson for the win. Nelson: Ok on September 2nd in Winnipeg at the next Title Night, you two will defend the National tag titles against the Brawny Boys, Jim Morris and Bill Kazmaier. Rheingans: Wow, this is what the tag team division has come to. Those two oofs are the best the AWA can come up with to challenge us for our prestigious titles. One is a dumb hillbilly and the other is an Olympic wannabe. Patera: It makes me sick! The Olympians have brought honor and class to these National titles and yet we have to lower our standards to face a couple of dopes. Well fine, I guess we'll have to make an example of them and once again show the AWA what true champions are all about. Commercial Break 'Bullet' Bob Armstrong vs. 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol The bell rings and these two go at it in a furious exchange. Bob gets the upper hand and unloads on Idol, swings him to the ropes and gives him a high back drop. Idol staggers up as Bob puts him down with a clothesline. Bob reaches down but Idol rakes his eyes and delivers a lowblow out of the Ref's sight. Idol clears the cobwebs and stomps away on Bob. Idol picks up Bob and throat drops him on the top rope. Idol follows with a vertical suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Idol swings Bob to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Bob swings back and shoulder blocks Idol down. Idol staggers up as Bob swings off the ropes and puts him down with a running forearm blast. Bob picks up Idol and attempts the Jaw Breaker, but Chicky Starr hits the ring and attacks Bob! The Ref signals for the second DQ of the night. As Starr stomps away on Bob, Iceman Parsons hits the ring and all hell breaks loose. All four men are brawling all over the place as officials and prelim wrestlers run out to break it up. Commercial Break Blackblood w/Skandor Akbar vs. Harold Bannister Akbar looks pleased as Blackblood jumps off the top rope and hits the flying kneedrop across the throat for the win. Nelson: Skandor, at Title Night, Blackblood gets his shot at the International title held by a man you know quite well, Paul Orndorff. Akbar: Everyone has seen the devastation Blackblood has done. Paul Orndorff thinks he got the best of me, well think again! At Title Night, I'm going to unleash Blackblood and believe me, he's going to rip Orndorff apart and then take his title! You're doomed and finished Orndorff! Oh and as for those sissys, the Rock in Roll Express, your time in the AWA will be short lived after the Moondogs take care of you next week! Commercial Break 'Crippler' Rip Oliver vs. Trent Watkins Oliver finishes things off with a flying forearm from the middle ropes. Nelson: Rip, what's on your agenda here in the AWA? Boos as the Vin Man and Vinergy walk out. Nelson: Come on Vinnie, this is Rip's time. Vinnie: Just a minute Larbo. Nobody cares about Rip Van Winkle. All these people want to hear from me and the future AWA world tag team champs, Vinergy...YEA! Rip: Hey, why don't you take a hike little man! Vinnie: Nobody talks to the Vin Man like that. Vinnie pushes Oliver. Oliver slaps Vinnie across the face! Vinergy jump Oliver and beat him. They hurl him into the ring, swing him to the ropes and put him down with a double Polish Hammer! Vinergy hold Oliver and wait for Vinnie to regroup. Vinnie enters the ring and slaps Oliver across the face. Vinergy laugh and drop Oliver. Vinnie looks into the camera "Your next Fantastics! YEA! Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, before we get to our main event, I've been told that Bob Armstrong, Iceman Parsons, Chicky Starr and Austin Idol have all been banned from the building. Ok, lets see who walks away with the Superstar moniker. 'The Rock' Don Muraco w/Superstar Billy Graham vs. Superstar Bill Dundee Before the bell rings, Dundee is berating Graham. Graham tries to walk away but Dundee sends Graham through the ropes with a forearm blast. Muraco runs out and helps Graham to his feet. Muraco yells at the Ref to ring the bell. The bell rings and Muraco goes on a terror and pinballs Dundee all over the ring! Dundee backs into the corner and begs for his life. Muraco smiles and starts kicking and stomping down on Dundee. Muraco picks up Dundee by his hair and hurls him across the ring. Dundee staggers up against the ropes as Muraco charges and clotheslines him over the top rope. Graham walks over to Dundee and hurls him back into the ring. Muraco picks up Dundee, swings him to the ropes and hits a sidewalk slam. Muraco hoists up Dundee and delivers a tombstone piledriver! Muraco lifts Dundee up by his hair, hoists him up again and delivers a second tombstone piledriver 1..2..3!!!! Billy Graham remains the Superstar! Commercial Break Nelson: Ok. let's take it up to the ring with Ken Resnick. Resnick: Thank you very much Larry Nelson. Fans please welcome the new AWA world champion, Hulk Hogan! Eye of the Tiger blasts as Hogan comes out in jeans, tank top, headband and the world title around his waist. Hogan enters the ring and holds his title high as he walks around. Resnick: Hulk, on behalf of the AWA and all these screaming fans, congratulations on winning the world title. Hogan: Well you know something Killer Ken! Hulk Hogan had one goal in the AWA brother and that was to win this world title and conquer Mount AWA! I achieved that goal thanks to the power of Hulkamania and all my Hulkamaniacs! Resnick: You're right about that! Just listen to this crowd. Ok Hulk, I'm sure you saw what went down last week. Brian Adias relinquished his TV title in the midst of a record run to challenge you for the world title. That match takes place in Winnipeg on September 2nd at Title Night. Now Brian has sort of been obsessed with you and your career in Hollywood. Hogan: Oh I've heard all the comments from Brian Adias. He's been running his mouth for months about his Hollywood career. But I have one question. What's he actually done in Hollywood? I haven't seen him in anything and nobody in Hollywood seems to know who he is. Brian Adias is all talk brother. He's been bad mouthing me long enough and his time comes at Title Night. Brian Adias! Whatcha gonna do when the power of Hulkamania runs wild on you!!!!!! The show ends with Hogan ripping his shirt off and posing.

Bash at the Beach! Let's do this! Poffo opening up the show with a moonsault is a great way to get things going. In a rare twist, the heels are caught and the Nightmares retain. It took a lot, but SSM puts Abby down and gets his match with Sullivan. All hell breaks loose as this gem of a feud continues. Oh man, 2 Cold will be coming after Poffo. Another fun feud here. Kevin wins the gold with the claw! It's great seeing Kevin get a push here. The Starrcade Series is one of my favorite events of the year. Can't wait! The Doctor is called and he proves to be the deciding factor in the big main event. I have a feeling the Horsemen are heading for a break up or a reboot. Good story going on here. Your big events always deliver!

Dissention in the Hart Foundation. Santana gets the IC shot. Muta closes things out with the mist. Wow, a lot going on. Steiners and Rougeaus will battle for the US titles. Steiners would be awesome champs, but man, the Rougeaus would bring mega heat to the US titles. With Martel's current gimmick, Snuka is a great opponent. Fun angle. Summerslam is stacked! The War Zone match is going to rock!

Common enemies unite Cactus and Regal. I'm enjoying the resurgence of Condrey here. Gordy shows he's one bad dude. Wings of Fire prove they're still in the hunt. One thing Douglas needs is a friend. Looks like he found one. I like the twist with the supporting players elevating a feud. Portland, I don't know if the Playboy Club is ready for Hall's rampage. The Triangle of terror just keep dominating. I think DDP might be regretting his treatment of Bigelow. Can Ams get in a hard fought title defense. Windham wins a battle. If Hall takes out Awesome, Rose is in serious trouble. Eugene, Finlay makes it known he can go for the submission title. Albright fits right in with the Terror. Pillman needed a strong win and certainly got it tonight. Malenko remains on top of the LHW division. Look at that, the Midnights take a rare loss. This really catapults the Dreamboats. Azul gives the champ a fight, but Eddie finishes strong to retain.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 8-9-89 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight, the Soultaker makes his in ring debut taking on Spike Huber. Mike Miller clashes with Tom Brandi. Karachi Vice takes on Vinergy. And Brian Adias defends the TV title against Lou Perez. You'll also see AWA International Champ Paul Orndorff and the AWA world tag champs, the Fantastics. All that and a lot more, so lets get to the ring. AWA International Champ 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff vs. Samson Smith The fans are up and cheering as Orndorff executes the piledriver for the win. Nelson: Fans, the AWA's next Title Night will take place on September 2nd at the Winnipeg Arena. Paul Orndorff, you'll be defending your International title against Blackblood. It seems Skandor Akbar has unfinished business with you. Orndorff: Akbar's still reeling from that piledriver I gave him at Wrestlerock! Hey, I don't care which freak he sends my way. I went through hell to get this title and I'm not about to lose it anytime soon. Blackblood! Your next! Commercial Break 'Mean' Mike Miller vs. 'Thrilling' Tom Brandi Miller has made it his mission to take out the pretty boys and he makes that known as he attacks Brandi at the bell. Miller pushes Brandi into the corner and proceeds to punch, kick and stomp away. Miller grabs Brandi by the hair and tosses him across the ring. Brandi staggers up as Miller puts him down with a clothesline from behind 1..2..Kick Out. Miller swings Brandi to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Brandi kicks him and dropkicks him down. Both men slowly rise. Brandi swings Miller to the ropes and puts him down with a high dropkick, then follows with a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Brandi swings Miller into the corner and charges in, but Miller nails him with a big boot to the face. Miller drops down on Brandi 1..2..Kick Out. Miller swings Brandi to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Brandi swings back and hits a Thesz Press 1..2..3!! Brandi rolls out of the ring in a daze as Miller kicks the ropes in frustration. Commercial Break The Moondogs w/Skandor Akbar vs. Harold Bannister and Todd Rooney Akbar (still wearing a neck brace) cheers as the Moondogs destroy their opponents. Spot hits a backbreaker on Rooney and holds him as Rex comes off the middle rope with an elbow drop to the chest for the win. Afterwards, the Moondogs grab their bones and proceed to beat their already fallen opponents with them as Akbar smiles. Commercial Break Nelson: Ok, with me now are the All-Stars. Well, you guys came out on the losing end at WrestleRock. I'm sure you weren't expecting Superstar Graham to come out with Don Muraco. Idol: First things first! This is far from over! Next week, it's me and that washed up Bobby Boy Armstrong, one on one. Bobby! Let's see how you do one on one. Oh darling, you don't stand a chance. Starr: We are the premier group in wrestling. What happened at WrestleRock was nothing but a fluke. Iceman Parsons, the next time I see your ugly face amigo, I'm going to punch you right in the mouth! Dundee: Billy Graham! I've had it with you using my moniker. Now I know your incapable of stepping that broken body of yours into a ring, so here's the deal. Send in your stoolie Muraco and him and I will wrestle for the Superstar name. Does Muraco have the guts? Probably not! Have mercy! Commercial Break The Soultaker w/Skandor Akbar vs. 'The Foreman' Spike Huber Huber has the crowd behind him as he hits Soultaker with some fired up punches. Huber hoists Soultaker up and slams him down, then follows with a standing leg drop 1..2..Kick Out. Huber takes it to Soultaker until a distraction by Akbar leads to Soultaker clotheslining Huber through the ropes from behind. Soultaker goes to the outside and slams Huber on the concrete. Soultaker picks up Huber and rams him back first into the steel post. Soultaker hurls Huber into the ring. Soultaker follows, hoists Huber up and executes an over the shoulder backbreaker. Huber submits as the Ref signals for the bell. Nelson: I have to admit Skandor, your men were nothing short of devastating tonight. Akbar: Nelson, you described that well. You're learning. Devastation Inc. Is stronger than ever. You know I heard Steve Disalvo out here last week wanting to take on some monsters. Well Disalvo, we have unfinished business and the Soultaker would like to take you up on that. NOW! Speaking of unfinished business. Paul Orndorff! I have to wear this neckbrace because of you! Well now you're going to pay. Blackblood is going to destroy you and take your beloved title! That's a fact! Commercial Break Karachi Vice vs. Vinergy w/The Vin Man Vinnie and Vinergy wait in the ring. Karachi Vice head out. WHAM! They're attacked from behind by the British Bombers. Les Thornton is behind them watching closely. The Bombers give Karachi Vice a good beating until Thornton nods in approval. Thornton leads the Bombers to the back. Vinnie and Vinergy are celebrating in the ring like they won the Superbowl. Vinnie grabs the mic. Vinnie: That's a win for Vinergy! YEA! Commercial Break AWA World Tag Champs The Fantastics vs. Trent Watkins and Royce Jones The Fantatsics are full of energy tonight and win the match with the Rocket Launcher. Nelson: It's great to see you guys finally holding the gold. You ended the 14 month reign of the Guerreros and also sent them out of the AWA. Job well done. As you know, things keep moving. At the next Title Night in Winnipeg, you two will defend the titles against Vinergy. Rogers: Larry, I can't tell you how great it is to be champs. Everybody saw our long road to get here and we finally did it! Fulton: That's right! The Guerreros pulled one over on us time and time again, but in the end we prevailed! Boos as Vinnie leads Vinergy out. Vinnie: These guys seem a little arrogant, don't they Larbo? Did you just see what my boys just did? We're tuned up and ready to take those tag straps! YEA! Nelson: Come on Vinnie, are you delusional? Rogers: Listen up Vin "Man". Your boys are not ready for the big time and we'll show you why at Title Night. Vinergy step forward but Vinnie shakes it off and calms them down, then leads them away as the Fantastics hold their titles high. Commercial Break AWA TV Title Bout 'Blockbuster' Brian Adias (C) vs. 'Lightning' Lou Perez During the introductions, Adias kisses his title and holds it up in front of Perez. The bell rings and they lock up. Perez hip tosses Adias over. Adias sits up and points at Perez. They lock up again and Perez hip tosses Adias over. Adias hits the mat and gets up. They go to lock up again. Adias tries to kick Perez low, but Perez grabs his foot, spins him around and atomic drops him over the top rope. Adias gets up but falls back down. Adias takes his time and hops on the apron at the 8 count. Perez comes over but Adias rakes his eyes and snaps his head on the top rope. Adias drags Perez to the outside and swings him into the guardrail. Adias hurls Perez back into the ring. Adias goes to the top rope and waits. Perez staggers up as Adias nails him with a double axehandle drop 1..2..Kick Out. Adias hoists Perez up and gives him an airplane spin, slams him down and follows with a standing fist drop 1..2..Perez gets his foot on the rope. Adias argues with the Ref. Adias swings Perez to the corner and charges in, but Perez moves. Both men are regrouping. Perez grabs Adias and executes a vertical suplex. Perez picks up Adias and delivers a gut wrench suplex. Perez grabs Adias and hits a snap suplex 1..2..Adias barley gets his shoulder up. Perez swings Adias hard into the corner. Adias staggers out as Perez grabs him and goes for his bridging back suplex, but Adias elbows him in the face several times to break Perez's grip. Adias swings off the ropes and clotheslines Perez down. Both men are reeling. As they rise, Adias grabs Perez and hits a Russian Leg Sweep 1..2..Perez gets his foot on the rope. Adias berates the Ref for too long. Perez crawls up and rolls Adias over 1..2..Kick Out. Perez swings Adias to the ropes and goes for a back drop, but Adias stops, grabs Perez and executes a Fisherman's Suplex 1..2..3! Commercial Break Brenda Britton is standing with AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow. Britton: Hi everybody! I want you all to listen because Gerry has something to say. Morrow: AHHHHHHH Thank You Brenda. As you may have heard, next week de AWA world champion Hulk Hogan will be here in person. I can promise you dis, Hulk Hogan will also be defending de AWA world title in Winnipeg at Title Night. Boos as Brian Adias walks out with his TV title. Morrow: AHHHHH Brian, congratulations on yet another successful TV title defense. Very good job. What can I do for you? Adias: I'm glad you asked Gerry. As you know Blockbuster Brian Adias has brought the AWA to new heights, thanks to my many ventures in Hollywood. It was all me and not that dismal actor and subpar wrestler Hogan. Which brings me to my point. Enough is enough! I'm here to challenge Hulk Hogan for the AWA world title in Winnipeg. Morrow: Brian, are you serious about dis? Adias: I've never been more certain of anything in my charmed life. Gerry, as you know I'm in the midst of a record title reign. 16 months as the TV champion! 16 months! That's unheard of! So, to show you how serious I am. I'm here to relinquish my TV title for a world title shot. Britton: OH MY! WOW! I told you everything happens with me. Morrow: Brian, are you absolutely sure you want to do dis? Adias: one hundred percent! Morrow: Ok then. Your incredible reign as TV champion has definitely qualified you for a world title opportunity. If you are certain, then I will give you de match. Adias smiles, looks at his TV title and hands it over to Morrow. Adias: I want everybody to remember that I never lost this title! Nobody will ever come close to breaking my record. As for you Hulk Hogan. You're going to have the shortest title reign ever and then my record breaking world title reign will begin. I'm coming for you chump oh forgive me, champ. Britton: What a historic segment! Unbelievable! Until next time, toooodles!

