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AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-25-87 Def Leppard's Rock Rock Till You Drop plays as all the Big Brawl highlights are shown. Lance Russell: Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. Well, Big Brawl is in the books and what an event that was. All the champions retained their titles and El Canek became the first AWA International champion. We'll be talking a lot more about Big Brawl throughout tonight's show. A lot of action set for tonight as Nick Busick defends the AWA TV title against Gama Singh. Dick Slater goes one on one with Greg Gagne. Before we get to the action, I want to bring out the man, who now has sole control over the AWA. I'm talking about Jerry Jarrett. Cheers as Jarrett walks out waving to the fans. Lance: Jerry, your team won the 10 man elimination match and here you are standing tall. I understand you have some major announcements to make? Jarrett: Thank you Lance. I've said it before, it's a shame things had to go this far between Verne and myself. But, it is what it is and now I have an obligation to bring the fans the best wrestling action in the world. Starting next week, the AWA is going to have a different atmosphere. New ring logo and banners, along with a new ring color scheme. It's a new beginning for the AWA and there's plenty on tap for 1987. Mega boos as Greg Gagne storms out. Gagne: Oh look what we have here! Yea, you're a big man Jerry. You come out here riding high after being handed the very company my father built! You should be ashamed of yourself! This isn't over! My shoulders were never pinned and I never gave up. Lance: Well, hold on Greg. Your father did throw in the towel. Gagne: Shut up Lance! Everybody knows you're nothing but a bias Jarrett supporter. I'm pretty pissed off right now. Because of what went down at Big Brawl, Mike Graham has left the AWA. Not only that but Mike Rotunda called me up and said a wrestler of his status can't work in a Jarrett type environment. That's a shame! Rotunda was going to be a huge star in the AWA and Jarrett ruined everything. I want everybody to listen very closely. I have made it my mission to take out every single person who competed on Jerry Jackass's team at Big Brawl. It starts tonight with Dick Slater. Slater! You're notch one buddy! Gagne storms off. Jarrett: Well, I can't blame him for being upset. Lance, why don't we get to some action. The Glamour Boys vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez After a spectacular debut at Big Brawl, the Glamour Boys keep that momentum going. The fans are up and cheering when they hit their Wham Glam Thank-You Ma'am finisher! Doll and Simpson cut an energetic promo saying they're ready for all the AWA tag team competition! Commercial Break The Teamsters vs. Trent Watkins and Carl Kellerman Teamsters are way overly aggressive tonight. Huber executes an airplane spin on Kellerman, stomps him several times, tags in Charland. Charland finishes things off with an inverted piledriver. Teamsters grab their sledgehammers and go to ringside. Resnick: Ok Teamsters, everybody wants to know why you attacked Lightning Express at Big Brawl. I mean come on, what's with those sledgehammers? Huber: I can't believe you have to ask us that Resnick. It was beyond ridiculous that a weak team like the Lightning Express was given a National tag title shot in the first place. Not only that but the Teamsters weren't even on the card! That's an outrage! Well, I bet we have everybody's attention now, don't we! Lightning Express! You want more? Come and get it! Teamsters exit as Charland bumps Resnick. Commercial Break Blackjack Mulligan vs. Carney Lane Mulligan squashes his opponent and finishes him off with a diving back elbow smash. Resnick: Blackjack, you were involved in one of the most brutal cage matches I've ever seen. You and your team were victorious, and word is the Syndicate is no longer around. I know it must be satisfying to have finally put an end to that war. I do have some great news for you. You have earned an AWA world title shot. I would say you're having a great week. Mulligan: Big Brawl was icing on the cake Ken. That was one of the most satisfying wins of my career. I had the right men on my side and we came out on top. As you know, the wrestling business keeps moving forward. Now that my war with the Syndicate is over, I'm coming after you Tommy Rich and I'm gunning for the world title! Commercial Break AWA TV Title Bout Nick Busick (C) vs. Gama Singh Both