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Once again, the build up to this event has been a thrill ride. Fuller gets a lot of help to put Pitbull down and claim the Heritage title. Fuller is having one heck of a career resurgence in the NWA. Renegade Warriors get the win but looks like the Moondogs aren't done with them just yet. SPC were looking strong going into Superbrawl but the New Breed come out on top and retain. WOW! Wasn't expecting the Doctor of Desire to show up. He delivers and helps get Ronnie his shot at Jimmy Jam. After one wild and crazy feud, Kaz finally ends it with one hell of a finish! Damn! Jones's men get the job done. RnR and Commonwealth give the fans a classic to end the night. RnR send the fans home happy with a double dropkick. Fantastic blow off!

Gordy comes back from Japan with some gold and says Savage is next. Meanwhile, Hayes gets his big shot at Steamboat. Triumph is going to rock! Looking forward to the inevitable Snuka/Koko-Sabu/Taz match. Triumph is getting better by the minute. Road Warriors vs. Twin Towers, bring it on! A lot of tag teams in line for the Rockers. Pegasus cuts a passionate promo on his mask. Him and Konnan really have a fun feud going. Chaos ends the show. Predator is making a big name for himself by beating up Rhodes. Rhodes was good at putting the spotlight on young monsters. Race and Rhods are bringing that old school heat.

Super D and Poffo warm up the fans with solid showcases. Looks like Murdoch is going to need a partner to deal with the Barbarians. Missy and Gilbert found out who they were dealing with as JYD got his thump on. WOW! Rick Steiner ends Duggan's TV title run. I had a feeling 1988 would be Rick's breakout year. I think he's ready to move on from Hot Stuff Inc. I wonder if Super D will want to still beat up Duggan or go after Steiner's TV title? Herc and Scott are really gelling as a team. Big time credibility with that win over Uncle Ivan and Wahoo. The Jake/Dibiase feud has been so well done. The finish keeps things going. I love how Jake looks strong while Dibiase manages to hang on to his title. Damn! What a match to end the night. Reed is a superstar! Nice little detail with Williams. You are the master of adding intrigue to the storylines.

(I wanted to post this a day early, so I can get caught up on everybody's shows tomorrow.) AWA Title Night 3-11-88 From the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan Puerto Rico Ken Resnick: Hello everybody and welcome to Title Night. The AWA is very proud to be here in Puerto Rico and let me tell you, these great fans are ready. As you can see AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow is at ringside. The camera pans to Morrow, who raises his glass and smiles. Resnick: Well, we have a tremendous night of action, so let's get to it. Chicky Starr w/DDP defeats a Local masked talent with the corkscrew elbow. DDP put his promo skills to work with a very charismatic introduction of Chicky. As if Chicky needed more heat in Puerto Rico. AWA TV Title Bout 'The Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko (C) vs. Brad Rheingans Larry really irks the fans with his ongoing stalling tactics. He finally gets on the apron and Brad didn't waste any time as he grabs Larry and suplexes him back in the ring. Brad controls the early segment with suplexes, back drops and slams. Larry turns the tide with a mule kick and proceeds to break the rules and argue with both the Ref and the fans. Brad comes back with a sidewalk slam and almost puts Larry away with a German suplex. Brad gets excited and charges Larry in the corner but Larry lifts his knees. Brad hits them head on. Larry grabs Brad and hits a swinging neckbreaker for the win. Winner of the match and still AWA TV Champ- Larry Zbyszko AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Venomous (C) vs. The Original Midnight Express w/Norvell Austin Fast paced, seesaw match that the fans get invested in. Venomous put their high octane offense in full gear while the Midnight's put their chemistry and cunning skills to work. Norvell thought his men were going to win when Condrey swept Cobra's legs as Rose hit a flying press, but Cobra kicked out. Later in the match, Kat almost pinned Rose with a reverse press off the turnbuckles. At the 20 minute mark, Venomous double dropkicked Condrey out of the ring. Cobra hit a snap suplex on Rose as Kat climbed to the top turnbuckles. Norvell jumped on the apron to distract the ref. Condrey got on the apron and whacked Kat with a steel chair! However, the Ref turned around and saw the blow and signaled for the DQ. Norvell slid another chair into the ring. Cobra went after Condrey, but Rose nailed Cobra from behind with a chair. The Midnight's then deliver double DDT's to both Cobra and Kat on the chairs! Massive heat for the Midnight's and Norvell. Winners of the match by DQ and still AWA National Tag Team Champs- Venomous AWA Mid- American Title Bout Austin Idol (C) vs. 'Marvelous' Mike George w/Greg Gagne Idol is full of confidence and ready to go. George on the other hand seems unfocused and out of it. Gagne tries his best to pep George up. The bell rings and Gagne and George are trying to call time out. Gagne starts jawing with Idol. Idol grabs Gagne by his hair and hurls him out of the ring. George charges Idol but Idol quickly cradles him 1..2..3! Huge POP! Winner of the match and still AWA Mid -American Champ- Austin Idol AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Bruise Brothers (C) vs. 'Dynamite' DJ Peterson and 'Mr. Magnificent' Kevin Kelly w/The Vin Man The Bruise Brothers look pumped up and rock solid. On the other hand, Vinnie is trying to keep DJ and Kelly from tearing into each other. The bell rings and Kelly pushes DJ and says he's starting the match. DJ pushes Kelly into Atlas and Atlas pinballs Kelly around the ring. Atlas tags in Cameron and he does the same. Vinnie is having a breakdown. The Bruise Brothers take turns putting a beating on Kelly, until Kelly falls back and is able to tag DJ. DJ doesn't fare much better as the Bruise Brothers are in total sync. The Bruise Brothers swing DJ to the ropes and put him down with a double shoulder tackle 1..2..Kelly breaks it, then grabs DJ and hurls him outside the ring. Kelly goes out to him and starts yelling at him for almost losing the match. Vinnie runs over and tries to get things under control. The Bruise Brothers go out, grab Vinnie and push him out of the way. The Bruise Brothers hurl both Kelly and DJ back into the ring. DJ and Kelly get up and start pushing each other. DJ pushes Kelly and goes for a clothesline but Kelly ducks and DJ clotheslines Atlas over the top rope. Kelly charges DJ and puts him down with a forearm blast. Cameron nails Kelly with a clothesline. Cameron picks up Kelly but Kelly rakes his eyes. DJ staggers up, swings off the ropes and goes for a flying shoulder block on Kelly but Kelly moves as DJ nails Cameron 1..2..3!!! Unbelievable! The fans are in shock and so is Vinnie. The Ref hands the titles to DJ and Kelly. They're in total shock as well. The Bruise Brothers can't believe it as they just stand there with their hands on their hips. Nobody knows how to react. Vinnie finally runs in the ring and hugs Kelly, then hugs DJ as he points to the titles. How is this ever going to work? In a stunning upset, the winners of the match and NEW AWA World Tag Team Champs- DJ Peterson and Kevin Kelly AWA World Title Bout Bad News Brown (C) vs. Carlos Colon Colon's reception is deafening! He's so excited, he does a cartwheel as he enters the ring. Brown walks to the ring, cool, calm and collective with the title on his shoulder. The introductions are made and this crowd is going bonkers. The opening minutes is all Colon as he back drops, slams, suplexes and dropkicks Brown all over the ring. Brown comes back with Judo moves, clubbing, clotheslines, hard slams and smashing fists. These guys go at each other hard. At the 30 minute mark, both men are busted up and bleeding. They get their second wind and start a furious exchange and fight through the ropes. They fight all around the ring and into the crowd. The Ref gives as much slack as he can but eventually has no choice but to count both men out. The bell's ringing but Colon and Brown keep fighting. They come back to ringside as Brown swings Colon into the steel post. The fans get into riot mode as Brown pushes the timekeeper down and grabs the ringside bell. Brown heads over to Colon and is going to hit him with the bell but Colon kicks him in the gut, grabs the bell and clocks Brown with it! Brown is down and out. The fans are going wild as Colon pumps his fists to them. Official decision- A Double C.O. Bad News Brown retains the AWA world title. Resnick: What a night this has been. New AWA world tag team champs and my goodness, what a fight between Brown and Colon. Wait a minute, here comes Gerry Morrow. Morrow: Oh wow! Was dat exciting or what? After watching dat, I have no doubt in my mind of what I am going to do. At Champagne Slam de main event will be a rematch between Bad News Brown and Carlos Colon for de AWA world title! I can't wait!