Damn, what a great looking card! The main event is going to rock! Can't wait to find out who the mystery partner is.

The night kicks off with a bang with the arrival of Vader!!! I always know the young lions are going to get the crowd warmed up. Fuke and Yamada were so evenly matched that they go the limit. Hopefully we get a rematch. I totally agree with that final statement. Anjo brought the energy tonight and it paid off well. I thought Shamrock was going to take it, but Suzuki finished strong by perfectly setting things up for that piledriver. Vrij sticks to his plan and scored some knockdowns, but Han's patience and skills pay off to secure him a well earned victory. Zangiev was on his wrestling A game, but Yamazaki's onslaught at the end takes it. Those kidney shots are brutal Very interesting finish in the Funaki/Backlund match. Funaki was doing well for himself. I wonder what happened and what made him upset. Very impressive outing for the Russian team. Maeda was in true forum and shines tonight in the main event. That finishing sequence was amazing. Great stadium show. This proves the UWF is at the top of their game. You've done a great job building this promotion. We all got to see this from the ground up. Excellent work!

Jake is back! It's going to be cool watching two pros like Valentine and Tito battling for an IC shot at Muta. Although Bravo might not think it's cool. I'm loving Martel's gimmick and it looks like he does too. Both Duggan and Haku have some serious back up. Zeus is becoming the difference maker. Paul E better come up with a solution. Who will be the WWF's only giant? It's freakn awesome seeing Jake and Funk working together, but that just might have been trumped with the return of the ULTIMATE WARRIOR!!!!!! Can't wait for Summerslam!

Douglas is really getting under Cornette's skin LOL I'll say it again, Cameron and Atlas are just meant to be together. I don't know if the Playboy Club is ready for an angry Hall. Dibiase knew what he was doing by acquiring the OWC. I'm sure Rose had no problem with what Austin did to Bret. Austin and Bret are heading for a bloodbath. Vancouver, Finlay might have his eyes on the submission title. Gunn's another young gun making a name for himself here. Only a matter of time before the MVC has gold. Jeez, who can stop these guys. Another satisfying win for Bigelow. Austin's rage is taking over. The tag team competition in PCW is unreal. Kelowna, The Southern Boys are in the zone. I agree, Beetlejuice vs. the Leprechaun is quite the billing. The Dreamboats are quickly rising the ladder. Scotty's looking for a title shot. Malenko keeps the LHW division hot

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 8-2-89 Larry Nelson: Hello everyone and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. We've got a lot of action tonight, including Larry Zbyszko versus Leo Burke. Lou Perez takes on Glamour Doll. Also, Iceman Parsons goes up against Terry Taylor. Right now, I would like to bring out the AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow. Brenda Britton comes out with Morrow. Britton: Take a break Nelson. Nelson rolls his eyes and walks away. Britton: Ok Gerry, I understand you want to address the world title issue from WrestleRock. Morrow: Ahhhhh yes I do Brenda. I would like to invite Ray Stevens out here. Stevens is all business as he walks out. Morrow: Ray, I have reviewed your protest and de film from WrestleRock. Stevens: Then you saw what I saw. Jumbo Tsuruta put Hulk Hogan down with a powerbomb and the Ref counted 3. It's simple, Jumbo should get his world title back. Morrow: I have to admit Ray, it was close. However, after lengthy reviews, myself and de committee have determined dat Hogan did raise his shoulder before de 3 count. De decision will stand. Hulk Hogan is de AWA world champion. Stevens: Come on Gerry! Morrow: Do not worry Ray. When Jumbo decides to return from Japan, he will get a rematch for de world title. Stevens: I don't like it, but I will say this. Hogan's days as champion are numbered. Mark my words! Britton: There you have it! Hulk Hogan is officially the AWA world champion, but for how long remains to be seen. Until we meet again. Toooodles. Commercial Break The Brawny Boys (Jim Morris and Bill Kazmaier) vs. Todd Rooney and Cleet Walker After their success at WrestleRock, Morris and Kazmaier have decided to make a go as a tag team. Morris puts Walker down with a backbreaker, then tags in Kazmaier. Kazmaier swings Walker to the ropes and finishes things off with a bearhug! Commercial Break 'Lightning' Lou Perez vs. Glamour Doll We get a fun fast paced match here. Perez puts his amateur wrestling skills to work and has Doll frustrated. Doll turns the tide with an eye rake. Doll shows off his high flying skills and almost pins Perez after a missile dropkick. Doll spends too much time arguing with the Ref. This allows Perez to sneak up from behind and execute a bridging back suplex for the win! Perez celebrates as Doll throws a temper tantrum. Commercial Break Nelson: Ok coming out now is Skandor Akbar (wearing a neckbrace) along with his Devastation Inc. Akbar, Blackblood and the Moondogs surround a nervous Nelson. Nelson: Well Skandor, WrestleRock was quite an event for you. Things ended abruptly after that piledriver from the AWA International champ Paul Orndorff. Akbar: Watch it Nelson! That's your final warning! It's no secret that Devastation Inc. lost some members following WrestleRock. However, I'm coming back bigger and stronger than ever! First up, Orndorff, you're going to pay for what you did. This man Blackblood is coming after you and your title! Everybody saw what the Moondogs did at WrestleRock to those sissy boys, the Rock n Roll Express. That's only the beginning. It doesn't stop there. Right now, I would like to introduce the newest member of Devastation Inc. Get ready AWA because the SOULTAKER is here! Soultaker is an intimidating sight as he walks out and joins his new stable. Akbar: You're looking at Devastation Inc. and devastation is what we're going to cause! Commercial Break 'The Mighty Yankee' Steve Disalvo vs. Ray Glader Disalvo looks impressive as he finishes things off with a running shoulder breaker for the easy win. Disalvo cuts a promo and says he's ready to take on the biggest and baddest monsters in the AWA. Commercial Break The Rose Cousins vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez The Rose Cousins are in full heel mode tonight and win the match with the Rose Bomb. Nelson: I'm not sure what happened at WrestleRock but you guys really went off the deep end when you attack the Renegade Warriors after their victory. Pat: Hey! We spent to long playing by the rules and it got us nowhere! If the Renegade Warriors have a problem, then they can try and do something about it! Randy: That's right! From now on, we're going to do things the right way, the Rose way!! Commercial Break Nelson: Ok, we're... Boos as Larry Zbyszko strolls out. Nelson: Larry, you have a match with Leo Burke, what are you doing here? Zbyszko: (points up at Burke in the ring) I'll deal with you in a minute spudhead. Ray Stevens was out here because his man was robbed. Well, he wasn't the only one robbed at WrestleRock. That brat little Davey only beat me because he was in cahoots with that moron Randall Cobb. Listen up Bruno's baby boy. You're nothing but a spinless coward who took the easy way out. You're gutless and weak! I'm going to do everything in my power to make your pathetic life miserable! You're done Davey! 'The Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko vs. Leo Burke Larry's a little too preoccupied as Burke works him over and has him pinballing all over the ring. Zbyszko rolls out to take a breather and of course stall. He gets on the apron. Burke runs over but Zbyszko rakes his eyes and snaps his head on the top rope. Zbyszko stomps away on Burke, lifts him up and throat drops him on the top rope. Zbyszko drops several knees on Burke. Wait a minute. David Sammartino comes out and stands at ringside with his arms folded. Zbyszko sees him and starts yelling at him. Sammartino smiles and shrugs his shoulders. Zbyszko is at the ropes still yelling at David. Burke gets up, pushes Zbyszko against the ropes and rolls him up 1..2..3! Big POP! Burke goes to the outside. Sammartino raises his arm as Zbyszko loses it in the ring. The fans are loving this. Commercial Break Nelson: With me now is the Vin man and his crew, Vinergy and Gary Young. (smirks) Rough night for you at WrestleRock, Vinnie. Vin: Shut up Larbo! Do you know what the problem was at WrestleRock? Nelson: Ummm, you bit off more than you could chew? Vin: I said shut up! I know what the problem was. Vinergy knows what the problem was. Dukes and Putski nod. Vin: Gary, do you know what the problem was? Young: No, what boss? Vin: The problem was YOU! Damn it Gary! You blew it and we lost the match because of you! You embarrassed me and nobody embarrasses the Vin Man...YEA! WHAM! Vinergy attack Young! They beat him down, then hurl him into the ring. They continue the beat down. They swing Young to the ropes and put him down with stereo polish hammers! They hold Gary up as Vinnie walks over, berates him and slaps him several times. Vinergy throw Young down. Vinnie gives him a few more stomps before leaving. Vinnie grabs the mic. Vinnie: Gary! You're out...YEA! Commercial Break 'The Rock' Don Muraco w/Superstar Billy Graham vs. Royce Richards Graham cheers as Muraco wins the match with a tombstone piledriver! Nelson: Superstar, you sure delivered at WrestleRock when this man, Don Muraco showed up. Graham: That's right daddy! The Superstar is back and I brought a friend with me. The sky's the limit for Don Muraco. Tell them brutha! Muraco: You got that right Superstar! The Rock Don Muraco is here in the AWA and brother I'm ready to make a splash! Commercial Break Nelson: Well we've seen a lot of familiar faces returning to the AWA and here's a couple more. Ricky and Robert, the Rock n Roll Express! The fans go wild as RnR head to ringside, slapping hands and hugging fans. Nelson: Welcome back to the AWA! Your appearance at WrestleRock was unfortunately ruined by the Moondogs. Gibson: Great to be back in the AWA Larry! It seems we already have a target on our backs. But hey, it's nothing we're not used too. Right Ricky. Morton: That's exactly right! Moondogs! You lit a fire under us and that's a good thing. We came back to the AWA for tag team competition and looks like your first up Moondogs! Rock n roll is here to stay! Commercial Break Nelson: Before we get to our main event, I want to announce that in 2 weeks, the AWA world champion Hulk Hogan will be here! I've also been informed that next week Brian Adias will defend the AWA TV title against Lou Perez. Also, the AWA International champ Paul Orndorff will be in action as well as the new AWA world tag champs, the Fantastics. Ok, let's get to the ring. Iceman Parsons vs. 'The Red Rooster' Terry Taylor The bell rings and Taylor does a little strut. They're about to lock up, but Taylor does another strut and slicks back his ponytail, then flings his hands at Parsons. They finally lock up and Parsons hip tosses Taylor over. Taylor gets up and charges but Parsons back drops him. Taylor sits up as Parsons gets down with a dance. Taylor's pissed and charges but Parsons ducks his punch and unloads on Taylor, swings him to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash and follows with a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Parsons reaches down but Taylor grabs his trunks and pulls him through the ropes. Parsons gets on the apron and enters through the ropes but Taylor nails him with a knee to the head. Taylor grabs Parsons and hits a vertical suplex. Taylor hops on the turnbuckles and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Taylor body slams Parsons, hops on the turnbuckles and crashes down with a forearm drop 1..2..Kick Out. Taylor yells at the Ref. Taylor takes his time, hoists Parsons up for a suplex, but Parsons blocks it and suplexes Taylor over. Parsons regroups. Taylor rises as Parsons swings him to the ropes and clotheslines him down. Parsons hits a snap suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Parsons swings Taylor to the corner and follows with a running shoulder thrust and follows with several more shoulder thrusts. Parsons swings Taylor to the ropes and hits his hip attack, but Taylor flys back and through the ropes. Taylor's down on the outside. The Ref is holding Parsons back. The Ref finally starts the count. Taylor barely beats the 10 count as he slides into the ring. Parsons swings off the ropes and hits a Thesz Press but Taylor holds on as he falls back and hot shots Parsons on the top rope. Taylor puts his feet on the ropes as he pushes Parsons legs forward 1..2..3!! Taylor rolls out of the ring, clears the cobwebs and pats himself on the back.