men are coming off team victories at Big Brawl. Gama attacks at the bell and punches away on Busick. Gama swings Busick to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Busick swings back and nearly decapitates Gama with a clothesline. Busick presses Gama over his head and throws him across the ring. Gama rolls out of the ring. Gama tries to stand but falls back down. Gama finally gets on the apron at the 8 count. Busick comes over but Gama rakes his eyes and snaps his head on the top rope. Gama enters the ring, picks up Busick and face rakes him across the top rope, then chokes him on the rope and flings him back. Gama grabs the top rope and drops several knees on Busick. Gama slams Busick, picks him up and hits a vertical suplex. Gama goes to the middle ropes and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Gama swings Busick to the ropes and clamps on the sleeper! Gama wrenches away but the fans try and fire Busick up. The Ref picks up Busick's arm and drops it. He does it again. The Ref drops it a 3rd time but Busick raises his arm and pumps his fist. Gama climbs on Busick's back for more leverage but Busick uses all his power, runs backwards and slams Gama into the turnbuckles. Busick goes to town on Gama in the corner with punches, stomps and kicks. Busick hip tosses Gama across the ring. Gama staggers up as Busick clotheslines him down. Busick swings Gama to the ropes and hits the Spinebuster Slam 1..2..3! BIG POP! The Ref hands Busick his TV title. Busick hops on the turnbuckles and raises it high. Commercial Break Resnick: Fans, ah, joining me now is Curtis Iaukea and Carlos Colon. Well, Carlos was victorious at Big Brawl over Jimmy Snuka and remains undefeated in the Caribbean Death Match. Iaukea: Of course he was! Jimmy Snuka played with fire and Jimmy Snuka was severely burned! Is there anybody else who wants to get in the ring with Carlos Colon? There is nobody! Colon: That's right! After what I did to Ricky Steamboat! After what I did to Jimmy Snuka! Nobody will have the guts to face me! Nobody! Everybody knows the evil I can unleash. Steamboat wasn't man enough and Snuka wasn't man enough. They felt my wrath and they are no longer with us! Commercial Break Cabin Fever vs. Marc Miles and Jason Reeves Manny hits the flying burrito and Grizzly follows with the big splash for the win! Resnick: Ok, Cabin Fever come on over. Huge win at Big Brawl after you gave JT Southern a guitar shot heard around the world. It gets better, because you are now the number one contenders to the National tag team titles. Manny: Feels great Daddy! Southern and the RPMs are old news. Next up is regaining the National tag titles baby! Grizzly: We're coming after Zbyszko and Perez and we want our titles back! Commercial Break The camera zooms in on Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody as you can see there's no Beauty Shop set today, thanks to that multi man brawl a couple weeks ago. But! Don't worry! Jerry Jarrett was out here talking about the AWA's new look. Well, great news! That new look includes the Beauty Shop! That's right, next week will be the unveiling of my new Beauty Shop. I can't wait! Now, I do have big news for you this week because as you all know, everything happens here. After that brawl, I felt I needed some security. So, I went out and found the best security the AWA's money can buy. Let me introduce to you, my new head of security, the Japanese Fury Yoshiaki Yatsu! Yatsu comes out wearing a red robe with gold dragons on the back. He bows to Brenda. Brenda smiles and bows back. Britton: Ain't nobody going to mess with me or my shop now! Until next week toooodles! Commercial Break Ricardo Santana vs. Louis Cander Santana is vicious as he works Cander's back. Santana hits a backbreaker and follows with a Boston Crab for the easy win. Santana cuts a promo and says he's going after that soft Nick Busick and is going to take the TV title! Commercial Break "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley w/Nelson Royal vs. Todd Rooney Cooley comes to the ring with a rope and branding iron. Cooley hits the running bulldog for the win. Afterwards, Nelson throws Cooley his rope. Cooley ties up Rooney and brands him! Resnick: That was despicable! It was also despicable what the two of you did to Scorpio at Big Brawl. Broken arm? Yea right! Nelson: Whoa! Look here Resnick, you better watch what you're saying. My arm was broken! Wendell Cooley, being the stand up guy he is, stepped in for me. Hey, that dope Scorpio agreed to the match. I can't