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 3-10-88 Larry Nelson: Hello fans and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. As you know, this month's title night takes place tomorrow night in Puerto Rico. The wrestlers booked have already arrived in Puerto Rico. However, not to worry, plenty of action on tonight's program. Blockbuster main event as El Canek takes on Crusher Blackwell. The Gunslingers take on United Kingdom. All that and a lot more, so let's get to the action. Synergy (Brian Adias and Ricky Rice) vs. Todd Rooney and Ray Glader Synergy gets the program off to an exciting start and win the match with a double dropkick. Synergy cuts a promo on Badd Co. and says this is far from over. Commercial Break The Dream Machine vs. Curtis Moore Dream has a lot of fun showboating before he finishes things off with a jumping elbow drop. Nelson: Dream Machine, seems you've been trying to teach Johnny Rich some sort of lesson lately. Dream: Listen up babay, I'm trying to help him. His cousin Tommy rocked this place and if Johnny listens to me, well, we can rock this place. Come on Johnny Rich! Come to your senses! Commercial Break 'Quebecer' Richard Charland w/Frenchy Martin vs. Neil Jordan Charland hoists Jordan up and drops him with an inverted piledriver for the win! The crowd roars as Corporal Kirchner pushes Frenchy Martin over, grabs the Quebec Flag, hits the ring and whacks Charland with the flag! Kirchner picks Charland up and puts him down with the fireman's carry slam. Kirchner lays the Quebec Flag over Charland. Nelson: It looks like Corporal Kirchner paid Charland back for last week's ambush. Those two will meet in the much anticipated boot camp match, next weekend in Rochester Minnesota. Commercial Break 'The Wild One' Johnny Rich vs. Clinton Stitch Rich goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying elbow drop for the win! 'The Wild One' by Jerry Lee Lewis plays as Rich heads to ringside. Nelson: Well Johnny, I'm sure you heard Dream Machine's comments earlier. Not to mention, after you suffered a 3 on 1 attack by Cannonball Griz and the Midnight Express last week, he had more words for you. Rich: Look, I've made it clear that I'm trying to bring credibility to the Rich name in the AWA. I'm not interested in what Dream Machine says or does. I'll clean up my backyard and he can stay in his. Commercial Break The Fortunate Ones (Jerry Stubbs and Gary Young) vs. Burt Ernest and Carl Kellerman Greg Gagne is in Puerto Rico with Mike George. Fortunate Ones have an impressive showing and win the match with a double gourdbuster. After the match, they give a double thumbs up to the booing fans. Commercial Break The Gunslingers vs. United Kingdom The bell rings and all 4 men go at it. Gunslingers double clothesline Taylor. As they turn around, Haystacks bowls them over with a running shoulder block. The Ref gets order. Haystacks slams Casey and tags in Taylor. Taylor works over Casey with European uppercuts, then follows with a gut wrench suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Taylor tags in Haystacks. Haystacks goes for an elbow drop but Casey moves and tags in Mantel. Mantel comes in as Haystacks tags in Taylor. Taylor charges but gets back dropped. Taylor gets up but Mantel scoop slams him down. Mantel swings off the ropes. As Taylor rises, Mantel puts him down with a bulldog 1..2..Haystacks kicks Mantel. Casey runs in and goes crazy on Haystacks with punches. Mantel joins in. In quite the visual, the Gunslingers hit a double bulldog on Haystacks! The Ref guides Casey to his corner. Taylor sneaks up and lowblows Mantel, then rolls him up with a handful of tights 1..2..3! Casey's a second too late. Casey tends to Mantel as Taylor tries to get Haystacks up and out of the ring. Commercial Break 'The Latin Heartthrob' Al Perez vs. Vic Dutro The fans cheer as Perez hits the helicopter drop for the win! Nelson: Al Perez, you gave the world champ Bad News Brown a run for his money, not once, but twice. Perez: Thank you Larry. However, I came up short both times. I'll admit, it was heartbreaking. I took some time off, then realized I needed to stop feeling sorry for myself and get back in the game. I'm coming back stronger and better than ever and I promise I'll be back in title contention before you know it! Commercial Break Scott 'Powerhouse' Putski vs. Harold Bannister Putski finishes things off with the Polish Hammer! Nelson: Scott Putski, last week Cannonball Griz took a cheap shot at you after your time in the battle royal. Putski: Yea, after I eliminated him. He couldn't get the job done inside the ring, so he cheap shots me. Hey Griz! Anytime! Anyplace! Commercial Break Nelson: This weekend broadcasted from Puerto Rico, the AWA will present Title Night. All titles on the line. Carlos Colon will no doubt have homefield advantage as he faces Bad News Brown for the world title. And how about hated rivals Kevin Kelly and DJ Peterson earning a world tag title shot against the Bruise Brothers? I mean Kelly and DJ have been feuding on and off for years. I have to say that'll be very interesting. And how will Mike George's focus be after getting beat by Billy Jack Strong last week? Greg Gagne better have him ready for Mid American champ Austin Idol. The Midnight Express took National champs Venomous to a draw and will get a rematch at Title Night. How can I forget TV champ Larry Zbyszko defending his title against Brad Rheingans. I also understand AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow will be on hand as well. It all happens tomorrow night as Ken Resnick hosts Title Night. Commercial Break El Canek w/Mando Guerrero vs. Crusher Blackwell The bell rings and these two beasts collide head on and have a furious exchange. Canek gets the upper hand, swings Blackwell to the ropes and clotheslines him down. Boooos as the Fortunate Ones run out and attack Mando! They punch him down, then stomp away. Canek sees this and runs out and starts fighting the Fortunate Ones. Blackwell rolls out of the ring and nails Canek from behind. The Fortunate Ones and Blackwell triple team Canek. Cheers as Johnny Rich runs out with fists swinging. He does pretty good but 3 men are just too much to handle. The Fortunate Ones double slam Rich on the concrete. Blackwell slams Canek into the steel post. The Fortunate Ones pick up Mando and slam him into the guard railing. Dream Machine walks out and watches as the Fortunate Ones pick up Rich and hold him as Blackwell clotheslines him down. Blackwell and the Fortunate Ones leave the fallen Canek, Mando and Rich behind. Dream Machine snatches a mic and walks to Johnny Rich. "When are you going to wake up babay?' Dream drops the mic on Rich's chest. The Ultimate Warrior is standing in the dark with his back turn. He starts shaking his head and arms, then turns around. "Exit stage right! Exit stage left! There is no place to run! All the fuses and exit signs have been burnt out! The Ultimate Warrior is coming! The Ultimate Warrior debuts at Champagne Slam! 4-15-88

Rip Rogers is exactly the territory wrestler that will thrive here. Dick Slater is on his way! Dutch might not be thrilled, but I am. The Fabulous One has his sights set on the tournament and title. Jarrett isn't messing around. Dutch puts his bullrope to use on Sawyer, but luckily the Franchise was chomping to get at Dutch. Marlin gives Dutch a one time pass. I have a feeling we're going to see the bullrope again. LOL, Wright was a big part of tonight's show and cracked me up. He's going to bring the heat to Memphis. Lightning Express get the satisfying win tonight, but I'm sure the Russians won't let this slide easily. Great job with the format. You've really captured the territory feel.