Dynamite is working his way towards a Jr. title match. The Beasts get one heck of a showcase. I have a feeling the Nasty Boys are on the verge of something big. Travis and Silver King are also making waves in the Jr. division. SSM is in for a brutal night at the Bash. Man, I would've loved seeing that 10 man tag main event on free TV. Worldwide, I wonder if the Beasts and Blasters will ever cross paths. Baby Doll keeps her bodyguard tuned up and ready. Prichard gets a big upset over Race and Dillion doesn't seem too happy about it. The Bash is really shaping up. The Eliminators get their big chance. Like the others have mentioned, Garvin couldn't have picked better partners to face the Horsemen.

SNME! Muta and Snuka deliver a fun match, add the mist and Paul E getting handcuffed and that makes for some good entertainment. Rude retains his title but Beefcake gets his moments in to stay strong. Martel and Zenk can go. Martel really works his gimmick tonight. The scene with Funk going nuts in the hospital was classic. Funk always takes things to another level LOL. We all know Andre and Gonzalas is all about the visual and not the in ring work, but you're doing a fantastic job covering this by adding in all the chaos with the other wrestlers. Rockers come out on top after tearing the house down with the Midnights. This was a dream feud and gave the fans everything they would want. I'm sure Paul E has some muscle coming in. Steiners and Rougeaus will give us some excellent tag matches. Rockers men business if they're willing to give up the US titles for another shot at the world titles, especially after all they had just went through. It was Funk all along! Another layer is added. This is getting good! Next week's show is going to be a good one.

The night starts off with a bang or as Cactus would say "Bang! Bang!" Severn, Blackman and Cactus looked strong. The Midnights return but get a fight. Condrey and Busick come through for Camp Cornette. Hart and Bigelow survive as each man gets a satisfying fall over their rivals. I can just see Austin's tantrum. WOW! A lot went down in the next match! Steamboat gets set on fire and Cameron returns to reunite one of my all time favorite PCW teams, Iron and Steel. Oh and let's not forget that Regal did win the match. There will be a lot of fall out from this one. Rose takes a shocking pin, but luckily Scotty and Awesome save the day for the Playboy Club. Hard hitting main event. Dibiase, Williams and Gordy are the big guns but Young and Albright were able to shine. Hall's going to be on the hunt for Awesome. Windham gave it all he could, but how can you fly solo against the triangle of terror. Fun night of action!

GAB! Let's do this! The night gets off to literally a hot start as Eddie Gilbert returns to chase off Perez and Missy. The rookie Norton gains some huge confidence with a big win over Kelly. Poor Rogers was in over his head with Herc. I can get behind a Sid/Herc powerhouse feud. Rogers finds a way to rebound as he helps Mimi become the Woman's champ. Great strength visual with Doom getting the co win. Satisfying moment. It figures the AAC would find a way to cheat the fans. Patriot is going to rock here! Still no TV champion as we're heading for a Hennig/Jarrett showdown. Good job with this story. It really puts importance on the TV title. Slaughter finally shuts Debeers up! The fans waited a long time for this moment. Awesome cage match! I was shocked by Piper's heel turn. Talk about a swerve. I can't wait to find out what that was all about. Man, Kerry stormed onto the WCW scene and carries all that momentum to a US title win over Luger. WOW! Rough night for the horsemen! The Freebirds are on top of the world! Loved that spike piledriver finish. AWWWWWWWW! Sting was so close! Thanks to Arn, Flair's the only horseman to walk out with his title. I imagine this will cause some heat. Great show. Each match told a good story. We had pretty much everything you could ask for in a big event.

AWA WrestleRock Fallout This week's TV is a WrestleRock recap show. The newly crowned AWA champions give promos. The new AWA world tag team champs, the Fantastics talk about their long road to the titles and how all their perseverance paid off. They're ready to defend the titles against all comers. Paul Orndorff unified the Mid American and Southern titles and is now the AWA International champion. He says he's held gold all year and that's going to continue. Newly crowned AWA world champion, Hulk Hogan gave a pumped up promo, saying he's now on top of Mount AWA but to remain on top he will have to defend the title against the multitude of challengers climbing that same mountain. Hogan went on to say with the power of all the Hulkamaniacs, he's going to take the AWA to heights never before imagined. Other news Ray Stevens has filed a protest claiming Jumbo Tsuruta should still be the AWA world champion. Stevens claimed the Referee counted 3 after Jumbo power bombed Hogan. The AWA is reviewing the footage and Steven's claim. Jumbo has returned to Japan and has not announced when he'll be returning to the States. AWA TV Champ, Brian Adias says since he's currently in a record title reign, he should be the number one contender to the world title. He promised Hogan's reign will set a record as the shortest AWA title reign in history. AWA National tag champs, the Olympians said they overcame all Sweet Dreams blatant rule breaking and cheating to retain their titles. They also said honor, integrity and pure skill will always prevail. After an amazing 14 month reign, former AWA world tag champs, the Guerreros had to honor the stipulation and have left the AWA. Jake the Snake Roberts has decided to venture elsewhere, stating something about unfinished business up north. Also leaving the AWA is former Southern champ Larry Cameron and Kokina. Skandor Akbar has promised to rebuild Devastation Inc. He has Blackblood as well as the Moondogs. He then made a big announcement that he has sold the contracts of the British Bombers to Les Thornton. Akbar has also promised another huge acquisition coming soon. After everything he went through, Nikita Koloff has been given permission to take a long vacation. Nikita says he'll be back stronger than ever. Larry Zbyszko went on a tirade and says he was cheated beyond belief. He wants another crack at David Sammartino. Don Muraco is ecstatic about being in the AWA with Superstar Graham by his side. The AWA returns to its regularly scheduled programing next week.

AWA puts Buzz Sawyer and Cannonball Grizzly on the block.

Budro gets a well deserved coronation. I wish Solie was a little more enthusiastic about it LOL. I agree with Rain, Landell is such a great choice. I'm really looking forward to his run. Seeds already planned for Bash at the Beach. Will this finally resolve things between SSM and Sullivan? I always thought Poffo was a great heel. His feud with Scorpio will add a lot of fire to the Jr. division.