help it, if he's simply no match for Wendell. Cooley: Hey, cowboys stick together. We're together now and the AWA as well as that sissy Scorpio better get used to it! Resnick: I'm disappointed in you Wendell. Nelson: Like the man just said, deal with it! Commercial Break "The Beast" Rip Morgan vs. Ray Glader Morgan storms the ring, swinging his chain. Morgan destroys his opponent and finishes him off with a big boot to the head! Morgan grabs his chain and goes to ringside where a very nervous Resnick is waiting. Resnick: Please, just take it easy with that chain. I do have to ask, you interfered in the world title match at Big Brawl and costed Buzz Sawyer a chance at the title. Why did you do this? Was Tommy Rich behind all this? Morgan: You're a fool! I work for no one! I did it because I had to show Buzz Sawyer there's only one mad man in the AWA. One beast! That's me! Buzz Sawyer was my prey! I attacked and killed my prey! Morgan starts swinging the chain around as Resnick runs away. Commercial Break The Bruise Brothers vs. William Hillman and Paul Romero The fans are on their feet as the Bruise Brothers over power their opponents. Snowman back drops Hillman, Hillman staggers up as Cameron puts him down with a running double axehandle to the back for the win! Resnick: Bruise Brothers, you and Nick Busick were the last men standing in that Big Brawl elimination match. You've got to be riding pretty high right now. Before they can speak, Jesse Barr and Norman Smiley come out. Smiley: Mr. Resnick, if you don't mind, I would like to say something. Very good. Jesse Barr and myself were selected to be on team Gagne for a reason. We said to ourselves, why not make something more of this. We are now a full time team, the Chosen Ones. And we formally challenge these two muscleheads to a tag team match. Barr: It takes a lot more than muscle to be a successful team. We've got the goods, do you have the guts? Snowman: We can assure you, we got the guts! Cameron: We gladly accept! Commercial Break "Unpredictable" Dick Slater vs. "The Great" Gagne The bell rings, Gagne offers a handshake to Slater. Slater goes to shake it but instead kicks Gagne and body slams him. Slater picks up Gagne and rams his head on the top turnbuckle. Slater bounces Gagne's head 10 times on the turnbuckle. Gagne falls down. Slater swings off the ropes and baseball slides Gagne out of the ring. Slater goes to the outside, picks up Gagne and hurls him back in the ring. Slater climbs to the top turnbuckle. Gagne staggers up as Slater drops him with a double axehandle to the head. Slater picks up Gagne and hits a reverse neckbreaker. Slater picks up Gagne and hits a Russian Legsweep 1..2..3! WOW! Slater does his fighting walk around the ring, then exits. Gagne doesn't know what hit him. He lays there like he was run over by a truck. Commercial Break Resnick: My goodness, Dick Slater just ran roughshod over Greg Gagne. Switching gears, at Big Brawl, Tommy Rich walked out with his world title. Please welcome out, along with Baby Doll, the AWA world champ Tommy "Wildfire" Rich. Thundering boos as they walk out. Tommy's head is bandaged up but he's smiling and holding up his world title. Baby Doll: Ken Resnick, you better show proper respect to the reigning and undisputed AWA world champion, Tommy Rich. Resnick: Fair enough. Tommy, you are indeed still world champion. And it looks like Rip Morgan was acting on his own. Rich: What did Baby Doll just tell you? Damn! Resnick, you really are a moron, aint cha! Now, call it like it is. I beat Buzz Sawyer with ease and once again, successfully retained my AWA world title. Come on! Did you really think Buzz had a chance? Hell no, he didn't! Now, my only question is who's next? I'm kinda tired of beating up Buzz. Resnick: Well, I don't know if you heard but Blackjack Mulligan is now the number one contender and you will be defending the world title against him, in 2 weeks at the Dunn Center. Rich: (Laughs hysterically) Blackjack Mulligan? That washed up old timer? You mean, he ain't retired yet? I must say, this is pretty cruel of Jerry Jarrett to put Mulligan in the ring with me. Look, I'm a good sport and a fighting champion, so yea. I'll defend against Mulligan in his retirement match. Cuz there ain't no way he's still going to be wrestling after I get done with him. You know what? I've got a great idea for a new T-Shirt. Yea, I'll wear it next week. Resnick, Baby Doll and I have some more partying to do, so we're done boy! More boos as Tommy kisses his title and holds it up.