Afi gets the win tonight over Champion. Can him and Cocoa carry that momentum into SuperBrawl? Props to you for bringing the Moondogs seriously back in the game. Jaggers gets in a strong showing. Linda earns her money and helps Street get a huge win over Gibson. Fuller pulls out all the tricks to beat Wright. Fuller gets a ticket to SuperBrawl. Worldwide, Finlay, Travis and Radiance get the showcases. Pitbull earns his way into SuperBrawl to face Fuller. I liked writing for Pitbull and happy to see him in a strong slot here. SuperBrawl has been built up so well! One thing I think is cool, is the world tag title match in the main event. RnR and the Commonwealth have defiantly earned it.

I think it's great that PCW, the AWA and now WCW are putting focus on Japan. Gives Dawn of War a real global feel. Road Warriors go to Japan and come back with gold. Right off the bat, Slick issues a challenge. I always liked the angry passionate Rhodes. Harley has brought that out big time. Sabu and Taz put the heat on Snuka and Koko. Race and Orton have found one hell of an enforcer with the Predator. The International feud kicks up a notch with a mask vs. mask match! Oh man, looks like Steamboat's next challenger will be Gordy. This is going to be epic. And I'm sure Savage will have Steamboat's back when it comes to the Freebirds. Can't think of a better team to turn the Rockers back into babyfaces then the Sheepherders.

Cheetah Kid has some serious momentum going. Pillman better get ready. Widowmaker beats Dustin as his quest for a title rematch starts. Loved the FOJ/Bruise Brothers booking. Two hot teams brawling to a double co. Oh man, Cactus and Cyrus could be future trouble in PCW. What a duo. YES! I'm all in on an Anvil/St. Clair feud! Vancouver, St. Clair gears up for Anvil by putting Candido down. Guns go down to the Wrecking Ball. Hall's CA title reign gains big time credibility by defeating Rose. However, PCW history has shown, Rose always comes back. Flowers gets crafty and pulls one over on PCO. Fun match up. SCS get a chance to shine but right now Coast to Coast is too hot. Widowmaker spoils the title match. Hennig and Windham are heading into something big. Kelowna, Lee gets a prime time win over Cuban Assassin. Eddie gets a solo win tonight, but can the Wild Things do this with the titles on the line? Impressive win for Perez. Great heel finish by the Vampire Warriors! As always, Pillman electrifies the crowd. Bret shows he can turn things up with the Mad Dog. I'm loving these Hart/Sawyer matches. PCW did an awesome job riding the Aloha momentum.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 3-3-88 Larry Nelson: Hello fans and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. Big battle royal scheduled for tonight with the last two remaining men receiving a world tag title shot at Title Night. Mike George takes on Billy Jack Strong. AWA TV champ Larry Zbyszko will be here along with the AWA national tag champs, Venomous. We'll hear from Carlos Colon as well as AWA world champ Bad News Brown. All that and a lot more, so lets get to the ring. Mean Streak vs. Carl Kellerman and Rance Jenkins Total squash that ends with a devasting double choke slam. Nelson: Brian Adams and Mike Miller, you guys have been on a terror. What's on your agenda? Brian: So far, we've annihilated everybody and everything! However, we do have our eyes on a certain team we'd like to destroy. Miller: We're talking about those girlie men, the Glamour Boys. We're sick and tired of watching them dance and prance around. It's time to wipe the smiles off their stupid faces! Commercial Break Nelson: In tonight's battle royal, there will be several tag teams, along with single stars. It's obvious the teams will work together to get that coveted world tag title shot.... Boos as Greg Gagne and Mike George stroll out. Nelson: Just what are you two doing out here? Shouldn't Mike be preparing for his match with Billy Jack Strong? By the way Greg, I think it's pretty risky signing your man to a very competitive match tonight, when he faces Austin Idol for the Mid America title at Title Night next week. Gagne: You really are a moron Nelson. First off, it's the Marvelous One to you, not Mike. As far as tonight goes, Billy Jack Strong is merely a tune up. We want to show the world that Mike George is the uncrowned Mid American champ and tonight Billy boy is going to be in for a wrestling lesson he won't ever forget. Now! I'm also out here with some great news. Next week, the muscle of Gagne's Gang, Crusher Blackwell gets his long awaited match with that clown El Canek. Canek is going to get flattened and if that wimp Mando gets involved, I'm going to knock his block off! And one more thing, my Fortunate Ones are on their way to title night, because they're winning the battle royal. We're done! Gagne and George leave as Nelson rolls his eyes. Commercial Break Corporal Kirchner vs. Neil Jordan Kirchner back drops Jordan, hoists him up and hits a Fireman's Carry Drop for the win. Kirchner gets his American Flag, gets back in the ring and waves it proudly. WHAM! From behind, Richard Charland whacks Kirchner across his back with the Quebec Flag! Frenchy Martin enters the ring. Him and Charland put the boots to Kirchner. Charland picks up Kirchner and puts him down with an inverted piledriver. Frenchy drapes the American flag over Kirchner. Commercial Break AWA National Tag Team Champs Venomous vs. Oliver Oswald and Regis Moore Cobra executes a superplex and Kat follows with a moonsault for the exciting win! Kat tells Nelson that the Midnight Express took them to the limit last time, but at Title Night, Venomous will walk away with the win and their titles. Commercial Break Ray 'The Crippler' Stevens vs. Trent Watkins Stevens mauls his opponent and puts him out of his misery with a piledriver. Nelson: Ray Stevens, you've certainly been aggressive since returning to the AWA. I understand Rip Oliver might be cleared for action soon. You can't be happy about what you did. Stevens: Of course I'm happy! Piledriving that phony on the concrete has given me a new lease on life. The crippler is back! Rip Oliver, if you're stupid enough to come back for more, then you better have your medical insurance up to date. Commercial Break El Canek w/Mando Guerrero vs. Harold Bannister Canek slams Bannister down, goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying leg drop for the win. Mando cuts a passionate promo on Gagne and says next week El Canek will get his revenge and payback on Blackwell. Commercial Break 'Gentleman' Chris Adams w/Baby Doll vs. Danny Lathrop Adams finishes things off with a Superkick! Nelson: Last week we all witnessed the horrible attack on Nikita Koloff at the hands of you Chris Adams and you Baby Doll. He suffered a concussion and broken nose. Adams: That was a strong message to everyone that nobody gets up from my superkick, not even a Russian nightmare. Nelson: Oh come on! You and Baby Doll used a chair to do the damage. Baby Doll: Shut up Nelson or you're next. Adams: Just