AWA Presents WrestleRock 89 From the Metrodome, Minneapolis MN Night 2 7-20-89 The second half of the pay per view opens up with the camera panning across the cheering fans. The camera hits the ring as once again Bonnie Tyler stands on the WrestleRock logo. She smiles and waves to the crowd and then kicks things off with her rendition of America the Beautiful. The fans cheer as she waves and blows kisses. The camera goes ringside with Brenda Britton and AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow. Britton: Hi everybody, here we go again! Gerry, go ahead and get things going. Morrow: Ahhhhhh thank you Brenda. (Holds up his arms) My dear guests, welcome back to night two of WrestleRock 89! Britton: Ok Nelson and Resnick. That's your cue. You may attend to your duties. Larry Nelson and Ken Resnick (once again sporting tuxedos) sit at the announcer's table to call the action. 'The Foreman' Spike Huber vs. Glamour Doll The Fabulous Thunderbirds Tough Enough plays as Huber steps into the ring wearing jeans, work boots, construction helmet and carrying his sledgehammer. Poison's I want action tonight plays as Glamour Doll comes down the aisle with a full 80s glam rock look. The bell rings and Doll throws glitter in Huber's face. Doll rakes Huber's eyes and pounds away on him. Doll swings Huber to the ropes and dropkicks him down. Doll stomps down on Huber and berates him. Doll body slams Huber, swings off the ropes and goes for a splash, but Huber gets his knees up as Doll lands on them and rolls over in pain. Huber fires up and stomps down on Doll. Huber picks up Doll by his hair, walks with him to the corner and slams his head on the turnbuckle several times. Huber hoists Doll up and gives him an airplane spin, then drops him down. Huber goes to the middle ropes and comes down with a knee drop 1..2..Doll gets his foot on the rope. Huber reaches down, but Doll gives him a thumb to the eye. Doll clears the cobwebs and chokes Huber on the bottom rope with his boot. Doll grabs the top rope, jumps up and lands a knee on Huber's back. Doll swings Huber to the ropes and hits a flying press 1..2..Kick Out. A frustrated Doll chokes away on Huber. Doll then reaches in his tights and pulls out some lipstick. Doll then smears lipstick all over Huber's face. A laughing Doll goes to the middle ropes. Huber staggers up as Doll goes for a double axe handle but Huber flips him over with a punch to the gut. Huber wipes the lipstick off and looks at his hands. Huber's pissed! Huber's fired up as he unloads on Doll, swings him to the ropes, kicks him in the mid section and gut wrench suplexes him over. Huber pushes Doll into the corner and goes to town with punches, kicks and stomps. Huber drags Doll along the top rope as he rakes his face across it. Huber raises Doll high and hits a front face suplex 1..2..3!! Huber picks up Doll and hurls him over the top rope as the fans cheer. Winner of the Match- Spike Huber Leo Burke vs. 'Sir' Tony St. Clair w/Les Thornton BTO's Let in ride plays as Burke enters the ring wearing a boxing style robe. Tina Turner's simply the best plays as Thornton leads St. Clair to the ring. St. Clair is wearing a fur cape, royal blue pants with a gold lion's emblem on the back. Thornton and St. Clair give Leo the 'we're better than you look' as they snicker. The match starts with a lock up. St. Clair arm drags Burke over and applauds himself. They lock up again and St. Clair repeats this. St. Clair walks over to Thornton as Thornton shakes his hand and applauds. They lock up a third time, Burke pulls St. Clair in, clamps on a headlock and proceeds to punch down on his head several times. Burke then hip tosses St. Clair over. Thornton is berating Burke. St. Clair staggers up as Burke sends him through the ropes with a running high knee. The fans cheer as Thornton runs over to console St. Clair. Thornton helps St. Clair on the apron. Burke grabs St. Clair and attempts to suplex him back into the ring, but Thornton reaches in and trips Burke. Burke falls with St. Clair on top 1..2..Burke has his foot on the ropes. St. Clair grabs the ropes and helps himself to his feet. St. Clair snapmares Burke over, applies a rear chinlock and puts his knee in Burke's back. St. Clair wears Burke down, releases the hold, hoists Burke up and hits a delayed vertical suplex 1..2..Kick Out. St. Clair swings Burke to the corner and charges in with a running European uppercut. St. Clair works over Burke with several more European uppercuts. St. Clair follows with a snap suplex 1..2..Kick Out. St. Clair and Thornton yell at the Ref. St. Clair swings Burke to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Burke swings back and clotheslines St. Clair down. The fans fire Burke up as he pumps his fists. Burke swings St. Clair hard into the turnbuckles. St. Clair staggers out as Burke gives him a back drop. Burke goes to the middle ropes. St. Clair staggers up as Burke hits him with a diving clothesline 1..2..Kick Out. Burke Irish whips St. Clair into the corner and follows with a running shoulder thrust. Burke hits St. Clair with several more shoulder thrusts. Burke body slams St. Clair, hops on the middle ropes and comes down with a knee drop 1..2..NO! Thornton puts St. Clair's foot on the rope. Burke stands up and yells down at Thornton. Thornton keeps the argument going while St. Clair regroups. St. Clair swings off the ropes and goes for a flying double axe handle from behind, but Burke moves as St. Clair hits the turnbuckles. Burke quickly rolls him up 1..2..Thornton is on the apron as the Ref hops up and yells at him. An irate Burke grabs Thornton and starts choking him. St. Clair once again staggers up and this time nails Burke with a high knee to the back. St. Clair executes a floating butterfly suplex, then swings off the ropes and hits a senton splash 1..2..3! St. Clair rolls out of the ring and attends to Thornton. St. Clair tells Thornton what happened. Thornton raises St. Clair's arm in victory as the fans boo. Winner of the Match- Tony St. Clair The Rose Cousins vs. A Debuting Team Hank Williams Jr's All my rowdy friends plays as the Rose Cousins enter the ring wearing cut off flannel shirts and baseball hats. A Native American celebrational chant plays over the speakers. Out come Chris and Mark Youngblood, who are announced as the Renegade Warriors. They enter the ring wearing headdresses and war paint. The first few minutes is a feel out session with both teams remaining cautious. The Warriors get some momentum going and take control as they put Pat down with a double chop. Chris follows with a suplex 1..2..Kick Out. The Warriors continue to work Pat over with quick tags and in sync double team moves. Mark hits a body press on Pat 1..2..Kick Out. Mark tags in Chris. They double slam Pat as Chris follows with an elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Chris swings Pat to the ropes and goes for a back drop, but Pat leap frogs over and tags in Randy. Randy's on fire as he takes it to Chris. Randy puts Chris down with a back elbow smash and follows with an elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Randy body slams Chris by the corner, hops up on the turnbuckles and comes down with a slingshot splash 1..2..Kick Out. Randy swings Chris to the ropes and goes for a dropkick but Chris hold onto the ropes as Randy crashes to the mat. Chris tags in Mark. Mark works Randy over with chops, but Randy puts Chris down with a drop toe hold, reaches up and tags in Pat. Randy still has the hold applied as Pat swings off the ropes and drops an elbow. The Rose's double suplex Chris. Pat covers 1..2..Kick Out. Pat executes a backbreaker and tags in Randy. This time Pat swings Mark to the ropes and takes him down with a drop toe hold as Randy follows with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Randy tags in Pat. Randy hoists Pat up and drops him as Pat hits a leg drop on Chris 1..2..Kick Out. The Rose's seem to get a bit frustrated. Pat tags in Randy. Pat swings Chris into the turnbuckles, then swings Randy towards him for a clothesline, but Chris moves, falls over and tags in Mark. Mark grabs Randy and hits a German suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Mark swings Randy to the ropes and puts him down with a big chop. Mark goes to the top rope. Randy staggers up as Mark puts him down with a chop to the top of his head. Mark swings off the ropes and hits a jumping fist drop 1..2..Pat breaks it. Chris runs in and dropkicks Pat out of the ring. Chris hoists Randy up for a vertical suplex. Mark goes to the top rope. Chris holds Randy up as Mark hits a flying press 1..2..3! The Renegade Warriors celebrate. Pat enters the ring and helps Randy up. The Rose's are clearly disappointed. They slowly walk over to the Renegade Warriors and offer handshakes. The Warriors nod and accept. The Rose's raise the Warriors arms in victory. WHAM! The Rose's pull the Warriors in and stereo clothesline them down! The Rose's stomp away on Mark and hurl him over the top rope. Randy hops on the middle turnbuckles. Pat hoists Chris up in a suplex position and hands him off to Randy. Randy then crashes Chris down for the Rose Bomb! The fans boo as the Rose's hold up their arms in victory. The Roses have officially snapped. The winners of the Match- The Renegade Warriors 'The Mighty Yankee' Steve Disalvo vs. Kokina w/Skandor Akbar Alice Cooper's welcome to my nightmare plays as Kokina walks down the aisle. It's announced that Skandor Akbar is in the hospital recuperating from Orndorff's piledriver last night. Boston's more than a feeling blasts as Disalvo hits the ring. The bell rings. Kokina lets out a loud scream! Disalvo tears off his tank top and yells "Come on!" Kokina charges and a monstrous exchange ensues. These powerhouses throw heavy shots at each other. Kokina rakes the eyes, swings Disalvo to the ropes and tries to shoulder block him, but Disalvo stays up. Disalvo is wobbling as Kokina swings off the ropes and this time puts him down with a shoulder block. Kokina picks up Disalvo and slams him down hard. Kokina picks up Disalvo and easily slams him down again. Kokina swings Disalvo to the ropes and puts him down with a vicious chop. Kokina picks up Disalvo, swings him to the corner and charges in for an avalanche but Disalvo moves as Kokina hits hard. Disalvo rests against the ropes. Kokina is staggering back as Disalvo hops on the middle ropes and puts Kokina down with a diving clothesline 1..2..Kick Out. Disalvo swings Kokina to the ropes but Kokina comes back and just barrels him over. Kokina regroups. Kokina reaches down and bites Disalvo on his face. Kokina slams Disalvo and follows with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Kokina picks up Disalvo, swings him around easily and drops him with a sidewalk slam 1..2..Kick out. Kokina is fed up and applies a nerve hold on Disalvo. Kokina puts all his strength into it as Disalvo grimaces in pain. Kokina gets angrier because Disalvo wont give up. Kokina picks up Disalvo and hurls him out of the ring. Kokina keeps breaking the Ref's count, then just goes to the outside. Kokina picks up Disalvo and swings him towards the steel post but Disalvo reverses it and swings Kokina into the steel post. The Ref gives some leniency but starts the count. Disalvo grabs Kokina and swings him into another steel post. Kokina hits hard and staggers forward as Disalvo grabs him, hoists him up and body slams him down on the concrete! Disalvo takes a deep breath and rolls back into the ring as the Ref hits 10! Big POP! The winner of the match by C.O.- Steve Disalvo WrestleRock Rumble Taped Fist Match! Special Referee- Randall 'Tex' Cobb 'The Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko vs. David Sammartino Cobb enters the ring to a huge ovation. They love this guy. Elton John's I'm still standing plays as Zbyszko arrogantly walks into the ring. His hands are taped and he has his nun chucks with him. He shows off and swings them around. After a lengthy argument with Cobb, Zbyszko finally sets them on the announcer's table. Queen's we will rock you plays as Sammartino walks down the aisle with his hands taped and clenched. The bell rings but of course Zbyszko plays his stalling game. Zbyszko goes on the outside of the apron and stands there yelling at the fans, Cobb and Sammartino. Cobb goes over and warns Zbyszko which starts another heated argument. Sammartino has enough, runs over, grabs Zbyszko by his hair and hurls him into the ring. Zbyszko rises as Sammartino tackles him down and unloads with taped fists to his head. Sammartino is a man possessed as he just lights Zbyszko up with punches. Zbyszko's already bleeding. Sammartino swings Zbyszko to the ropes and back drops him. Zbyszko staggers up and is spaghetti leg as Sammartino puts him down with a big right hook 1..2..Zbyszko gets his shoulder up. Sammartino swings Zbyszko to the corner, hops on the turnbuckles. The fans count along as Sammartino unleashes 10 punches to Zbyszko's bloody head. Sammartino hops down and snap suplexes Zbyszko 1,,2,,Zbyszko gets his foot on the rope. Sammartino gets up as Zbyszko rolls out of the ring and falls on the outside. Sammartino goes out after him. Sammartino reaches down, but Zbyszko eye gouges him and slams his head on the apron. Zbyszko's in bad shape. He slowly grabs Sammartino and swings him into the guard rail. Zbyszko hoists Sammartino up and suplexes him on the concrete. Zbyszko gets on top of Sammartino and unloads with taped fist punches to his head. Now Sammartino is bleeding. Zbyszko hurls Sammartino into the ring. Zbyszko slowly enters the ring and has words with Cobb. Zbyszko stands Sammartino up and puts him back down with a spinning mule kick 1..2..Kick Out. A frustrated Zbyszko pounds away on Sammartino with taped fist punches to his bloody face. Zbyszko hoists Sammartino up and drops him on the top rope. Cobb checks on Sammartino but Zbyszko pushes Cobb. Cobb keeps his cool and warns Zbyszko. Zbyszko goes to the top rope. Sammartino groggily gets up and shakes the top rope. Zbyszko loses his balance and falls groin first on the top turnbuckle. Sammartino slowly walks over and slams Zbyszko off the top rope. The fans cheer Sammartino on. Sammartino Irish whips Zbyszko into the corner and follows with several taped fist punches all over Zbyszko's body. Sammartino hip tosses Zbyszko to the middle of the ring. Zbyszko wobbles up as Sammartino winds up and nails Zbyszko with a big punch. Zbyszko spins around and goes down. Sammartino covers 1..2..Zbyszko gets his foot on the rope. Sammartino picks Zbyszko up, but Zbyszko grabs Sammartino's trunks and hurls him through the ropes. Zbyszko is resting. Sammartino gets back on the apron. Zbyszko rakes his eyes and vertical suplexes him back in the ring. Zbyszko stomps down on Sammartino and follows with several punches to his head. Zbyszko picks up Sammartino and hits his spinning neckbreaker! Zbyszko looks at Cobb and yells at him. Zbyszko picks up Sammartino and delivers another spinning neckbreaker 1..2..Sammartino gets his foot on the rope. Zbyszko thinks he won the match and starts celebrating. Cobb tells him what happened as he points to the ropes. Zbyszko is fuming. Zbyszko pushes Cobb out of his way, goes to the announcer's table and gets his nun chucks. Zbyszko walks into the ring and swings his nun chucks around. He goes to hit Sammartino with them but Cobb grabs his arm! The fans cheer as Cobb grabs the nun chucks and throws them out of the ring. Zbyszko throws a mega tantrum and berates Cobb. Things get hotter when Zbyszko pushes Cobb hard. Things go to another level when Zbyszko slaps Cobb and puts up his taped fists. The crowd roars when Cobb puts up his fists. Zbyszko starts moving around like a boxer. Zbyszko goes for a punch, but Cobb ducks and punches Zbyszko! Zbyszko falls back as Sammartino rolls him over. Cobb counts 1..2..3!!! HUGE POP! Zbyszko is out cold. Cobb helps Sammartino up and raises his arm in victory. Winner of the Match- David Sammartino Intermission During the intermission, the AWA shows a video of all the hard work that went into making WrestleRock a success. The celebs, Phylicia Rashad, Bonnie Tyler, Randall Cobb, Foreigner and ZZ Top all commented. Nelson and Resnick recap the events and then get some fans opinions on who's going to win the Jumbo Tsuruta/Hulk Hogan world title match. 'Big' Jim Morris and 'The World's Strongest Man' Bill Kazmaier vs. Vinergy and The Vin Man Blondie's One way or another plays as Vinergy and Vinnie enter the ring. Vinnie seems to have a plan because he looks full of confidence as Vinergy pat him on the back. The sound of a hammer banging blasts over the speakers as Morris and Kaz walk up the aisle. The bell rings. Vinnie is dancing around and taunting Morris and Kaz as he stands behind Vinergy. The Ref is able to get things under control. Kaz starts off with Dukes. Dukes clamps on a headlock but Kaz lifts Dukes in the air and atomic drops him. Dukes bounces up into the opposite corner as Morris claps Dukes ears. Kaz grabs Dukes and executes a back suplex 1..2..Putski kicks Kaz. Morris runs in and punches Putski back to his corner. Kaz and Morris double slam Dukes. Kaz tags in Morris. Morris swings Dukes to the ropes and back drops him. Dukes bounces up, falls back and tags in Putski. Putski wants to do a test of strength. Morris says ok, but Putski tries to kick him low. Morris grabs his foot, spins him around and atomic drops him into an ear clap by Kaz. Putski spins around and into a bear hug by Morris. Morris wrenches away. Dukes runs in but Kaz tackles him down. Vinnie then runs in and hits Morris from behind. Morris drops Putski and slowly turns around. Vinnie begs for his life. Morris grabs Vinnie by his throat, hoists him up and chokeslams him down as the fans roar. While the Ref regains control, Vinergy send Morris through the ropes with stereo forearm blasts. Kaz grabs Dukes but Putski nails Kaz. The Ref gets order. Pustki swings Kaz into the corner. Vinnie is laying on the apron still reeling. Dukes chokes Kaz as Putski kicks and punches away on him. Putski tags in Dukes. They swing him to the ropes and double clothesline him down. Dukes picks up Kaz and slams him down, then goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Dukes tags in Putski. They double suplex Kaz. Putski hops on the middle ropes and comes down with a forearm drop. Now Vinnie wants in. The fans boo as Putski tags in Vinnie. Vinergy holds Kaz as Vinnie goes to the top rope. Vinnie smiles and hits a missile dropkick. Vinnie covers but Kaz bench presses him off. Vinnie quickly crawls over and tags in Putski. Putski goes for a suplex but Kaz stops it and suplexes Putski over, then tags in Morris. Morris is all over Putski. Dukes runs in but Morris hits him, then bangs Vinergy's heads together. Vinnie is yelling at Morris. Morris swings Putski into Vinnie. The Ref says it's a tag. The fans cheer as Vinnie pleads with the Ref. Morris grabs Vinnie and hurls him into the ring. Dukes charges but Kaz clotheslines him down. Morris and Kaz military press Vinnie up. Vinnie is shaking his head and screaming. Morris and Kaz slam him down hard. Vinnie is screaming in pain holding his back. Vinergy run in and a pier six brawl ensues. The Ref is tied up with Dukes and Kaz. Hold on! Gary Young sprints down the aisle. Morris hurls Putski out of the ring. Young goes to the top rope. Morris picks up Vinnie and swings him into Young. Young falls to the outside. Kaz back drops Dukes out of the ring. Kaz and Morris take turns punching Vinnie. Vinnie's pinballing back and forth, taking in all the punches. Kaz puts Vinnie in a bearhug and rams him into the turnbuckles. Morris swings Vinnie to the ropes and clamps on the bear hug! The Ref sees that Vinnie is out and signals for the bell. Morris just drops Vinnie. Morris and Kaz put their boots on Vinnie's chest and raise their arms in sweet victory. Winners of the Match- Jim Morris and Bill Kazmaier 'The Red Rooster' Terry Taylor vs. 