Haystacks getting the monster push is awesome. Probably not so awesome for Paco, Chico and Pepe. S&S Express get in some good TV time. Looks like it was the Adorable One who was rough and ready tonight. LOL, Uncle Ivan always had the best excuses. Always good seeing the Polynesian Prince score a win. Solid main event as the Outlaws put down the War Party. Man, it's great to see Gordon back! Adias could shine in the NWA. Slick's man Ritter continues to run over opponents. YES!!!!! The Crockett Cup is coming back! Wild Bill proves he's the tough one tonight. Chip and Dale didn't stand a chance against Radiance. HMMMM, who is this mysterious man stalking Duggan?? Very interesting. As always, lots of great stuff happening in the NWA!

Ok, here we go, AWA releases The Spoiler, Ron Ritchie, Mike Graham, JT Southern, Nick Kiniski and Roger Kirby AWA sends the Rock n Roll RPMs to Windy City AWA picks up Ron Fuller, Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose, Kokina, Corporal Kirchner, Jose Estrada and Frenchy Martin (manager)

AWA puts Jimmy Snuka on the block

I can't imagine the impact of a Miller/Orton double lariat. That finisher is getting the Rainbow Warriors over. Victory has been racking up the wins. St. Clair helps get British Steel back on the winning track. No doubt, Owen and Hector tore it down. Owen is rock'n the CA title.

Yea man, all good! Don't even worry about it.

AWA From the Mecca in Milwaukee Presents Dark Match- Soldat Ustinov defeated Gene Ligon with a clothesline The closed circuit event officially begins with the camera zooming across the capacity crowd, then pans down on Lance Russell. Lance: Hello everyone and welcome to the AWA's Big Brawl, right here from the Mecca in Milwaukee. What a tremendous event we have lined up. Title's on the line, grudges to be settled and a 10 man elimination tag match that will determine the future of the AWA. All right here! I'm not going to waste any more time, so let's get to the ring for our first contest. The Top Dollar Phils w/"Champagne" Gerry Morrow vs. The Glamour Boys Gerry Morrow (wearing a white tuxedo and sunglasses) enters the ring and takes the mic from the ring announcer. "If you don't mind, my team deserves a proper introduction for their much anticipated in ring debut." Morrow introduces his team as Phil Lafon and Phil Apollo strut down the aisle wearing fur coats, top hats, gold chains and sunglasses. They enter and hug Morrow as the fans boo. The fans cheer as 'Metal Health' blasts over the speakers. Steve Doll and Steve Simpson (wearing matching singlets and tassels on their arms) run down the aisle, slapping hands with the fans. The bell rings and Morrow waves off the Glamour Boys as it takes forever for the Phils to take off all their ring entrance gear. Morrow and the Phils stalling are really testing the fans patience. Glamour Boys take care of that by running over and double dropkicking the Phils through the ropes! Morrow is furious and is threatening the Glamour Boys. Glamour Boys grab Morrow, swing him to the ropes and double back drop him! Morrow bumps all over and rolls out of the ring. After finally getting it together, the Phils hop on the apron but stay there and yell at the Glamour Boys. Glamour Boys run over, grab the ropes and yank them as the Phils flip over and into the ring. Glamour Boys swing the Phils to the ropes and put them down with double back elbow smashes. Apollo rolls to his corner as the Ref guides Doll to his corner to get control. Glamour Boys work over Lafon with high octane offense, quick tags and fundamental tag team work. The tide turns when Morrow hops on the apron and distracts Doll. Lafon is able to sneak up and blast Doll from behind with a knee to the back. Lafon tags in Apollo. They swing Doll to the ropes and put him down with a double clothesline. Apollo continues to work over Doll. Apollo pushes Doll into the corner. Lafon chokes Doll as Apollo unleashes a series of kicks. Simpson charges but the Ref guides him back. While that's happening, the Phils hit a double body slam on Doll and follow with double elbow drops. Apollo hops on the middle turnbuckles and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Apollo tags in Lafon. Apollo holds Doll as Lafon comes off the top rope with a double axehandle to the head. Lafon picks up Doll and executes a twirling vertical suplex 1..2..Simpson runs in and breaks it. Apollo runs in but gets back dropped. The Ref guides Simpson