remember something Nikita, you're Russian Sickle is nothing compared to my superkick. I already proved that! Commercial Break Nelson: With me now is the current AWA TV Champ, Larry Zbyszko. Larry, you've got a title defense against Brad Rheingans at Title Night. Larry: Let me tell you and all these spudheads out here something. Brad Rheingans might be a technical wrestling machine but he's walking into Larry Land and trust me, he's leaving a beaten and defeated soul. Both his body and ego will be bruised. Commercial Break 'Marvelous' Mike George w/Greg Gagne vs. Billy Jack Strong Gagne distracts Strong at the bell, which allows George to nail Strong from behind with a high knee. George picks up Strong and throat drops him on the top rope. George distracts the Ref as Gagne runs over and chokes Strong on the bottom rope. George picks up Strong and hits a back suplex 1..2..Kick Out. George swings Strong to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Strong swings back and clotheslines George down. Strong regroups. Strong picks up George and hits a delayed vertical suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Strong picks up George and executes an overhead German suplex. Gagne gets on the apron, Strong runs over and picks Gagne up by his shirt. George staggers up and clotheslines Strong from behind. Gagne falls on the apron. George pounds away on Strong. Gagne staggers to his feet. George throws a punch but Strong blocks it and punches George into Gagne. Gagne falls to the ground. George staggers forward as Strong grabs him and hits a belly to belly suplex 1..2..3! Huge Pop! Commercial Break Nelson: Joining me now.... Brenda Britton walks out and takes the mic from Nelson. Britton: Hi Larry! You and I both know that I'm the only one authorized to interview Gerry. Nelson rolls his eyes and walks away. Britton: Please welcome out the C.O.O. of the AWA, Gerry Morrow. Morrow comes out in his white suit, white fedora and sunglasses. He hugs Brenda and kisses her hand. Britton: Gerry, I understand you have a big announcement. I'm dying to hear what it is. Morrow: AHHHH Brenda, so much happening in de AWA. Title Night is next week and will be in Puerto Rico. Very exciting. Now, as you know our next pay per view will be on April 15th and dat is Champagne Slam. Britton: Oh Gerry, you know I love that name. Morrow: I know you do Brenda. So do I. I'm here to announce dat at Champagne Slam, none other than de Ultimate Warrior will make his in ring AWA debut! Brenda: Wow! That guy is off his rocker! I can't wait to see what he does in the ring. Morrow: You and me both Brenda HAHAHAHA! Brenda: Alright then, pleasure as always Gerry, tooooodles! Commercial Break Battle Royal-Last Two remaining will team up at Title Night for a shot at the AWA World tag titles. Participants- Gunslingers, United Kingdom, DJ Peterson, Cannonball Griz, Badd Co., Gene Ligon, Synergy, Salvatore Bellomo, Kevin Kelly, the Guerreros, the Fortunate Ones and Scott Putski All the managers (Gagne, DDP, Norvell and the Vin Man) are sent to the back. The bell rings and fists and forearms are flying. Gunslingers and United Kingdom are pounding away on each other. Synergy and Badd Co. are trading blows. The Guerreros and Fortunate Ones and locked up. Of course, Kelly and DJ are in a heated exchange. Cannonball Griz eye rakes Putski, then clotheslines both Ligon and Bellomo over the top rope! As Griz holds up his arms in victory, Putski comes from behind and dumps him over the top rope! Putski jumps on Giant Haystacks back and clamps on a sleeper. Gunslingers and Taylor join in. They all end up going over the top rope in a cluster. As Putski staggers up on the outside, Griz runs over and barrels Putski over with a running shoulder block. Kelly and DJ angrily continue to pound away on each other. The Guerreros hit stereo flying presses on the Fortunate Ones but the momentum carries all 4 men over the top rope. They continue to fight on the outside. Tanaka and Diamond send Ricky Rice over the top with double karate kicks. Adias comes from behind and dumps Diamond over the top. Tanaka and Adias are tangled up at the ropes. DJ runs over and sends Tanaka over the top. At the same time Kelly sends Adias over the top with a clothesline from behind. Kelly and DJ start blasting away on each other. The bell is ringing but Kelly and DJ are still fighting. Wait a minute! DJ and Kelly are the last two remaining! NO way! The bell keeps ringing but DJ and Kelly keep pounding away on each other. Vinnie runs into the ring with several officials to break them up. Winners of the battle royal and will team up for a world tag title shot at Title Night- DJ Peterson and Kevin Kelly Commercial Break Nelson: How about that? Sworn enemies, DJ Peterson and Kevin Kelly will now have to work together. Can they even do that? Unbelievable. Speaking of title night. Joining me now is Carlos Colon. Colon (wearing a very nice suit) comes out to a rousing ovation. Nelson: Carlos, you have finally won your war with the Iaukea's and now you get a AWA world title shot in your homeland of Puerto Rico. That's got to be special for you. Colon: Words can not explain how I feel. To be able to wrestle for the AWA world title in my home is a dream come true. There's a commotion as Bad News Brown comes out (wearing his suit with unbuttoned buttons and gold chain). He stops and holds up the title. Brown: Well, I guess we all know who's next! One by one, they all fall to Bad News Brown. Colon: Look Mr. Brown, I don't want trouble. Why don't we just wait until Title Night? Brown: Geez, you really have gone soft Colon. Nelson: Look Bad News, Carlos and myself do not want an altercation. You know this man can fight with the best of them, so let's just stay calm. Brown: Oh here we go again. Hey, Colon can fight, I'll give him that. But it takes a lot more than that to beat me. Just ask Al Perez. He was a war games survivor, he won a taped fist match and he thought he could go toe to toe with Bad News Brown. He thought wrong. Nobody beats Bad News Brown and it defiantly wont be a softie like you Colon. Colon: I'll see you next week in Puerto Rico Brown and I'm going to give you a friendly warning. I'm coming to fight and I'm coming for the AWA world title. Colon leaves as the fans cheer. Brown: Now that aint gonna happen. I'm going to humiliate him in his homeland and believe me, that's bad news for Puerto Rico and Carlos Colon! AWA Title Night 3-11-88 From Roberto Clemente Coliseum in Puerto Rico AWA World Title Bout Bad News Brown (C) vs. Carlos Colon AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Bruise Brothers (C) vs. 'Dynamite' DJ Peterson and 'Mr. Magnificent' Keven Kelly w/The Vin Man AWA Mid -American Title Bout Austin Idol (C) vs. 'Marvelous' Mike George w/Greg Gagne AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Venomous (C) vs. The Original Midnight Express w/Norvell Austin AWA TV Title Bout 'The Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko (C) vs. Brad Rheingans Plus, a bonus match featuring Chicky Starr w/DDP