'Crippler' Rip Oliver Bob Seager's rambl'n man plays as Oliver walks to the ring wearing a vest that says 'Crippler' on the back. Sade's smooth operator plays as Taylor oozes confidence on his way to the ring. He's wearing a red sequence jacket that gleams off the lights. His hair is slicked back into a ponytail. The bell rings and Taylor does a cocky strut, then pushes Oliver. Oliver gives him a thumb to the eye, swings him to the ropes and sends him down with a punch to the chest. Oliver swings Taylor to the ropes, scoops him up, spins him around and body slams him down 1..2..Kick Out. Oliver swings Taylor into the corner and charges in with a shoulder thrust but Taylor moves. Taylor regroups, grabs Oliver and executes a neckbreaker 1..2..Kick Out. Taylor hip tosses Oliver and follows with a neck snap 1..2..Kick Out. Taylor hits a back breaker and goes to the top rope. He crashes down with a knee drop but Oliver moves. Taylor hits hard and favors his knee. Oliver regroups, grabs Taylor and gives him a knee buster. Oliver puts Taylor's leg on the rope and gives him several knee drops to the leg. Oliver yanks Taylor out and clamps on the figure four. Oliver wrenches away, but Taylor manages to reach the ropes. Taylor rolls out of the ring. After some stalling, Taylor hops on the apron. Oliver grabs him, but Taylor snaps his head on the top rope. Taylor gets in the ring and stomps down on Oliver. Taylor swings Oliver to the ropes and gives him a flying high knee 1..2..Kick Out. Taylor chokes away on Oliver. He breaks at the Ref's count but chokes him again. Taylor swings Oliver to the corner. Taylor hops up on the turnbuckles but Oliver grabs him and executes an inverted atomic drop. Taylor wobbles as Oliver clotheslines him down. Oliver picks up Taylor and pushes him into the turnbuckles. Oliver unleashes with punches, kicks and forearm blasts. Oliver swings Taylor to the opposite corner and follows with a running back elbow smash. Oliver hip tosses Taylor over and goes to the top rope. Taylor staggers up as Oliver nails him with a flying forearm blast 1..2..Taylor gets his foot on the ropes. Oliver swings Taylor into the corner and charges in with a flying knee but Taylor moves. Oliver hits hard and staggers back, hopping on one foot while holding his knee. Taylor swings off the ropes and hits his flying forearm smash 1..2..3! Taylor rolls out of the ring, takes a breather and holds up both arms in victory. Winner of the Match- Terry Taylor GRUDGE MATCH! 'The Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff vs. Jake 'The Snake' Roberts Black Sabbath's the wizard plays as Jake slowly walks to the ring with Damian in his bag. Jake slithers in the ring and sits against the turnbuckles and smiles. AC/DC's Hells Bells blasts as Nikita Koloff walks down the aisle. His eyes say it all as he never takes his eyes off Jake. The bell rings as Jake slithers out of the ring. Nikita sprints to the outside. Jake slithers back in the ring. Jake swings off the ropes as Nikita enters the ring. Nikita puts Jake down with a flying shoulder tackle. Nikita puts his knee on Jake's chest and absolutely unloads on him with rapid fire punches. Nikita grabs Jake by his throat and slams his head into the canvas several times. Nikita hoists Jake up and executes a brain buster 1..2..3!!! The fans go wild as Nikita stands up and celebrates. WAIT! NO! The Ref sees Jake's foot under the rope and informs Nikita the match is still in progress. Jake slithers out of the ring. Nikita has words with the Ref. Nikita goes to the outside as Jake slithers back into the ring. As Nikita enters the ring, Jake nails him with a knee lift. Jake clears the cobwebs. Jake goes to the outside. Jake pulls Nikita's head out and gives him an elbow to his throat. Jake repeats this as Nikita holds his throat and chokes. Jake pulls Nikita to the outside. Jake grabs a cable and starts choking Nikita with it. Jake hurls Nikita back into the ring. Jake sets Nikita against the turnbuckles and starts hitting him with jabs. Jake eye rakes Nikita and grinds his elbow into Nikita's face. Jake pulls Nikita out, hoists him up and delivers a vertical suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Jake hurls Nikita to the outside. Jake goes out, picks up Nikita and drops his head on the guardrail. Jake smiles as he picks up Nikita and slams his head on the announcer's table. Jake hurls Nikita back into the ring. Jake Irish whips Nikita into the corner and slowly walks towards him, but Nikita kicks him in the mid section. Nikita follows with another kick, then a knee to the mid section. Nikita grabs Jake and hits a belly to belly suplex. Both men are reeling. Both men slowly rise. Nikita pushes Jake into the corner and delivers several back elbow smashes. Nikita scoops up Jake and slams him down, then starts angrily stomping away. Nikita picks up Jake and hurls him across the ring with an overhead suplex. Nikita grabs Jake and gives him another overhead suplex. Nikita gives the signal and waits. Jake slowly rises. Nikita goes for the Russian Sickle but Jake ducks as Nikita goes over the top rope. Jake is on the mat reeling. Nikita is laid out on the outside. Finally Nikita gets on the apron. Jake slowly walks over, rakes Nikita's eyes and snaps his head on the top rope. Jake reaches down, pulls Nikita up and slams him back into the ring. Jake pulls a foreign object out of his pants. He clamps on a headlock and grinds away on Nikita's head with the object. Nikita is bleeding. Jake smiles as he picks Nikita up by his hand, yanks him in and short arm clotheslines him down. Jake signals for the DDT. Jake picks up Nikita and relishes the moment. Jake goes for the DDT but Nikita grabs the top rope. Jake falls down as Nikita stays up. Jake rises as Nikita delivers a Russian Leg Sweep. Both men are laying side by side. They both slowly rise. Jake clamps on a sleeper as Nikita fights it. Nikita backs Jake into the turnbuckles as the Ref gets sandwiched in between and falls to the ground. Jake keeps the hold locked as he climbs the turnbuckles. Jake puts his knee in Nikita's back but Nikita keeps fighting. Jake winds up on Nikita's shoulders. Nikita spins him around and executes an electric chair drop. Once again both men are down. Wait a minute! Colonel Kirchner (full camouflage face) runs to the ring. He enters the ring and starts stomping down on Nikita. Kirchner swings Nikita to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Nikita swings back and lays Kirchner out with the Russian Sickle! Jake rises as Nikita presses Kirchner up and throws him onto Jake. Nikita grabs Kirchner by his hair and hurls him over the top rope. The Ref slowly regains his senses. Nikita backs up and waits. Jake slowly rises and turns around as Nikita nearly decapitates him with the Russian Sickle 1..2..3!!!! Mega pop! Nikita rubs his bloody head and takes in all the adrenaline. Nikita has finally won the war. Winner of the Match- Nikita Koloff Nelson: I'm sure I can speak for all of us on how satisfying that was for Nikita Koloff. Switching gears, this man paid for this time slot, so welcome out Greg Gagne. Boos as Gagne walks to the ring wearing a suit. Gagne: You know Nelson, that introduction was lackluster. These fans are dying with anticipation for my earth shattering announcement here at GregRock. Jeez, I should've had Brenda Britton do this. You're out here praising Nikita Koloff. Speaking of that, Colonel Kirchner really dropped the ball. I could've taught him a few things. I went out and hired a real professional in Skandor Akbar and what happened? Yesterday his man Black Blood put down that masked moron El Canek once and for all. What does Kirchner do? He embarrasses the AWA by hiring a useless lunatic to handle his work. Hey Kirchner, next time you should hire somebody who can get the job done instead of Jake the Fake. In the background Jake the Snake slowly slithers out of the ring. Gagne: Ok, now that I got that off my chest, it's time for the big news. Jake spins Gagne around and short arm clotheslines him down! Nelson runs away. Jake hurls Gagne into the ring. Jake picks Gagne up and just about DDTs him through the mat. The fans cheer like crazy. Jake slides out of the ring, grabs his bag and slides it into the ring. Jake opens the bag and pulls out Damian. Jake lifts Damian up and sets him down on Gagne. Damian wraps himself around Gagne as foam comes out of Gagne's mouth. Things really took a turn here. AWA World Tag Team Title Bout Losers leave town The Guerreros (C) vs. The Fantastics Robert Palmer's Addicted to love plays as the Fantastics enter the ring in their glitter vests and top hats. Mariachi music blasts as the Guerreros enter the ring in ponchos and sombreros. During the introductions you can feel the tension. The first few minutes is a roller coaster ride as both teams show why they're the best at what they do. The pace is fast and both teams excel. Things get heated when the Fantastics take control and frustrate the Guerreros. A pier six brawl breaks out. Hector has Fulton in one corner as Chavo has Rogers in the other. They swing the Fantastics towards each other but the Rogers leap frogs over Fulton. Rogers pounds away on Hector as Fulton pounds away on Chavo. The Fantastics swing the Guerreros into each other. The Guerreros collide and stagger back as the Fantastics drop kick them back into each other. The Ref gets control. Rogers works over Chavo and tags in Fulton. Rogers holds Chavo as Fulton comes down with a double axe handle to the head. Fulton stays on Chavo and tags in Rogers. Fulton swings Chavo to the ropes and hits him in the gut as Rogers sends Chavo flying with a knee lift. Rogers keeps the momentum going and tags in Fulton. Rogers monkey flips Chavo as Fulton follows with a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Hector breaks it. Rogers runs in but the Ref guides him back, which allows Hector to body slam Fulton. Hector drags Chavo to their corner and tags himself in. Hector keeps things in the Guerreros favor as he works over Fulton and wears him down with a scissorlock. Hector tags in Chavo. Hector slams Fulton down as Chavo follows with a body splash 1..2..Kick Out. Chavo keeps punishing Fulton and tags in Hector. Chavo holds Fulton as Hector comes off the top rope with a punch to the head 1..2..Kick Out. Hector swings Fulton to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Fulton kicks him, dives over and tags in Rogers. Rogers is on fire as he pinballs Hector all over the ring. Chavo runs in and gets back dropped. Chavo rises but Rogers dropkicks him back to his corner. Hector sneaks up and clips Rogers from behind, then tags in Chavo. The Guerreros swing Rogers to the ropes and double clothesline him down. Chavo hits a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Rogers takes a beating as the Guerreros work him over. They pick up Rogers and double atomic drop him. Hector goes to the top rope and attempts a frog splash but Rogers moves, rolls over and tags in Fulton. Fulton cleans house and has the Guerreros bouncing around with back drops and dropkicks. Fulton goes for a flying headscissors on Hector but while in air, Chavo nails Fulton with a punch. The Guerreros are in command again. Chavo suplexes Fulton and tags in Hector. Hector slams Fulton down and tags in Chavo. Hector puts Fulton in a full nelson as Chavo goes to the top rope. Hector drops back as Chavo hits Fulton with a senton 1..2..Rogers breaks it. Rogers pounds away on the Guerreros then goes back to his corner to cheer Fulton on. Fulton crawls through the Guerreros legs and tags in Rogers. Rogers is fired up and takes it to the Guerreros. He dropkicks Hector through the ropes. He swings Chavo to the ropes and hits a flying press 1..2..Kick Out. Rogers hoists Chavo up for a suplex, but Hector runs in and hits Rogers from behind. Fulton storms in and we've got a brawl. All four men go at it with fists flying. The Guerreros get the upper hand and swing the Fantastics to the ropes but miss stereo clotheslines, the Fantastics swing back and hit stereo Thesz Presses 1..2..3!!!!! The fans stand up and cheer! The Fantastics can't believe it. The Ref hands them the world titles. The Fantastics hug and then hold the titles up high. The winners of the Match and NEW AWA World tag team champs- The Fantastics Resnick: Fans, what an event WrestleRock has been. This has been one for the history books. Ok, up next is the main event for the AWA world title. I know we're all eagerly awaiting this, so let's go to the ring. AWA World Title Bout Jumbo Tsuruta (C) w/Ray Stevens vs. Hulk Hogan Survivor's Eye of the Tiger blasts as Hogan makes his way out. The fans are up and cheering as Hogan storms down the aisle wearing a white headband, Hulkamania tank top, yellow boots and trunks. Hogan enters the ring, rips off his tank top and plays to the crowd. Kiss's War Machine plays. Stevens comes out wearing jeans and a black Jumbo Tsuruta T shirt. He stops and pauses. Jumbo then walks out wearing his black robe. They walk down the aisle as Jumbo looks focused and serious. They enter the ring as the Japanese media take pictures. During the introductions, both wrestlers just stare at each other. The Ref holds the title up and we're ready for this anticipated showdown. The bell rings, Stevens yells a few choice words to Hogan before exiting. Stevens looks up at Jumbo and gives him a break him in half sign with his hands. Jumbo and Hogan walk up to each other. Jumbo stares daggers through Hogan as Hogan starts pumping up. Jumbo throws a punch, but Hogan blocks it. Jumbo throws another punch, but Hogan blocks it and unloads on Jumbo with punches. Hogan swings Jumbo to the ropes and clotheslines Jumbo down. Hogan swings off the ropes and lands a big elbow drop 1..Kick Out. Hogan picks Jumbo up, but Jumbo kicks him and double arm suplexs him over. Stevens cheers Jumbo on. Jumbo regains his focus. Jumbo hoists Hogan up and holds him there before vertical suplexing him back. Jumbo picks up Hogan and hits another delayed vertical suplex. Jumbo grabs Hogan and executes a belly to back suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Jumbo swings Hogan to the corner and charges in, but Hogan runs forward and clotheslines Jumbo down. Hogan takes a breather. He picks Jumbo up and gives him a delayed vertical suplex. Hogan swings Jumbo to the ropes and puts him down with an Axe Bomber 1..2..Kick Out. Hogan swings Jumbo to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Jumbo swings back and puts Hogan down with a big boot to the head. Stevens cheers on Jumbo as Jumbo clears the cobwebs. Jumbo picks up Hogan and hits a side suplex. Jumbo swings Hogan hard into the turnbuckles. Hogan staggers out as Jumbo gives him a big back body drop. Jumbo picks up Hogan and headbutts him into the corner. Jumbo hoists Hogan on the top turnbuckle. Jumbo hops up and gives Hogan several headbutts, then hoists him up and over for an incredible superplex 1..2..Hogan gets his shoulder up. The fans cheer as Stevens throws a tantrum. Jumbo climbs to the top rope and comes down with a knee drop but Hogan moves. Both men are down. As they slowly rise, Hogan punches away on Jumbo. Hogan swings Jumbo into the corner and follows with a running clothesline. Hogan swings Jumbo to the opposite corner and hits another running clothesline. Hogan scoops up Jumbo and body slams him down. Stevens gets on the apron and yells at Hogan. Hogan runs over and hoists Stevens up by his shirt. Hogan shakes Stevens. Jumbo staggers up and nails Hogan with a rabbit punch. Jumbo then throws Hogan out of the ring. Jumbo regroups with a shaken up Stevens. Jumbo goes to the outside. Hogan rises as Jumbo puts him down with a running boot to the chest. Jumbo hurls Hogan back into the ring. Jumbo picks up Hogan and drops him with a gourd buster. Jumbo goes to the top rope and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Hogan gets his shoulder up! Stevens can't believe it. Jumbo looks frustrated. Jumbo swings Hogan to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Hogan swings back and clotheslines Jumbo down. Hogan takes a breather. Stevens gets on the apron. Jumbo rises a Hogan grabs him. Hogan hoists Jumbo up and atomic drops him into Stevens. Stevens goes flying off the apron. Jumbo staggers back as Hogan grabs him and hits a back suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Hogan swings Jumbo into the corner and charges in but Jumbo lifts his knees as Hogan crashes into them. Jumbo rests against the turnbuckles. Hogan slowly rises as Jumbo clotheslines him down. Jumbo picks up Hogan and executes a neckbreaker drop. Jumbo follows with a Tiger Suplex, then picks up Hogan and gives him an Exploder Suplex. Stevens slowly gets up and cheers Jumbo on. Jumbo picks up Hogan, hoists him up and POWERBOMBS him down. Jumbo covers 1..2..Hogan barley lifts is shoulder. The fans go wild and cheer Hogan on. Stevens is jumping up and down in anger saying that was a 3 count! Stevens hops on the apron and berates the Ref. Jumbo picks up Hogan and swings him to the ropes but Hogan reverses it and swings Jumbo into Stevens. Once again, Stevens goes flying off. Jumbo staggers back as Hogan body slams him down. Hogan starts pumping his fists. Hogan swings Jumbo to the ropes and puts him down with a big boot to the face. Hogan picks up Jumbo, swings him to the ropes and delivers another big boot to the face. Hogan swings off the ropes and hits the big leg drop 1..2..3!!!!! The fans blow the roof off the Metrodome! Hogan goes to his knees as the Ref hands him the world title. Hogan looks at the title and holds it in the air. Hogan walks around the ring holding the title up. Hogan straps it around his waist. Eye of the Tiger plays as Hogan ends WrestleRock with his poses. The Winner of the Match and NEW AWA World Champion- Hulk Hogan! After the incredible event, ZZ TOP caps off the night with another rock'n concert.