to his corner. The Phils swing Doll to the ropes but miss a double clothesline, Doll swings back and dropkicks both Phils down, dives over and tags in Simpson! Simpson goes to town and pounds away on the Phils. The Ref guides Apollo to his corner. Simpson back drops Lafon. Lafon staggers up and Simpson dropkicks him into the corner. Lafon tags in Apollo. Apollo charges but Simpson back drops him. Apollo staggers up as Simpson hits a sunset flip 1..2..Lafon kicks Simpson. Doll runs in and dropkicks Lafon through the ropes. Glamour Boys double slam Apollo. Morrow is furious as he hops on the apron. Bad idea because the Glamour Boys send him flying with a double dropkick! The fans go wild as Doll climbs to the top turnbuckle while Simpson climbs to another. Apollo staggers up. Doll puts him down with a missile dropkick as Simpson follows with a flying splash 1..2..3! The fans are up and cheering! Lafon staggers into the ring. Morrow is still outside on the ground. Glamour Boys jump on opposite turnbuckles and pump their fists to the cheering fans. Winners of the Match- The Glamour Boys The Olympians and Scott "Powerhouse" Putski vs. The British Bombers and Gama Singh The first few minutes the fans get a bit of everything. Kazmaier uses his incredible strength. Bombers bring their brute force. Rheingans puts his technical wrestling skills to work. Gama shows off his technical skills as well while bending some rules. Putski brings the excitement and youthful power. The match stays relatively clean and traditional. At the 10 minute mark, Putski swings Gama to the ropes and nails him with a Polish Hammer but the force knocks him back to his corner and Gama is able to tag in Taylor. Taylor comes in but Putski hiptosses him over and tags in Kazmaier. Kaz and Taylor wind up having a hard hitting exchange. Kaz starts to get the upper hand but Smith runs in and hits Kaz from behind. Rheingans runs in, grabs Smith and hits an overhead belly to back suplex. Gama runs in but Putski clotheslines him down. The Ref is trying to get Putski and Rheingans back to their corner. Kaz staggers up but Smith clips him behind the knee as Taylor blasts him with a spinning forearm. The Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! Rheingans and Putski are to late. Boos as Gama and the Bombers quickly roll out of the ring to celebrate. Winners of the Match- The British Bombers and Gama Singh "Wrangler" Nelson Royal vs. Scorpio Scorpio hits the ring looking focused and ready. Boos as Nelson comes to the ring wearing a cast on his right arm. Nelson grabs the mic. "I can't believe this is happening. I know you fans paid your hard earned money to watch Nelson Royal wrestle tonight. However, as you can see, I'm injured. I was breaking in a horse on the ranch and well, got kicked pretty good. A lesser man wouldn't of even shown up here. But hey, I felt I owed it to all my great fans. (BOOOOOOOOOS) Mr. Scorpio, I apologize. Hold on a sec, just back up there. I do have a replacement. These fans paid to see a match and I believe you have an obligation to them. Do the right thing Son, and accept" Scorpio grabs the mic. "Alright, I'm here so bring him on!" Nelson: Ok Son, that's the spirit. Wildcat Wendell Cooley, come on out! The fans give a puzzling mixed reaction as Cooley comes down the aisle. Cooley shakes hands with Nelson, then offers a hand to Scorpio. Scorpio reluctantly shakes it. The bell rings. Nelson slowly starts to exit. Cooley is having words with the Ref. Nelson runs over and nails Scorpio on the back of his head with his cast! Nelson exits. The Ref turns around and sees Scorpio on the canvas. The Ref looks at Nelson. Nelson shrugs. Cooley picks up a lifeless Scorpio and puts him down with a Bulldog 1..2..3! BOOOOOOOO! Nelson runs in the ring and raises Cooley's arm high as Cooley smiles. Winner of the Match- Wendell Cooley AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Larry Zbyszko and Al Perez (C) vs. Lightning Strike The match is 3 minutes in and Larry is doing his stalling gimmick. After all that, he ends up tagging in Perez. Perez and Horner lock up and go back and forth, exchanging moves and holds. Perez kicks Horner and goes for a body slam but Horner cradles him and almost gets 3. Perez is irate and charges but Horner arm drags him over and tags in Allen. Lighting Strike swing Perez to the ropes and double hip toss him over. Perez gets up as Allen jumps up and executes a flying scissors takeover. Allen