Resolve it in the ring! Williams and Reed vs. Luger and Vader in a cage! OH YEA! Super D is getting very frustrated and might take it out on Duggan. It's so easy to dislike Hot Stuff Inc, especially by the way they're treating Rick. All is well with the tag champs, until Wahoo and Uncle Ivan attack them with chains! Luger and Vader seem pretty confident that they're going to give Woman what she wants. We shall see. Leaping Lanny was very innovating at this time. Gotta love the mind boggling promos by Jake and Ellering. Rick gets a TV title shot, no thanks to Hot Stuff Inc. Poor guy has to celebrate on his own. Not cool. LOL, Dibiase comparing Jake and Ellerings promos to Dr. Seuss was good stuff. Of course chaos breaks out in the main event, but the big moment comes when Jake DDT's Dibiase on the concrete. Damn! Dibiase might not make it to the Lakefront arena after all. A lot happening and some really big matches ahead at the Lakefront card.

AWA Special TV Presentation Ken Resnick: Hello AWA fans and welcome to this very special TV event. At SuperClash 2, former AWA world tag team champions Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami wrestled each other in an absolute classic, with Jumbo edging out the victory. Japan couldn't wait to sign the rematch. That match happened earlier this week in Tokyo and tonight you're going to see that match. Get ready, here we go. From the Tokyo Dome Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tatsumi Fujinami Before the match, there's a grand ceremony consisting of dancers, streamers and flowers. The introductions of two of the most well respected and revered Japanese wrestlers are made. The bell rings and it's go time! The first few minutes is wrestled cautiously as both men trade holds and takedowns. Things pick up when Tatsumi goes for a back suplex but Jumbo reverses it and sends Tatsumi flying with an overhead German suplex. Jumbo follows with a gut wrench suplex, vertical suplex and back breaker before applying the Boston Crab. Tatsumi fights with all his strength and is able to reach the ropes. Jumbo swings Tatsumi to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Tatsumi stops and hits a double underhook DDT! Tatsumi regroups. Jumbo staggers up as Tatsumi puts him down with a front dropkick. Tatsumi goes on a suplex rampage before hitting a rib breaker. Tatsumi swings Jumbo to the ropes and applies an abdominal stretch. Jumbo fights hard and finally hip tosses Tatsumi over. Jumbo tries to regroup but Tatsumi quickly backslides him 1..2..Kick out. Tatsumi swings Jumbo to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Jumbo swings back and puts Tatsumi down with a high knee. Jumbo clears the cobwebs. Tatsumi staggers up as Jumbo grabs him and hits a swinging neckbreaker. Jumbo picks up Tatsumi and body slams him, then goes to the top rope and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Tatsumi gets his shoulder up. Jumbo swings Tatsumi to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Tatsumi swings back and clotheslines Jumbo. Both men stagger up, Jumbo chops the back of Tatsumi's head and follows with a running neckbreaker drop 1..2..Kick Out. Jumbo swings Tatsumi to the ropes but misses a lariat, Tatsumi swings back but Jumbo puts him down with a big boot to the head! Jumbo picks up Tatsumi and hoists him on the turnbuckles. Jumbo hops up and goes for a superplex but Tatsumi punches and chops Jumbo until Jumbo finally falls back and down. Jumbo staggers up as Tatsumi nails him with a flying body press 1..2..Kick Out. Jumbo rises as Tatsumi hits him with an enzuguri 1..2..Kick Out. Tatsumi swings Jumbo to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Jumbo kicks him. Both men are down and reeling. Both men rise as Jumbo grabs Tatsumi and executes a high angle belly to back suplex 1..2..Tatsumi gets his shoulder up. Jumbo picks up Tatsumi and comes down with a brainbuster. Jumbo slowly picks up Tatsumi and hoists him up for a powerbomb but Tatsumi punches down on Jumbo. Both men crumble down. Jumbo gets up and swings Tatsumi into the corner and charges in but Tatsumi raises his knees as Jumbo hits them head on. Tatsumi executes a belly to back suplex backbreaker and follows with his dragon suplex 1..2..3!!! The fans show these two the upmost respect with a long applause. After a couple minutes, Tatsumi and Jumbo shake hands and bow to each other. Winner of the match- Tatsumi Fujinami

Lance and Dutch are so good together. This dynamic works. The thing I love about smaller territories is it gives guys who might've been lost in the national shuffle a chance to shine. Big Money Marcus is in a good place. Jarrett promises to bring wrestling back to the way it was. he'll have his work cut out, dealing with some of these heels. Yes! The Fabulous One is home. Douglas sets high standards using the Franchise moniker. Oh, how the game has missed Ron Wright. Sawyer gives the show a fun moment by upsetting the Hood. DWB would be an excellent acquisition for Wright. Dutch gives pointers to the Franchise LOL, but I don't think he liked Shane's comeback. And the first feud is set. Can't go wrong with the classic Russian monsters going up against the all American babyfaces. Great format. The show flowed really well. The big question is, will the King eventually show up?

Charlotte Smiley gets his shot. Morgan puts an end to Billy Joe's win streak. After that win, the Renegade Warriors should find a partner and go after the 6 man titles. The fun midcard feud between Bart and Kaz continues. Huge win for the Commandos! Defiantly their biggest. Taylor better thank Jimmy Jam. Smiley comes up short, but getting a handshake from Flair puts him over. Albany The Haitian Sensation is a solid guy to put in the opener. Kabuki shows that his thrust kick has some serious impact. Great week for the Commandos. Hase puts a stop to the Moondogs cheating. SSM gets a big win over Finlay but gets into an immediate fight with Kabuki. Moondogs get payback. LOL, love the New Breed's reaction. Fun impromptu main event as SSM and Zero Fighters send the fans home happy with a win over Paul Jones's army.

Can't go wrong with Muta opening up a televised special event. Once again, I like how your elevating Sabu and Taz by feuding with Snuka. Damn! Twin Towers send a strong message to the Road Warriors. I'm loving the International feud between Konnan and Pegasus. Gets both men over. Rockers pull it out against the Islanders. I wonder who's next? If you want to make a name for yourself, then attack Dusty Rhodes. Watch out because the Predator is on the hunt. The Savage/Freebirds feud continues with more nuclear heat. Savage might need some friends. Steamboat solidifies himself as the true undisputed champ! Nice sportsmanship at the end. Steamboat has an incredible Dawn of War resume. Love the addition of the figures at the end. You've built up quite the collection. Nice!