Dusty wants Jake bad. Jake hasn't paid the fine yet, but I think he's staying tuned up. Solid debut for Gonzalez. Gets him over well. Damn! Slick has found himself quite the insurance policy in Zeus. Great way to introduce him. Oh btw, I'm glad you're sticking with the Rotunda/Hughes team. I just think it's a cool visual as both guys wore their suits well. Beefcake getting in some good heat with Rude. WOW! Savage was savage tonight! His feud with Funk has literally heated up to another level. Midnights and Demolition tear the house down!

It's saying something if Busick's stare gets through to Cornette. Tenryu just might work his way to another title shot. Douglas finally gets the better of Condrey and may even have gotten through to Busick. The Dreamboats finally get that one big win. Yea, I would say Windham has proven himself. Cactus sends Soultaker packing but the sinister minister might have something up his sleeve. Cow Palace, Both Regal and Atlas get big wins as they prepare for another collision with each other. Hart gets the win, but Scotty put up a fight. Look at that, Rose has been retaining his title with clean wins. Blondes have earned themselves a rematch. One by one, Steamboat has defeated the Wild Things. Can't wait for his showdown with the Jackal. Fresno, Awesome keeps knocking down the competition. Windham and Hall are definitely united. No doubt about it, Severn has his confidence back. The Jackal looks good as he gets ready for Steamboat. Austin barely hangs on to retain over Eddie. I agree with Kev, the way you use factions, Deseret Storm is the perfect event for PCW.