keeps Perez in the scissor lock until Larry comes in and kicks Allen's head. Horner runs in and sends Larry flying with a running forearm blast. Allen and Perez stagger up, Perez takes a wild swing but Allen ducks and atomic drops Perez. Larry runs over and takes a swing but Allen ducks and atomic drops Larry into Perez. Horner runs in and grabs Larry. Allen grabs Perez and they swing the champs into each other. The champs stagger back, Lightning Strike grabs them and stereo atomic drop them back into each other. The Ref gets control. Allen and Horner continue to work over Perez, scoring several near falls. Perez finally gets a break when Larry trips Horner and he staggers into a flying knee by Perez. Perez tags in Larry. Larry slowly picks up Horner, then spin kicks him through the ropes. Larry runs over and taunts Allen. Allen runs in but Larry makes sure the Ref deals with him. Perez slams Horner's head on the apron and hurls Horner back in the ring. Larry picks up Horner and hits a jaw breaker 1..2..Kick Out. Larry tags in Perez. Larry goes to the outside and holds Horner's head on the bottom rope and Perez swings off the ropes and hits a body guillotine. Perez picks up Horner, slams him down, hops on the middle turnbuckles and crashes down with a forearm drop 1..2..Horner gets his foot on the rope. Perez tags in Larry. Perez holds Horner as Larry swings off the ropes and goes for a big punch but Horner ducks and Larry knocks Perez through the ropes. Horner dives over and tags in Allen! Allen punches away on Larry as the fans cheer. Allen swings Larry into the corner. Allen hops on the turnbuckles and the fans count along as Allen punches Larry 10 times. Allen hops down and monkey flips Larry over. Allen swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Perez breaks it. Horner runs in and dropkicks Perez. Lightning Strike swing Larry to the ropes and double back drop him. Larry bounces over and tags in Perez as Allen tags in Horner. Horner punches Perez into the corner, then hops up and now he punches Perez 10 times as the fans count along. Horner grabs Perez and hoists him up for a suplex but Larry reaches in and trips him. Perez crashes down on top 1..2..Allen breaks it! The Ref guides Allen back. Larry runs in the ring and hits a swinging neckbreaker on Horner. Larry runs over and hits Allen. Allen punches away on Larry. Perez picks up Horner and hits the helicopter drop! The Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! Allen punches Larry through the ropes. Perez rolls out and grabs the National titles. He helps Larry up as they walk backwards up the aisle, smiling and holding their titles high. Allen goes in and helps Horner up. WHAM! Lightning Strike are attacked from behind by the Teamsters with sledgehammers! Both Horner and Allen are laid out as the Teamsters put their boots on their chests and raise up their sledgehammers to the booing fans. What is this all about? Winners of the Match and still AWA National Tag Team Champs- Larry Zbyszko and Al Perez For the AWA International Title El Canek vs. "The Japanese Fury" Yoshiaki Yatsu Media from around the world surround the ring for this match. Important figures from both Mexico and Japan are sitting at ringside. Ken Resnick is in the ring with the International title and says he will have the honor of presenting it to the winner. Both Canek and Yatsu get elaborate cultural entrances. The bell rings and Yatsu goes for a quick kick but Canek grabs his leg and trips his other one. Canek grabs Yatsu's legs and swings him around several times before tossing him across the ring. Yatsu rolls out of the ring but before he can regroup, Canek nails him with a suicide dive through the ropes! The fans are up and cheering. Canek hurls Yatsu back into the ring. Canek hops on the apron. Yatsu staggers up as Canek nails him with a slingshot shoulder dive. Canek picks up Yatsu and hits a rib breaker then follows by clamping on the abdominal stretch. Canek wrenches away as agony is on the face of Yatsu. Finally, Yatsu is able to rake Canek's eyes and hip toss him over. Yatsu falls back against the turnbuckles. Canek gets up and charges but Yatsu nails him with a karate kick to the face. Yatsu picks up Canek and pushes him into the corner and follows with several palm strikes. Yatsu then nails Canek with several kicks. Yatsu grabs Canek and gut wrench suplexes him over, picks up Canek and hits a Bridging German Suplex 1..2..Canek barely