Aloha! Smart booking having Steamboat kick things off with an exciting visual and c.o. win over the imposing Big Cat. Southern Boys move up a notch by beating the Hollys in a very competitive match. Perfect showcase for a stacked tag division. Animal has taken his spot amongst the PCW big boys. Both Blackman and Snow have rebounded well. That win over the Malenkos solidifies this. The Cheetah Kid's stock is rapidly rising. He also showed he can mix it up when need be. Pierre might be the toughest guy in PCW. After that win over Cactus, the competition better take notice. Owen puts up one heck of a fight, but in the end, Buzz really finished him off well. This is one of my favorite feuds. WOW! Backlund's incredible Submission reign comes to an end at the hands of Severn. Outstanding match! Feel good celebration really put the match and title over. Once again LHW champ Pillman gives the fans a show. The LHW matches continue to shine. I thought for sure the Wild Things would take the titles. Nice jo keeping this chase going. I must say, the British Steel story has been one heck of a roller coaster ride of emotions. Bret vs. Anvil was the epic showdown I was waiting for and man did they deliver. Bret retains but Anvil made him earn it. Aloha Night 2! Bull gets the big win, but Christopher is making a name for himself. Taker gets the shine in the heated 6 man tag. Rose and Billy Jack is the classic PCW feud. So glad you went back to these two. FOJ and SCS's have been great additions. Babyfaces get the win tonight, but no way the Playboy Club are finished. You know I popped when my man St. Clair avenged his loss against Payne. Golden Guns edge out a win over the Suicide Blondes in another young teams showcase. Hall's on a different level this time around. Flowers found that out. RPG has some serious bragging rights coming after his Destruction Crew get one over on the Midnights. This feud has a lot of steam and could become one of the biggest in the game. I agree, Coast to Coast are legit! The odds were against them, but man they prevailed. Hennig and Widowmaker tear it up! Chaos ends the night with factions going at it. Can't wait for the rematch. Awesome show! The tag division got over. Cheetah Kid might be Pillman's next challenger. Some big wins by some big heels, which means babyface champs, Severn, Hitman, Hall and Hennig have a variety of challengers to work with.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-24-88 Highlights from Winnipeg are shown. It ends with Carlos Colon standing tall after defeating Abbuda Iaukea in a Carribean Death Match. Larry Nelson: Hello fans and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight you'll see Brad Rheingans take on Dave Taylor with the winner getting a TV title shot at the next Title Night. Cannonball Griz faces Johnny Rich. Badd Company teams with a mystery partner to take on Synergy and DJ Peterson. Gerry Morrow will have a special announcement regarding the next Title Night. A lot going on, so let's get to the ring. The Glamour Boys vs. Bert Stevenson and Ry Cooper The fans are on their feet as Simpson puts Cooper down with a missile dropkick and Doll follows with a splash from the top rope for the exciting win. Glamour Boys cut a promo and say they may not have won the world tag team titles, but that doesn't mean it's all over. Expect big things. Commercial Break Nelson: With me now is the current C.O.O. of the AWA, Gerry Morrow. Gerry, the next Title Night will take place on March 11 inside of Roberto Clemente Coliseum, located in Puerto Rico. I understand you have some big news regarding this tremendous international event. Morrow: HAHAHA, indeed I do Larry. Mr. Carlos Colon has impressed me so much, that I am going to give him a shot at de AWA World Title, in his homeland. Dat's right, Bad News Brown will defend de AWA world title against Carlos Colon at Title Night. I'm excited for dat match. Also, Austin Idol will defend de Mid American Title against de Marvelous One, Mike George. Venomous will defend de National tag titles against de Midnight Express. Now, I have something very special planned for de AWA world tag titles. Next week, there will be a battle royal. De last two remaining will get to team up for a world tag title shot at Title Night. Nelson: Very intriguing. Morrow: Yes, it is. I can't wait to see how dis all plays out. BOOOOOS as Greg Gagne (limping) and Crusher Blackwell (eyeing Morrow) come out. Gagne: Gerry, you and I have been friends for a long time. Last week everybody saw that insane masked man El Canek attack Crusher and myself! I'm just getting over a serious injury because of Canek and he hurt me again. Now Gerry, I think you should suspend that lunatic. No, better yet, he should be banned from the AWA, never to return again. Morrow: AH Greg, we are very good friends. However, I told you that my old rival Blackwell could be reinstated with de understanding dat El Canek would get a match with him. You did agree to dis and dat match will happen very soon. Good luck gentlemen. Morrow walks away as Blackwell stares at him. Gagne is fuming but calms down. Gagne: You know what? Crusher, we'll handle Canek our way. Think how much fun that'll be. Blackwell smiles and nods. Commercial Break Synergy and 'Dynamite' DJ Peterson vs. Badd Co. and ??? w/DDP DDP and Badd Co. enter the ring. DDP snatches the mic. DDP: It's me, it's me, it's DDP. Teaming with BA Double D Company, is the newest member of the Diamond Mine. The International sensation, the one and only Chicky the Super Starr! Chicky Starr struts in the ring and hugs DDP and high fives Badd Co. Synergy and DJ turn the boos into cheers as they enter the ring. The match is back and forth non stop action. Badd Co. and Synergy are in the midst of a heated rivalry and it shows tonight. DJ comes in and pinballs everyone with his power moves. Chicky shows he's worth every penny as he puts on a solid performance. Things get nuts and all 6 men start brawling. The Ref is tied up with Synergy and Badd Co. BOOOOS as the Vin Man and Kevin Kelly come out. DJ goes to the top rope but Vinnie distracts him, which allows Kelly to come from behind and push DJ off the top rope. Chicky gets up, swings off the ropes and hits his corkscrew elbow drop on DJ as the Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! Vinnie and Kelly laugh all the way to the back. Commercial Break 'Quebecer' Richard Charland w/Frenchy Martin vs. Neil Jordan Charland hits an inverted atomic drop, then quickly grabs his opponent and finishes him off with an inverted piledriver. Nelson: Frenchy, last week Corporal Kirchner laid down the boot camp match challenge to your man Richard Charland. Frenchy: We have gladly accepted. However, Corporal Kirchner is no challenge at all, so this will be no problem for Richard Charland. Kirchner! Your service in the AWA is over! Commercial Break 'The Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff vs. Todd Rooney Nikita fires the fans up as he puts Rooney down with the Russian Sickle for the easy pin! WHAM! From behind Chris Adams nails Nikita with a chair to the back of the head! Baby Doll grabs the chair. Adams grabs Nikita and lays him against the turnbuckles. Baby Doll holds the chair in front of Nikita's face. Adams backs up, then runs forward and superkicks the chair into Nikita's face! Nikita's a bloody mess! Officials run in as Adams and Baby Doll slowly exit the ring to thundering boos. Commercial Break Nelson: What a horrific incident! Nikita Koloff was completely unconscious as medics treated him. My goodness, I hope he's ok. Fans, tomorrow night, the AWA will have a very special TV event. We're going to show you the Jumbo Tsuruta, Tatsumi Fujinami rematch from the Tokyo Dome. I can't wait to see that one. Ok, back to the ring. The Guerreros w/Mando vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Chavo nails Lopez with a high knee lift as Hector follows with a German Suplex for the win. Mando stands between his brothers and holds their arms up high. Commercial Break 'The Wild One' Johnny Rich vs. Cannonball Griz w/Norvell Austin Griz overpowers Rich with some hard hitting offense. Rich isn't going down that easily and takes the fight to Griz. Griz cuts off Rich's comeback when Rich goes for a back drop but Griz stops and drops a massive forearm blast to Rich's head. Griz swings Rich into the corner and charges in with a running clothesline. Griz swings Rich to the opposite corner and goes for another clothesline but Rich moves. Both men are staggering around. Rich hops on the middle ropes and puts Griz down with a double axehandle. Rich swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop 1..2..NO! The Midnight Express hit the ring and stomp away on Rich! The Ref signals for the DQ. Dream Machine walks down the aisle and just watches as the Midnights swing Rich to the ropes and execute the flapjack! Griz picks up Rich and powerslams him over. Norvell and his men celebrate before leaving. Dream Machine walks into the ring with a mic. "I told you babay, you need friends around here" Dream Machine drops the mic on Rich's chest. Commercial Break Kokina w/Professor Bill Ash vs. Carl Kellerman Kokina is ruthless and finishes things off with the Samoan Drop! Ash cuts a promo and says now that Kokina took care of Billy Jack Strong, Nick Busick is next! Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, next week you'll see the interesting battle royal, where the last two men standing will team up for a chance at the AWA world tag titles at Title Night. Carlos Colon will be here as well as the AWA world champ Bad News Brown. Let's get to our final match. Winner gets a TV title shot at Title Night Brad Rheingans w/Mark Fleming vs. Dave Taylor w/Giant Haystacks Brad and Taylor put on a wrestling clinic for the first few minutes with neither man gaining an advantage. Things heat up a bit as Taylor starts blasting Brad with European uppercuts. Taylor executes a snap suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Taylor goes for a vertical suplex but Brad blocks it and suplexes Taylor over. Brad swings off the ropes but Haystacks nails him with a punch to the back. Brad goes to his knee. Fleming runs around the ring but Haystacks plows him over! Haystacks picks up Fleming and slams him on the concrete. The Gunslingers run out and double team Haystacks! Inside the ring, Taylor picks up Brad but drops him when he sees what's going on outside the ring. Brad quickly rolls up Taylor 1..2..3! Brad looks out and sees his partner lying there. Brad runs out and tends to him. Taylor runs out and joins the fight as United Kingdom and the Gunslingers fight all around the ring. Chaos ends the show. Winner of the match- Brad Rheingans

Ladd's a man of his word. Doesn't have favorites and settles things in the ring. Ladd is the man! Super D is hot on Duggan's trail and wants that TV title. Jake and Ellering are so damn good together! It's great to see Reed back in Mid South. Him and Luger are going to pack the houses. Adnan wants out of his match tonight but Ladd makes things plain and simple for him. The Barbarians rock as a team! I'm so glad we finally get to see these two team up. WOW! Dr. Death takes down Vader in a big way! Luger is going to have his hands full with Death and Reed coming after him. JYD gives the fans and viewers a most satisfying moment. Adnan felt the pain of the thump LOL. Like Luger, Dibiase is in big trouble with JYD and Jake getting title shots. I really like how you've set up multiple contenders for the top titles. Ladd has Mid South clicking on all cylinders!