AWA Presents WrestleRock 89 From the Metrodome, Minneapolis MN Night 1 7-19-89 The pay per view kicks off with the camera spanning all over the Metrodome crowd. The fans cheer wildly as WrestleRock banners hang down behind them. The camera hits the center of the ring. Bonnie Tyler stands on the WrestleRock logo and sings a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem. The fans cheer as Bonnie blows them kisses. The camera goes ringside with Brenda Britton and AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow. Brenda: Hi everybody and welcome to Night 1 of WrestleRock 89. Here to get the event going is the one and only AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow. Morrow: AHHHHH Thank you Brenda. (Looks at the crowd) My dear guests, welcome to WrestleRock 89! Brenda: Ok Nelson, you and Resnick may come out and attend to your ringside duties. Toooooodles! Larry Nelson and Ken Resnick come out in tuxedos and sit down at ringside to call tonight's action. 'Mean' Mike Miller vs. 'Lightning' Lou Perez Miller comes to the ring in full biker gear, chaps, black headband, black vest. Perez enters the ring wearing a silver windbreaker with a lighting bolt on the back. The bell rings and Miller immediately attacks Perez. Miller punches away on Perez, then slams his head on the turnbuckle several times. Miller rakes Perez's face across the top rope, chokes him on the rope, then flings him back. Miller swings Perez into the corner and charges in, but Perez moves. Miller hits hard and falls back down. Perez regroups. Miller staggers up as Perez dropkicks him into the turnbuckles. Miller staggers forward as Perez back drops him. Miller staggers up as Perez hip tosses him. Miller staggers up, Perez charges but Miller nails him with a punch to the face. Miller chokes away on Perez, then grinds his elbow into Perez's face. Miller picks up Perez and slams him down. Miller angrily stomps down on Perez's shoulder. Miller hoists Perez up and delivers a shoulder breaker 1..2..Perez gets his foot on the rope. Miller argues with the Ref for too long. Miller picks up Perez and hoists him up for a vertical suplex but Perez fights his way out, slides down behind Miller and executes a bridging back suplex 1..2..3!!! Big Pop! Winner of the Match- Lou Perez Tatsumi 'The Dragon' Fujinami vs. Cannonball Griz Griz enters the ring wearing a checkered wrestling pants/singlet. Fujinami walks to the ring with a white towel around his neck as members from the Japanese media take pictures. The opening minutes is all Fujinami as he flusters Griz with wrestling holds and takedowns. Fujinami turns things up as he lays the chops in on Griz. Fujinami swings Griz to the ropes and applies the sleeper! Fujinami wrenches away, but Griz backpedals Fujinami into the turnbuckles to break the hold. Griz then gives Fujinami a vicious back elbow to the face. Griz grabs Fujinami by his hair and flings him across the ring. Griz picks up Fujinami, spins him around and slams him down hard. Griz swings off the ropes and hits a big elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Griz swings Fujinami to the corner and charges in with a running forearm blast. Griz goes to town on Fujinami with clubbing forearm blasts. Griz swings Fujinami to the ropes and goes for a clothesline but Fujinami ducks, swings off the ropes and hits Griz with a cross body block 1..2..Kick Out. Fujinami picks up Griz and slams him down. Fujinami goes to the middle ropes and crashes down with a knee drop. Fujinami swings Griz front first into the turnbuckles. Griz hits hard and staggers back as Fujinami puts him down with an Enzuigiri 1..2..3!! Fujinami bows to the Japanese media while they take more pictures. Winner of the Match- Tatsumi Fujinami Karachi Vice vs. The British Bombers w/Skandor Akbar Skandor leads his team to the ring. The Bombers are wearing matching blue wrestling pants with RAF bomber planes on the back. Karachi Vice enter the ring wearing their traditional turbans. The bell rings but Akbar is still in the ring taunting Karachi Vice. The Bombers get involved and before we know it a pier six brawl ensues. Makhan punches Akbar down. Karachi Vice are all over the Bombers. Gama is pounding away on Smith in one corner while Makhan is hammering down on Dave in the other. Akbar staggers up just as Karachi Vice swing the Bombers into him. Akbar twirls around and falls through the ropes. The Ref finally gets order. Gama nails Dave with a clothesline, then follows with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Gama tags in Makhan. Karachi Vice double suplexes Dave. Makhan picks up Dave, swings him to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash. Makhan follows with a standing fist drop 1..2..Smith breaks it. Gama runs in but the Ref guides him back. This allows Smith to clip Makhan's knee from behind. Dave regains his senses, rolls over and tags in Smith. Smith grabs Makhan by his hair, runs with him and smashes his head on the turnbuckle. Smith starts kicking away on Makhan in the corner. Smith snapmares Makhan and follows with a knee to the back of the head 1..2..Kick Out. Dave sticks his boot out. Smith slams Makhan's head on it and tags in Dave. They swing Makhan to the ropes and put him down with a double clothesline. Dave swings Makhan to the corner and follows with a running European uppercut. Dave grabs Makhan, but Makhan headbutts him down. Makhan falls down, rolls over and tags in Gama. Gama storms the ring and unloads on Dave, picks him up and hits an inverted atomic drop and follows with an ear clap, then puts Dave down with a standing dropkick 1..2..Smith breaks it. Smith picks up Gama and hits a gut buster. Makhan runs in and fights Smith to the corner. The Ref is trying to break it up. Dave swings Gama to the ropes, headbutts his mid section, then follows with a snap suplex. Akbar gets in the ring with a chair. Dave holds Gama. Akbar swings the chair down but Gama kicks Akbar. Akbar and the chair fall down. Gama hip tosses Dave over. The Ref finally guides Smith to the corner. Karachi Vice double slam Dave onto the chair. Gama applies the Boston Crab on Dave. Smith runs back in but Makhan shoulder blocks him down. Dave nods his head up and down in submission. The fans cheer as the Ref signals for the bell! Karachi Vice happily walk up the aisle as Akbar and the Bombers try to regroup in the ring. Winners of the Match- Karachi Vice LAST MAN STANDING MATCH! Carlos Colon vs. 'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer This match is anything goes and the only way to win is for your opponent to be down for a 10 count. Basically the Ref's only job is to make the counts. Quiet Riot's Metal Health blasts over the speakers as Buzz Sawyer walks down the aisle with a chain around his neck. Sawyer laughs maniacally as he waits in the ring swinging his chain around. Europe's Final Countdown plays as Colon comes out with a baseball bat and vengeance in his eyes. Sawyer leaves the ring and sprints up the aisle with his chain as Colon sprints towards Sawyer with his bat. The bell rings. Sawyer swings his chain as Colon swings his bat. The bat hits the chain and both go flying. Sawyer and Colon don't waste a beat as they start pounding away on each other. They fight up and down the aisle, all around the ring and into the crowd. Sawyer grabs a fan's beer and throws it in Colon's face. Sawyer then hurls Colon over the guardrail and by the announcer's table. Sawyer grabs the ringside bell. Colon staggers up as Sawyer blasts him with the bell! Colon is busted open and falls down. The Ref starts the count 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..Colon is on his knees then slowly rises. Sawyer smiles, grabs Colon and swings him into the ringside steps. Sawyer picks up Colon and bodyslams him on the concrete. The Ref starts the count 1..2..3..4..5..6..Colon slowly rises. Sawyer charges Colon, but Colon uses this momentum and swings Sawyer into the steel post! Colon uses this time to clear the cobwebs. Sawyer is staggering around. Colon grabs Sawyer and swings him face first into the steel post. Colon grabs Sawyer's head and rams it into the steel post several times until Sawyer's face is a bloody mess. Colon hoists Sawyer up and suplexes him on the concrete. The Ref counts 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..Sawyer rises. Colon clotheslines him down, then hurls him into the ring. Colon goes to the top rope. Sawyer slowly rises as Colon nails him with a flying clothesline. Colon then clamps on the figure four. Colon wrenches away as Sawyer screams in pain. Colon releases the hold as the Ref counts 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..Sawyer is able to limp up. Colon grabs him and hurls him out of the ring. Colon goes out on the apron. Sawyer staggers up as Colon attempts another clothesline but Sawyer just falls to the ground as Colon flies into the guardrail. The Ref starts the count on both men. 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..Both men slowly rise. Colon staggers forward as Sawyer grabs him and powerslams him onto the concrete! Sawyer gets up and slowly walks over and picks up his chain. Sawyer starts laughing as he comes back and starts choking Colon with the chain. Sawyer wraps the chain around his fist and starts punching down on Colon's bloody head. Sawyer hurls Colon into the ring. Sawyer throws the chain in the ring and follows. Sawyer swings Colon to the ropes and powerslams him over. Sawyer smiles as he swings Colon to the ropes and hits another powerslam! The Ref starts the count 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..Sawyer grabs his chain..8..9..The fans cheer as Colon rises! Sawyer clotheslines Colon with the chain. Sawyer wraps the chain around Colon's neck. Colon is fighting it. Colon is able to flip Sawyer over. Colon grabs the chain and starts choking the life out of Sawyer. Colon looks like a madman as he uses every ounce of strength to choke Sawyer. Colon becomes so exhausted he falls back and down. Sawyer is fighting for breath as Colon is trying to remain conscious. Colon slowly gets up, rolls out of the ring, gets a trashcan and hurls it into the ring. Colon walks over and grabs his baseball bat. Colon gets back into the ring. Colon sets his bat down. Sawyer staggers up as Colon nails him with the trashcan. Colon puts the trashcan on Sawyer's head. Colon grabs his baseball bat and just starts hitting the trashcan with it! Sawyer falls down with the trashcan still over his head. Colon picks up the chain, the kicks the trashcan off Sawyer. Colon wraps the chain around Sawyer's neck. Colon Irish whips Sawyer, then snaps the chain back (payback for Superclash) !!! It's a gruesome sight as Sawyer's bloody head snaps back. Sawyer is down. The Ref starts the count 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10!!!! Colon still has the chain clenched in his hands. Colon slowly drops the chain and just falls to his knees. Colon is bloody, teary eyed and beyond exhausted. He looks over at Sawyer and mouths "It's over" Medics rush the ring to attend to Sawyer. Winner of the Match- Carlos Colon AWA TV Title Bout 'Blockbuster' Brian Adias (C) vs. 'Thrilling' Tom Brandi Special Guest Ring Announcer- Phylicia Rashad The Cosby Show theme plays as Rashad enters the ring to a standing ovation. She smiles and waves to the fans. Michael Jackson's Thriller plays as Brandi trots down the aisle and slingshots into the ring. Rashad applauds him as Brandi kisses her hand. A red carpet is rolled down the aisle. Academy Award Statutes are set up at the top of the aisle. Adias steps out and poses between the statutes. Adias is wearing a white Don Johnson Miami Vice style suit and sunglasses. He holds his TV title high and arrogantly walks down the aisle. A fan holds up a Hulkamania poster. Adias walks over, grabs the poster and rips it up. Adias enters the ring and gives Rashad notes on how to announce him. During the introductions, Brandi gets a huge pop. The fans then burst out laughing as Rashad introduces Adias as Adidas. Adias throws a fit as Rashad smiles and shrugs her shoulders. The bell rings and Adias is furious. He charges Brandi but Brandi back drops him. Adias angrily gets up but Brandi dropkicks him out of the ring. The fans are heckling Adias as he staggers up and stumbles back down. Brandi goes to the apron. Adias rises as Brandi nails him with a double axehandle. Brandi grabs Adias and hurls him back into the ring. Brandi goes to the top rope. Adias slowly rises as Brandi hits a sunset flip 1..2..Adias barely kicks out. Brandi reaches down but Adias nails him with a lowblow just out of the Ref's sight. Adias then hurls Brandi out of the ring. Adias gets a much needed breather. Brandi gets on the apron as Adias nails him with a punch, then suplexes him back into the ring. Adias swings Brandi to the ropes and flips him over with a knee to the mid section. Adias picks up Brandi and executes a gut wrench suplex. Adias angrily stomps away on Brandi, then hits a jumping knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Adias picks up Brandi and swings him front first into the turnbuckles, then grabs Brandi and executes a German suplex 1..2..Brandi gets his shoulder up. Adias hoists Brandi up for a suplex but Brandi fights it, pauses and Suplexes Adias over. Both men rise as Brandi dropkicks Adias down. Adias staggers up as Brandi dropkicks him into the turnbuckles. Brandi hoists Adias up on the turnbuckles. Brandi hops up and goes for a superplex but Adias rakes the eyes and punches Brandi off the turnbuckles. Adias waits. Brandi rises as Adias nails him with a missile dropkick. The fans boo as Adias poses and admires what he just did. Adias slams Brandi to the mat, then goes to the top rope. Adias holds his arms out in pure arrogance before jumping off and nailing Brandi with a flying elbow drop. Adias stands up, then puts one knee on Brandi's chest 1..2..Kick Out. The fans cheer as Adias berates the Ref. Adias spends too much time arguing with the Ref. Brandi slowly rises, then rolls Adias over 1..2..Adias barely kicks out. Adias jumps up and throws a punch but Brandi blocks it and fires away on Adias, swings him to the ropes and back drops him. Adias staggers up as Brandi swings off the ropes and hits a flying press 1..2..Kick Out. Brandi swings Adias into the corner, runs up and monkey flips Adias over. Brandi goes to the top rope. Adias staggers up as Brandi nails him with a missile dropkick of his own. Adias rolls out of the ring. Adias blindly walks around, sees his TV title, grabs it and starts to walk away. Brandi runs out after him. Brandi tackles Adias from behind, grabs him by his hair and hurls him back into the ring. Brandi goes to the top rope and waits. Adias stands up, then turns around as Brandi hits him with a perfect flying press but Adias carries the momentum over and grabs a handful of tights 1..2..3!!! BOOOOOOO! Adias quicky rolls out of the ring, grabs his TV title, holds it up in front of Phylicia Rashad and exits. Brandi is clearly disappointed, but the fans and Rashad give him a standing ovation. Winner of the Match and STILL AWA TV Champ- Brian Adias INTERMISSION Nelson: Ok fans, what an event WrestleRock has been so far. And we're only half way through the first night. Resnick: You said it Larry. A lot more action still to come and don't forget about the big concert after the show with none other than Foreigner performing. Well hey, let's get back to the incredible action. The All-Stars ('The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol, Superstar Bill Dundee and Chicky Starr) VS. 'Bullet' Bob Armstrong, Iceman Parsons and a Mystery Partner w/Superstar Billy Graham Joan Jett's Do You want to touch me plays as The All-Stars strut down the aisle. These guys are all wearing colorful wrestling attire and sparkle off the lights as they confidently enter the ring. Dundee grabs the mic. Dundee: You know, I don't know why you fans think we're the bad guys here. That washed up Armstrong started all this. That tag a long Parsons is an instigator and then there's Billy Graham. That imposter is the one who stole Austin Idol's charisma, Chicky Starr's coolness and of course my own damn moniker. Hey boys! We don't care who you have for a partner, he's going down just like all of you nobodies. Have mercy! The All-Stars hug and high five. The crowd roars as Bad to the Bone blasts over the stadium. Armstrong and Parsons walk up the aisle and stop by the announcer's table. The fans continue to roar as Superstar Billy Graham appears and walks down the aisle holding up his fist. He's in all his tye dye and is in full Superstar mode. He hugs Armstrong and Parsons, then grabs the mic. Graham: All-Stars! The real deal superstar is back daddy along with my family. Oh but there's still one more family member coming. And here he is! 