gets his shoulder up. Yatsu swings Canek to the ropes and kicks him in the mid section, then follows with jumping wheel kick to the back of his head 1..2..Kick Out. Yatsu swings Canek to the corner and charges in but Canek nails him with a spinning mule kick. Canek regroups. Canek and Yatsu have a furious exchange. Yatsu throws stinging palm strikes as Canek nails him with fired up punches. Things come at a complete stop as Yatsu nails Canek with a low kick. The Ref gives him a stern warning. Yatsu hoists Canek onto the top turnbuckles. Yatsu hops up and delivers a Superplex! Yatsu covers 1..2..Canek barley beats the 3 count. Yatsu can't believe it. The fans cheer Canek on. Yatsu picks up Canek and goes for a piledriver but Canek back drops him. Yatsu staggers up as Canek clotheslines him down. Canek regroups and pumps his fists. Yatsu rises but Canek is all over him with chops and punches, swings him to the ropes and shoulder blocks him down and follows with a standing leg drop 1..2..Kick Out. Canek picks up Yatsu but Yatsu gouges his eyes and spin kicks him down. Yatsu stumbles around, picks up Canek and swings him to the corner but Canek hops on the turnbuckles and comes back with a reverse flying press 1..2..3!!! HUGE POP! Yatsu gets up and gives Canek a glare before leaving. Resnick comes in and announces El Canek as the AWA International Champion. Resnick hands Canek the title. The fans cheer as Canek holds up the title with pride. Winner of the Match and NEW AWA International Champ- El Canek While the cage is being set up, we hear promos from Verne Gagne and Jerry Jarrett along with their respected teams. That's followed by a crazy Buzz Sawyer promo along with an arrogant Tommy Rich/Baby Doll promo. Rich is wearing a shirt that says "I'm going to neuter the Mad Dog" The heat is on for their big world title bout later tonight. 8-Man STEEL CAGE MATCH! Blackjack Mulligan, The Spoiler, Crusher Blackwell and "Bullet" Bob Armstrong vs. "Tennessee Stud" Rob Fuller, Jimmy Golden, The Dream Machine and "Pitbull" Kerry Brown w/Roger Kirby As you would expect, this match starts out balls to the walls! Fists are punching, bodies are flying into the cage and heads are bleeding. The Ref lets them go for a few minutes and then it turns into a traditional tag match but that probably wont last long. All the personal grudges are highlighted. Blackwell and Brown have a thundering segment and Blackwell almost throws Brown through the cage. The masked men Dream Machine and Spoiler tear into each other. Dream tries his best to rip off Spoiler's mask but Spoiler ends up getting the upper hand. Golden and Mulligan isn't pretty but it damn sure is brutal. Golden makes Mulligan bleed by grinding his face in the cage but Mulligan gets payback and makes Golden bleed by doing the same. And of course Fuller and Armstrong go at it hard and heavy, the end result being two more bloody faces. After 15 minutes of pure bloody brutality, all 8 men are in the ring fighting. I think the Ref said the heck with it and will now only make a 3 count. Things get crazy. Spoiler rams Dream's head into the cage and then clamps on the claw! Fuller and Golden double team Mulligan and toss him into the cage. Armstrong runs over with fury and punches away on Fuller and Golden but the numbers game is to much. Fuller and Golden pick up Armstrong and hot shot him into the cage. Blackwell punches Brown several times and has Brown leaning on the ropes. Blackwell backs up and charges but Brown moves and Blackwell hits the cage head on. The Ref is almost ready to call the match because Spoiler has Dream out with the claw. Fuller and Golden save the day and attack Spoiler, then put him down hard with a spiked piledriver! Roger Kirby is elated on the outside. Fuller covers Spoiler 1..2..Armstrong dives over and breaks it. Golden charges but Mulligan clotheslines him out of nowhere. Roger Kirby goes to the cage and slips in a pair of brass knuckles. Kirby shouts at Brown. Brown staggers up and picks up Spoiler. Dream puts on the brass knuckles and goes to the top rope. Dream comes down but Armstrong and Mulligan push Spoiler out of the way as Dream hits Brown with the brass knuckles! Dream is stunned, then gets blasted by Armstrong. Mulligan covers Brown 1..2..3! The fans go bonkers! Everybody is battered and bleeding. Dream, Fuller, Golden and Brown are laid out. Kirby is irate, then just walks out in disgust. Blackwell and Spoiler are helped up. Armstrong