AWA @ The Winnipeg Arena, Manitoba Canada 2-19-88 'Crippler' Ray Stevens defeated Salvatore Bellomo with a piledriver. 'Dynamite' DJ Peterson and 'Mr. Magnificent' Kevin Kelly w/The Vin Man wrestled to a Double DQ when both men knocked the Ref down while punching each other. Afterwards both men kept fighting with Vinnie taking a tumble during the brawl. Mean Streak vs. The Technicians The Technicians started strong by simply outwrestling Mean Streak. Both Rheingans and Fleming brought their technical A game. However, once Mean Streak turned on their power, the Technicians had a hard time dealing with it. The ending was explosive as Mean Streak sent Rheingans through the ropes with double boots to the head. They finished Fleming off with a double chokeslam for the decisive win over the former National tag champs. Billy Jack Strong vs. Kokina w/Professor Ash Tough hard hitting contest as these big men go toe to toe. Kokina takes control with chops, thrusts, headbutts, vicious choking, nerve holds and spine tingling slams. Billy Jack comes back with forearm blasts, clotheslines, jumping headbutts, and double axehandles. Billy Jack does the unthinkable and hoists Kokina on his shoulders, but Ash reaches under the ropes and trips Billy. Both men tumble down, with Kokina on top. Kokina regroups, hoists Billy up and crashes back with a Samoan Drop for the pin. AWA Mid American Champ Austin Idol and The Guerreros (Hector and Chavo) vs. 'Marvelous' Mike George and The Fortunate Ones (Jerry Stubbs and Gary Young) This match is fast paced, wild and chaotic. Idol and the Guerreros spend a lot of time taking turns pinballing George and the Fortunate Ones all over the ring. Gagne's Gang manages to regroup and get their time and shots in. A pier six brawl breaks out. Idol has George in the Las Vegas Leglock, Chavo is punching away on Stubbs. Hector goes for a clothesline but Young ducks it and Hector flys over the top rope. Stubbs lowblows Chavo as Young sneaks up and executes the tornado DDT for the win. BOOOOOOO! Caribbean Death Match! Carlos Colon vs. Abbuda Iaukea Colon heads down the aisle to the fans cheers. WHAM! Abbuda nails his back from behind with a Persian Club! The match is on! Abbuda picks up Colon and slams him on the concrete, then stomps away. Abbuda grabs a cable and chokes away on Colon. Abbuda picks up Colon and rams him back first into the steel post, then slams Colon on the ground. Abbuda stomps away on Colon's back, then clamps on the Camel Clutch! Abuuda wrenches away as the fans try and fire Colon up. Colon is shaking his fists and starts to rise. Abbuda is shocked. Colon rises and runs backwards, slamming Abbuda into the steel post. Both men just fall forward. Colon has the look of a madman as he starts to stagger up. Colon grabs Abbuda's head and lights him up with fists. Colon slams Abbuda's head into the steel post, then does it again. Abbuda is busted open and bleeding bad. Colon grabs Abbuda and hits several consecutive backbreakers. Colon grabs a chair and hits Abbuda's back several times. Colon grabs a cable and wraps it around Abbuda's neck. Colon clamps on the camel clutch while choking Abbuda with the cable! Abbuda is out. The Ref signals for the bell. Colon stands up and raises his arms in victory. His war with the Iaukea's is finally over. The fans roar as Colon stands in triumph. 'The Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff vs. 'Gentleman' Chris Adams w/Baby Doll The fans are on their feet as Nikita explodes all over Adams. Baby Doll has terror in her eyes as she watches Nikita dismantle her man. It's all Nikita and the crowd is loving every minute. Baby Doll finally manages a distraction which allows Adams to send Nikita through the ropes with a high knee. Baby Doll earns her money and gives Nikita a painful back scratch. Adams gets back in the game and takes it to Nikita and scores several near falls. Adams hits a vertical suplex and follows with a knee drop from the top rope but can't put Nikita away. Adams misses a clothesline attempt, Nikita swings back and steamrolls Adams with a shoulder block. Nikita goes on a slam rampage and sets up for the Russian Sickle, but Baby Doll hops on the apron. Nikita heads over and warns her. Adams staggers up and charges Nikita but Nikita moves. Adams comes to a screeching holt to stop himself from colliding with Baby Doll. Nikita comes from behind and rolls up Adams 1..2..3! Mega Pop! AWA World Title Bout Bad News Brown (C) vs. 'The Latin Heartthrob' Al Perez Perez wastes no time and goes right after Brown with hip tosses, dropkicks, back drops and slams. Brown comes back and pulls out his Judo arsenal. Brown gets ruthless and pounds away on Perez with fists, clubbing and mauling, but can't put Perez away. Brown charges Perez in the corner but Perez nails him with both boots. Brown staggers back as Perez puts him down with a clothesline. Brown staggers up as Perez scoop slams him down and hits a jumping fist drop. Perez goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying elbow drop 1..2..Brown gets his foot on the rope. Perez hoists Brown up and is going for his helicopter drop but Brown rakes his eyes. Perez goes down as Brown comes down and rolls out of the ring. After a few seconds, Brown gets on the apron. Perez staggers up and goes to Brown, but Brown hits him and snaps Perez's head on the top rope. Brown gets in the ring. Perez staggers up as Brown grabs him and hits a bridging back suplex 1..2..3! Winner of the match and still AWA World Champ- Bad News Brown

Great job hyping up the clash. Taz and Sabu get their big TV break by getting some serious heat on Snuka. Feuding with Snuka will certainly elevate those two. The promo were full of energy, especially Steamboat. Bring on the Clash!

This is going to be awesome! Jarrett can now fully get back to running things his way. Lance and Dutch are the perfect balance. The deal with Turner, the big signings and the uncertainty of Lawler. Can't wait to see how all this plays out.

Royal gets crafty to get the win over Cocoa. I always liked it when a wrestler had a gimmick name for his finisher. 'Just a swingin neckbreaker' is a perfect example. Jones and his monsters send a strong message. Morton eeks one out over Dundee in a sweet match up. Ron is a man on a mission! Jimmy Jam has a tough road ahead. I like how SSM communicates with notes. Very creative idea. I've always had some difficulties trying to get messages across by foreign babyfaces. This is exactly why I'm going to use Mando as a mouthpiece for Canek. Golden will be a nice back up plan for Fuller in his TV title defenses. Worldwide, Smiley, Commandos and Morgan get nice showcases. Get ready Fuller, because former champ Wright is coming after you. Good idea paying homage to the NWA's history with the Heritage title. A lot at stake come Superbrawl. Jimmy Jam adds intrigue to the Garvin feud. I'm sure Ronnie will have no problem finding a partner. The NWA is really clicking!