'The Rock' Don Muraco!!!!! Dick Dale's Misirlou blasts and the fans go nuts as Muraco comes out in a tye dye tank top. He smiles and points up at the All-Stars. The All-Stars are throwing a tantrum and arguing with the Ref that this isn't fair. Really??? Muraco, Graham, Armstrong and Parsons have a group hug, then look up into the ring. They smile and storm in there! The bell rings as a wild brawl starts things off! Fists and bodies are flying as all six men have a furious exchange. Armstrong, Parsons and Muraco stereo clothesline the All-Stars over the top rope. Graham is fired up as his men soak in all the cheers. On the outside, the All-Stars slow down and regroup. They are pissed and walk towards Graham. Muraco, Armstrong and Parsons all go to the outside and another fight ensues. The Ref is letting it go for now. The All-Stars get thrown back into the ring. Armstrong, Parsons and Muraco swing them to the ropes and stereo clothesline all of them down. After a minute, the Ref gets some order. It's Dundee and Parsons as the legal men. Parsons works over Dundee and slams him down, then tags in Armstrong. They swing Dundee to the ropes and double back drop him. Dundee staggers up into the wrong corner as Muraco levels him with a punch between the eyes. Armstrong flings Dundee across the ring and points to Idol. Dundee tags in Idol. Idol struts around then tries to kick Armstrong low but Armstrong grabs his foot, spins him around and atomic drops him into a reeling Dundee. Idol tags in Starr. Starr doesn't want to get in there but Armstrong grabs him and flings him into the ring. Armstrong pinballs Starr all over the ring then tags in Muraco. Muraco hits Starr with a throat thrust, then puts him down with a Russian Leg Sweep 1..2..Idol and Dundee break it. Armstrong and Parsons charge and Idol and Dundee retreat. Muraco tags in Parsons. Parsons swings Starr to the ropes, kicks him in the mid section and vertical suplexes him over. Parsons swings off the ropes but Idol and Dundee nail him with knees to the back. Starr crawls over and tags in Dundee. Dundee stomps away on Parsons, hops on the middle ropes and hits a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Dundee pushes Parsons into the corner. Idol chokes him as Dundee lays in the boots. Armstrong and Muraco come in but the Ref gets in front of them. Dundee holds Parsons as Starr comes off the top rope with an elbow to the top of the head. Dundee executes a back breaker on Parsons and tags in Idol. Idol chokes Parsons on the bottom rope. The Ref gets Idol off but this allows Dundee to choke Parsons with his boot. Starr then adds insult with a slap. Idol hoists up Parsons and delivers a delayed vertical suplex. Idol goes to the top rope and comes down with a knee drop but Parsons moves, rolls over and tags in Armstrong. The fans go wild as Armstrong pounds away on Idol. Idol is on his knees begging but Armstrong smiles and kicks away on him. Armstrong puts Idol in a chin lock and clubs away on his chest. Armstrong then clamps on a headlock and punches Idol several times on his head. Armstrong lets go as Idol just collapses. Armstrong tags in Muraco. Muraco hits a running neck twist on Idol 1..2..Dundee and Starr break it. Another brawl ensues as Armstrong and Parsons punch them back to their corner. Muraco tags in Parsons. Parsons swings Idol to the ropes and puts him down with a high knee. Parsons tags in Armstrong. They swing Idol to the ropes and double clothesline him down. Armstrong hoists Idol up for a suplex but Dundee and Starr run in and clip him. Muraco and Parsons charge and its chaos again. The Ref gets order. Idol crawls over and tags in Starr. Starr slams Armstrong by the ropes, then grabs the top rope and drops several knees on Armstrong. Dundee chokes Armstrong as Starr stomps away. Starr swings Armstrong to the ropes and puts him down with a thrust shot. Starr swings off the ropes and hits his corkscrew elbow drop 1..2..Muraco breaks it. Dundee runs in but Muraco clotheslines him down. The Ref guides Muraco back. Idol runs in, hoists Armstrong up and hot shots him on the top rope. Parsons runs in but the Ref quickly stops him. Idol and Starr stereo boot rake Armstrong's face. Starr tags in Dundee. Dundee suplexes Armstrong, goes to the top rope and crashes down with his Bomb's Away 1..2..Parsons breaks it. Starr runs in but Muraco shoulder blocks him through the ropes. Dundee tags in Idol. Idol hoists Armstrong up and executes a shin breaker. Idol then clamps on the Las Vegas Leglock. Idol wrenches away. Armstrong reaches the ropes but Dundee kicks his hands off. Graham runs over and yanks Dundee off the apron. Starr grabs Graham as Dundee slaps him. Muraco runs over and fights with Starr. Parsons nails Idol with an elbow drop which forces Idol to release the Las Vegas Leglock. Idol tags in Dundee. Muraco guides Graham back to their side. Dundee reaches down but Armstrong lowblows him, rolls over and tags in Muraco. Muraco slams Dundee down, then headbutts his groin. Muraco picks up Dundee and executes an Oklahoma Stampede 1..2..Idol and Starr stomp down on Muraco. Parsons runs in, grabs Idol and Starr and knocks their heads together. A beaten up Armstrong gets in there, grabs Idol and puts him down with a Jawbreaker! Parsons swings Starr to the ropes and puts him down with his hip attack! Muraco has Dundee in the middle of the ring. He points to Graham and smiles. Muraco hoists Dundee up and puts him down with a tombstone piledriver! 1..2..3! HUGE POP! Graham enters the ring and hugs all his guys. He stands between them as they all raise their arms in victory. Winners of the match- Iceman Parsons, Bob Armstrong and Don Muraco El Canek vs. Black Blood w/Skandor Akbar Skandor leads the mysterious Blackblood to the ring. Blackblood is carrying an axe handle. The Ref points to it and warns him. Blackblood swings the axe handle towards the Ref but Akbar calms Blackblood down and takes the axe handle. Canek comes down the aisle in a colorful cape and mask. He takes off his cape, hops on the apron. Blackblood and Akbar are yelling and threatening him. Canek jumps on the top rope, dives in the ring and clotheslines both men down. The Ref signals for the bell. Akbar rolls out of the ring and falls to the ground. Blackblood rises as Canek takes him over with a flying head scissors. Canek follows with more flying head scissors. A dazed Blackblood staggers up as Canek puts him back down with a running bicycle kick 1..2..Kick Out. Canek picks up Blackblood and hits a Saito suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Canek swings Blackblood to the ropes and nails him with a flying elbow to the top of the head. Canek swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Canek hoists Blackblood up and holds him for a delayed suplex, but Akbar reaches in and trips Canek. Both men rise as Blackblood sends Canek through the ropes with a forearm blast. Blackblood distracts the Ref as Akbar stomps down on Canek. Blackblood goes to the outside and slams Canek on the concrete. Blackblood picks up Canek and slams his head on the announcer's table, then hurls Canek back in the ring. Blackblood goes to the top rope. Canek slowly rises as Blackblood puts him down with a double axehandle. Blackblood picks up Canek and throat drops him on the top rope. Blackblood follows with several rabbit punches to the back, then delivers consecutive back breakers 1..2..Kick Out. Blackblood presses Canek up and snake eyes him on the turnbuckles. Blackblood covers 1..2..Kick Out. Akbar yells at the Ref. Blackblood swings Canek into the corner and charges in but Canek runs forward and clotheslines Blackblood down. Canek regroups. Blackblood staggers up as Canek grabs him and sidewalk slams him down. Canek goes on a suplex rampage, snap suplex, gut wrench suplex, inverted suplex slam. Then in a true feat of strength, Canek performs a Gorilla Press and slam! Canek then hoists Blackblood on the top rope. Canek hops up and goes for a superplex, but Akbar runs over and whacks Canek with the axe handle! Canek falls back and down with Blackblood on top. Blackblood staggers up, goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying knee drop 1..2..3!! Winner of the Match- Black Blood. Nelson: Fans, before we get to our National tag team title bout. I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to welcome back to the AWA, Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, the Rock n Roll Express! The fans go crazy as the RnR Express head down the aisle. They stop with Nelson but before they can say a word, Skandor Akbar comes over. Akbar: You all just saw what Devastation Inc is all about. Now, the AWA seems to think that you two sissys are a big deal in the tag team world. However, I have just acquired a team that thinks otherwise. WHAM! RnR are attacked from behind by the MOONDOGS! The Moondogs pound down on Ricky and Robert and start hitting them with their bones! Security and officials run out to stop this chaotic scene. AWA National Tag Team Title Bout The Olympians (C) vs. Sweet Dreams The Eurythmics Sweet Dreams plays as the masked team makes their way into the ring. In unison the crowd chants 'Sweet Dreams babay" The Winners Go for the Gold plays as the Olympians come out in their Olympic themed attire. Man, do they look proud. During the introductions, the Ref checks both teams closely for foreign objects. The Olympians taunt Sweet Dreams with their titles before the match starts. The bell rings and Rheingans and Sugar start things off. The first few minutes is surprisingly clean until the Ref tries to get Rheingans to break a hold in the ropes. During the break, Rheingans slaps Sugar. Sugar slaps Rheingans back, tempers flare and next thing you know all four men are in the ring pushing each other. The Ref guides Dream back as Patera hits Sugar from behind. Rheingans proceeds to work Sugar over with a combination of scientific holds and rulebreaking. Rheingans tags in Patera and they double slam Sugar. Patera chokes Sugar while taunting Dream. Patera swings Sugar to the ropes and clamps on a bearhug, but Dream from the top rope comes down and hits Patera. Rheingans runs in but Dream starts shuffling and jabbing Rheingans, then unwinds and puts him down with a right hook. The Ref gets control. Sugar is able to tag in Dream. Dream unloads on Patera, swings him to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash. Dream does a two step and comes down with a standing fist drop 1..2.. Kick Out. Dream picks up Patera and a jumping headbutt sends Patera back to his corner. He tags in Rheingans. Rheingans walks up to Dream and pushes him. Dream kicks him in the mid section and suplexes him over. Dream tags in Sugar. Sweet Dreams hit a double jumping headbutt. Sugar hops on the middle ropes. Rheingans staggers up as Sugar nails him with a leaping headbutt 1..2..Kick Out. Sugar swings Rheingans to the ropes and hits a flying press 1..2..Patera breaks it. As the Ref guides Patera back, Dream runs in and they double slam Rheingans. Sugar tags in Dream. Dream swings off the ropes but Patera blasts him with a forearm to the back. Dream staggers into a gut wrench suplex by Rheingans. Rheingans tags in Patera. Rheingans holds Dream as Patera comes off the top rope with an elbow to Dream's head. Patera unleashes his power game as he works over Dream with slams, suplexes and hard hitting shots. Patera then clamps on the full nelson. Patera wrenches away but Sugar leaps off the top rope and nails Patera with a double axe handle to the back. Rheingans runs in but Sugar dropkicks him down. Dream is able to roll over and tag in Sugar as Patera tags in Rheingans. Rheingans charges but Sugar hip tosses him. As Rheingans rises, Sugar hits a quick sunset flip 1..2..Kick Out. Rheingans gets up but Sugar grabs him from behind and pushes him towards the ropes for an O'Connor Roll but Patera clotheslines Sugar. Rheingans covers but Dream runs in with a stomp. Patera comes in and him and Dream fight to the corner. All four men start fighting. The Ref gets tangled up and takes a bump. Sugar headbutts Rheingans down. While on the ground, Rheingans reaches in his tights and pulls out a roll of coins. Meanwhile Patera has Dream down and pulls out a foreign object from his boot. Sugar comes from behind and nails Patera as the foreign object falls to the ground. Dream grabs it and loads his mask. Rheingans nails the back of Sugar's head with the roll of coins as Dream headbutts Patera with his loaded mask. Rheingans covers Sugar as Dream covers Patera. The Ref slowly crawls over and counts 1..2..3! Dream jumps up and so does Rheingans. They try and revive their partners. After a couple minutes both teams are in opposite corners with their hands raised in victory. The Ref talks to the ring announcer. It's announced that Rheingans and Sugar were the legal men, therefore, the Olympians are the winners. The fans boo as the Olympians jump up and down in full celebration. They walk out with the titles and show them off all the way up the aisle. Winners of the Match and STILL AWA National Tag Team Champs- The Olympians Stan Hansen vs. Blackjack Mulligan In what's been built as an old fashion stand off, the Western theme is in full affect, Hansen storms down the aisle to Johnny Cash's When the man comes around. On his way to the ring, Hansen grabs Larry Nelson and roughs him up a little. The Good The Bad and The Ugly theme plays as Mulligan walks down the aisle. His eyes are locked on Hansen the entire time. The bell rings and their cowboy hats fly off as they have a serious exchange. They punch away on each other as neither gives an inch. Mulligan gets a slight advantage, then body slams Hansen. Mulligan puts his knee on Hansen's chest and fires away with punches to his head. Mulligan then applies the claw! Mulligan wrenches away as Hansen fights it. Hansen reaches his hands up and rakes Mulligan's face. Hansen rolls away. Hansen regroups and starts pounding away on Mulligan and slams him down. Hansen stomps away. Hansen picks Mulligan up, swings him to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Mulligan swings back and hits a jumping back elbow smash 1..2..Hansen kicks out. Mulligan swings Hansen into the corner and charges in, but Hansen nails Mulligan with a boot to the face. Mulligan staggers back as Hansen puts him down with a devastating lariat 1..2..3! Hansen gets up and flashes the Bullhorn sign. Winner of the Match- Stan Hansen STEEL CAGE BOUT! For the AWA International Title AWA Mid American Champ 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff vs. AWA Southern Champ 'Lethal' Larry Cameron w/Skandor Akbar AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow holds up the AWA International title and sets it on the announcer's table. The Rolling Stones Gimmie Shelter plays as Skandor Akbar leads a very determined looking Cameron to the cage. Cameron takes off his AWA Southern title and holds it up with one arm, the enters the cage as Akbar stays on the outside. John Mellencamp's Crumbl'n Down plays as Orndorff walks down the aisle looking pretty damn determined himself. He takes off his robe and holds up his AWA Mid American title as the fans cheer. Akbar starts yelling at Orndorff. Orndorff grabs Akbar and throws him into the outside of the cage. Orndorff runs into the cage. The outside Ref slams it shut and locks it as Orndorff and Cameron hammer away on each other. Orndorff gets the upper hand, grabs Cameron and hurls his body over the ropes and into the cage. Orndorff grabs Cameron by his boots and drags him back into the ring. Orndorff picks up Cameron and hurls his body into the other side of the cage. Cameron just sinks down. Orndorff picks up Cameron and rams his head several times into the cage. Orndorff draws first blood as Cameron starts to bleed. Orndorff slams Cameron back into the ring. Orndorff hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a forearm drop 1..2..Cameron gets his shoulder up. Orndorff reaches down but Cameron gives him a low blow uppercut. Orndorff falls over. Cameron is in a daze and it takes a minute for him to regain his senses. He slowly rises then kicks and stomps away on Orndorff. Cameron picks up Orndorff and hurls him face first into the cage. Cameron grabs Orndorff, runs with him and hurls him face first into the opposite side of the cage. Now Orndorff is bleeding. Cameron takes Orndorff's bloody face and grinds it into the steel cage. Cameron grabs Orndorff's hair and hurls him back into the ring. Cameron swings Orndorff to the ropes and puts him down with a double axe handle to the head 1..2..Orndorff gets his shoulder up. On the outside Akbar finally rises and cheers Cameron on. Cameron goes to the top rope. Orndorff slowly rises. Cameron goes for a flying shoulder block but Orndorff moves. Both men are down. They slowly start to rise as Orndorff clotheslines Cameron down. Orndorff shakes the cobwebs. Orndorff picks up Cameron and atomic drops him into the cage. As Cameron falls back, Orndorff grabs him and executes a belly to back suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Orndorff hoists Cameron up, positions himself and suplexes Cameron back into the cage. Cameron sinks down between the ropes and cage. Orndorff swings off the ropes and baseball slides Cameron into the cage. Orndorff drags Cameron out. Orndorff makes the signal and hoists Cameron up for the piledriver but Cameron finds the strength to back drop Orndorff into the cage. Cameron is laid out and moving slow. Orndorff is stuck. Cameron slowly gets up, walks over and stomps and kicks Orndorff. Cameron drags Orndorff out, picks him up and long darts him face first into the cage. Cameron swings Orndorff to the ropes and hits a flying shoulder tackle. Cameron goes to the top rope and waits. Orndorff slowly staggers up as Cameron nails him with a flying shoulder block. Akbar yells "Now! Now is the time!" Cameron nods to Akbar. Cameron hoists Orndorff up and piledrives him down! The Ref counts 1..2..Orndorff gets his shoulder up just before the 3 count. The fans cheer Orndorff on. Akbar is having a melt down. Cameron grabs and threatens the Ref. Orndorff slowly crawls over and from behind gives Cameron an uppercut low blow. Cameron falls over. Both men are a bloody mess and reeling. Orndorff slowly gets to his feet. He stomps away on Cameron, then drops several elbow drops. Orndorff picks up Cameron and flings him face first into the cage. Orndorff repeats this three more times as he flings Cameron face first into the other three sides of the cage. Orndorff looks out at Akbar and gives the signal. The fans go wild as Orndorff piledrives Cameron down 1..2...NO! Orndorff lifts Cameron up. Orndorff hoists Cameron up and delivers another piledriver! The Ref counts 1..2..NO! Orndorff once again lifts Cameron up. Orndorff delivers a 3rd piledriver! The Ref counts 1..2..3!!! Mega Pop! The outside Ref opens the cage. Akbar grabs a chair and runs in the cage. Orndorff turns around. Akbar is in shock and throws the chair down and tries to run, but Orndorff catches him. Orndorff levels Akbar with a punch, body slams him down and makes the signal as the fans go wild. Orndorff hoists Akbar up and piledrives him down! The fans give Orndorff a standing ovation as he exits the cage. Gerry Morrow presents him with the AWA International title. Orndorff kisses it and holds it up high. Winner of the Match and now the AWA International Champion- Paul Orndorff Larry Nelson and Ken Resnick close out the show and say they'll see us tomorrow night for the second half of WrestleRock 89. Foreigner ends the night with a rock'n performance!

First off, I loved that hype piece for Karelin. This is going to be huge! I agree with AD, Paulson really made his mark tonight. I'm sure Kazuo made Sayama proud. Great comeback from Nakamura. I really thought Hug was going to take it. Sayama sends the fans home happy after Smith puts up a solid fight. Fun card.