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-17-88 Larry Nelson: Hello AWA fans and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. As you all know, the AWA returns to Winnipeg Canada this weekend for a huge card. Those wrestlers appearing have already arrived in Winnipeg. However, not to worry because we have two big title matches tonight. Larry Zbyszko defends his newly won TV title against Scott Putski. Also, Venomous will defend their National tag titles against the Original Midnight Express. All that and so much more. Let's get to the ring. Corporal Kirchner vs. Trent Watkins Kirchner hoists his opponent on his shoulders and hits the Fireman's Carry Slam for the win. Kirchner parades around the ring, waving the American Flag, then heads over to Nelson. Nelson: Corporal Kirchner, you've certainly had your hands full with Richard Charland and his manager Frenchy Martin. Kirchner: Charland! It's time we settled this once and for all! You and me in a boot camp match! I hope you heard me Frenchy. Does your man have the guts to accept? Commercial Break United Kingdom vs. Hal Connors and Louie Rawlings Taylor knocks Connors block off with a spinning forearm blast. Haystacks follows with a giant elbow drop for the win. Wait a minute! The Gunslingers hit the ring with a bullrope! They double clothesline Haystacks with the bullrope! They turn around and double clothesline Taylor with the bullrope! The fans are going wild. Commercial Break Nelson: My goodness, it looked like the Gunslingers got a little payback on United Kingdom for that chair shot last week. Ok, switching gears, tomorrow night in Winnipeg, Bad News Brown defends the AWA world title against Al Perez. Perez gave Brown a lot more than he bargained for at Title Night. Let's here some pre recorded comments from Al Perez. Perez: Man, I came so close to achieving my dream of becoming AWA world champion. However, I came up short. No excuses, I've studied that match and learned from my mistakes. I've been given another golden opportunity and believe me I'm going to win that title! Nelson: No doubt about it, Perez is focused and determined. Another match that takes place in Winnipeg will be the Carribean Death match between Carlos Colon and Abudda Iaukea. Let's take a look at their history. A music montage of the Colon/Iaukea history is shown to Jimi Hendix's Purple Haze. Commercial Break Chicky Starr vs. Neil Jordan Starr arrogantly walks to the ring in an athletic sweatsuit and towel around his neck. Starr swings his opponent to the ropes and puts him down with a double thrust, then follows with a corkscrew elbow drop for the win. Starr wipes his face with his towel and throws it down on his fallen opponent. Commercial Break AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Venomous (C) vs. The Original Midnight Express w/Norvell Austin Venomous controls the early segment and have the Midnight's in total disarray. Thanks to a distraction by Norvell, Midnight's are able to change the tide. Midnight's regroup and show why they're one of the best cohesive units in wrestling. They hit double slams, double suplexes and stereo high knees. Venomous ride the storm out and makes a serious comeback by putting their high flying offense to work. We get a pier six brawl. Venomous double dropkick Condrey out of the ring. They stereo kick Rose and double snap suplex him. Ding, Ding, Ding! The 10 minute time limit has expired. Norvell and Condrey help Rose out of the ring. Norvell raises his men's hands up and says they should be the champs. The Ref hands the titles to Venomous. Venomous raise them high as the fans cheer. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing pink 'Beauty Shop' sign, then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome to a very special beauty shop. Please stand and rise for the AWA Chief of Operations, my best friend, Gerry Morrow! Morrow comes out in a white suit and white fedora. He hugs and kisses Brenda's hand. Morrow: Pleasure is all mine Brenda. Britton: Oh Gerry! You're such a gentleman. I have to say, I've been more than impressed of the job you're doing. I understand you have some big announcements. Morrow: Ah, but of course. Because I can only make these announcements on de show where everything happens. Britton: You're to kind Gerry. The floor is all yours. Morrow: Very well. De first announcement is our next title night will take place on Saturday, March 11th and it will take place in Puerto Rico. De AWA is going worldwide on my watch. And my next big announcement is dat our next pay per view event will take place on April 15th at de Market Square Arena. Brenda, do you want to know de name of dis event? Britton: You bet I do! Morrow: Champagne Slam! HAHAHAHA! Britton: (applauding) Gerry! That's brilliant! You're so innovating, it's perfect! We're going to leave on that high note. Until next time, tooooodles! Commercial Break 'The Wild One' Johnny Rich vs. Bert Stevenson The Wild One by Jerry Lee Lewis blasts on the speakers as Rich high fives fans on the way to the ring. Rich slams his opponent, goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying elbow drop for the win! Nelson: Johnny Rich, you've been racking up a number of wins here in the AWA. I'm sure you would like a title shot... Boos as the Dream Machine walks out. Dream: Johnny! Johnny! Johnny! What the hell are you doing babay? Rich: Not sure I follow Dream. Dream: Come off it! Your cousin Tommy was a legend in the AWA. In my opinion, the greatest AWA world champ of all time. Now you come in here, talking about redeeming the Rich name. Coming out here dressed as some 50's greaser, being all buddy buddy with these idiots out here. So, again, what the hell's the matter with you? Why don't we hang out and let me talk some sense into you. Rich: Look Dream, I am trying to redeem the Rich name and with all due respect I would like to do things my way. Dream: You really are a stooge, you know that. Accidents happen around here and when they do, you're going to wish you had a friend babay! Dream storms off leaving Rich and Nelson shrugging their shoulders. Commercial Break AWA World Tag Team Champs The Bruise Brothers vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Business as usual as the Bruise Brothers swing Dutro to the ropes and put him down with stereo double axehandles to the head! Bruise Brothers cut a promo and say it doesn't matter who they face, aint nobody gonna take the titles from them! They have the titles around their necks and give the camera menacing muscle poses. Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, with me now is Mando Guerrero. Mando, I understand you won't be in Winnipeg because you wanted to make a special announcement tonight. Mando: That's right, but don't worry because I know my brothers and Austin Idol will handle business with George and the Fortunate Ones. Larry, as you know I've been on the sidelines for a bit. During that time, I went out and got my manager's license. Of course my brothers Hector and Chavo are with me. and right now I would.... Massive boos as Greg Gagne comes slowly walking out. Nelson: Hold on Greg! What are you doing here? You're suppose to be in Winnipeg. Gagne: Hey Larry, how about noticing that I'm out of that wheelchair and walking. Man, I really can't stand you! The Doctors said because of my excellent health I was able to heal quicker than the average man. As for you Mando, I have an announcement as well. Making his triumphant return to the AWA, Gagne's Gang's newest member, Crusher Blackwell. Nelson: Oh no! Mando, maybe we should just get out of here. Blackwell strolls up to Mando and stares him down. Mando: Hold on Larry. Greg, you interrupted my big announcement. Gagne: Well, these will be your last words, so I hope they're memorable ones. Mando: Oh they are. Please welcome out my newest client. El Canek! Canek storms out and plows over Gagne! Canek and Blackwell have a wild and furious exchange! Mass security and officials run out. Punches and bodies are flying everywhere as the commercial hits. Commercial Break AWA TV Title Bout Larry Zbyszko (C) vs. Scott 'Powerhouse' Putski Zbyszko backs Putski away as the bell rings. Zbyszko starts yelling at the Ref to back Putski up. Putski has enough and dropkicks Zbyszko out of the ring. Putski goes to the apron. Zbyszko staggers around as Putski drops a double axehandle on him. Putski picks up Zbyszko and hurls him back in the ring. Putski goes to the top rope. Zbyszko staggers around and turns as Putski nails him with a flying press 1..2..Kick Out. Putski picks up Zbyszko but Zbyszko nails him with a mule kick. Zbyszko regroups, grabs Putski and hits a gut wrench suplex. Zbyszko follows with a backbreaker, then goes to the middle ropes and comes down with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Zbyszko continues to work over Putski with technical moves combined with old fashion rulebreaking. Zbyszko goes for a suplex but Putski blocks it and suplexes Zbyszko. Putski fires up and is all over Zbyszko with slams, dropkicks and clotheslines. Putski swings Zbyszko to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Zbyszko kicks him and quickly follows with a spinning neckbreaker 1..2..3! Zbyszko falls back against the turnbuckles as the Ref walks over and hands him the TV title. The Ultimate Warrior is standing in the desert as the sun sets. He's looking up at the sky and shaking. "This is the power that makes the sky crumble and the earth shake!" AAAAHHHHH!!!!! The Ultimate Warrior is coming to the AWA!

The NWA rocked both Greensboro and the Omni! Still lov'n Radiance Billy Joe should have a great time in the NWA. Mega Man gets the best of an overzealous Morgan. Great match up! I always liked the classic booking of feuding wrestlers interfering in each other's matches. Keeps the heat going. Zero Fighters beat Jones's army at their own game. Trinity have looked like unbeatable monsters since regaining their 6 man titles. Damn! 60 minutes of Flair and Tully. Hell yea! Ron Starr lives up to his 'Rotten' moniker. Warriors move up a notch, defeating the always credible Tough Guy Inc. Abby has been rebuilt so well here. With the Andersons gone, Wright is able to focus and get the win over the youngest Anderson. Dundee's Bombs Away puts down the Mega Man. Props to Debeers for holding his own against Brody. Hopefully we get more of this. Like Greensboro, the Atlanta fans are treated to a main event classic, with the Andersons taking RnR to the limit.

Super D looks tuned up and ready for Duggan. Vader's stock is going way up, especially after that win over Goliath. At this point in time, Herc and Rick Steiner would be one fun hard hitting match up. Scotty gets a big time win over Gilbert. I think Gilbert and Missy will have words with Rick. Snake gets payback on Nord as he gets closer to Dibiase. Thanks to Goliath, Duggan is able to finish off Rotunda. Reed is back baby and the crowd loves it! Adnan finally gets some interference in as he helps Dibiase retain over JYD. DAMN!!! Vader goes through the cage and splashes Williams! What a stunning visual. Vader vs. Williams is going to rock! Reed gets involved and shows Luger his power. I'm all for Reed going after Luger's title. Great set ups here.