and Mulligan give the thumbs up to the fans as they continue to cheer. Winners of the Match- Blackjack Mulligan, The Spoiler, Crusher Blackwell and Bob Armstrong INTERMISSION An advertisement is shown for the AWA's next big closed circuit event. WRESTLEROCK 87! Lance: Well fans, we've seen quite a bit of action so far. Glamour Boys spoiled the debut of Gerry Morrow's so called million dollar team. Nelson Royal pulls out a pretty cheap tactic with his so called injury and enlists the help of Wendell Cooley. Larry Z and Al Perez retain the National titles but I have no idea why the Teamsters came out and attacked Lightning Strike. El Canek is our new AWA International champ. And boy, what a satisfying win in the cage. Plenty more action still to come, so let's get to it. NO DQ- Handicap Match Cabin Fever vs. The Rock n Roll RPMS and JT Southern The RPMs get quite an entrance as JT Southern jams away on his guitar. They enter the ring. The RPMs work the crowd by doing air guitar motions while Southern continues to jam. After a minute, there's no sign of Cabin Fever. The RPMs and Southern take turns on the mic, saying it isn't shocking Cabin Fever no showed. We've hit them over the head so many times, they probably don't know what day it is, let alone their own names. Let this be a lesson to everybody in the AWA, nobody messes with this trio. So, since you all are here, why don't we give you a show. Boos as Southern and the RPMs continue with the guitar shenanigans. The Ref shrugs his shoulders and signals for the bell and starts the 10 count. Massive cheers as Cabin Fever hit the ring with steel chairs! Grizzly blasts Davis's back with his chair! Manny whacks Lane's back with his chair! Both RPMs are on their knees screaming in pain. Cabin Fever smiles and in stereo swing down and knock both RPMs out with chair shots. Southern tries to run but Cabin Fever grab him. Grizzly swings him to the ropes and Manny puts him down with the flying burrito. Grizzly follows with a big splash. Manny looks over and picks up Southern's guitar. Grizzly picks up a lifeless Southern and holds him as Manny puts him down with a guitar shot heard around the world. Manny puts his boot on Southern as the Ref counts 1..2..3! Winners of the Match- Cabin Fever AWA World Tag Team Title Bout Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami (C) vs. Gold Standard w/The Vin Man Gold Standard arrogantly walk down the aisle (wearing their Gold muscle tank tops) along with their manager, Vin Man and stablemate "Rocket" Ron Ritchie. Cheers follow as the champs look prime and ready. Japanese photographers are going picture crazy with flashes going everywhere. The bell rings but Vinnie and Ritchie are pointing at the champs and trying to distract them. The fans pop when the Ref bans Ritchie from ringside. Gold Standard try to sneak attack the champs, but Jumbo quickly puts Kiniski down with a chop while Fujinami does the same to Kelly. Vinnie practically dives through the ropes when Jumbo and Fujinami head for him. The Ref gets things under control. Jumbo severely works Kiniski over with a gut wrench suplex, followed by a double underhook suplex, followed by an overhead German Suplex. Kiniski stumbles around and falls back to his corner and tags in Kelly. Kelly charges but gets back dropped. Jumbo swings Kelly to the ropes and puts him down with a big boot, then tags in Fujinami. Kelly slowly rises but goes right back down from an enzuguri by Fujinami. Fujinami then shows off his suplex arsenal. Kelly doesn't know where he's at as he stumbles back and tags in Kiniski. Kiniski is hesitant and tells the Ref he isn't going in. Fujinami grabs him and suplexes him back into the ring. Fujinami works over Kiniski, hits a backbreaker and applies the Scorpion Deathlock. Vinnie is having a nervous breakdown, until Kelly leaps off the top rope with a double axehandle to Fujinami's head. Jumbo runs in but the Ref guides him back. Kelly picks up Fujinami and throat slams him on the top rope. Kiniski rolls over and tags in Kelly. Kelly stomps away on Fujinami, picks him up and slams him down, then hops on the middle ropes and comes down with an elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Kelly runs over and slaps Jumbo. Jumbo gets in there but the Ref guides him back, which allows Gold Standard to execute a double vertical suplex. Kelly swings Fujinami to the corner and follows with a running clothesline. Kelly tags in Kiniski. Kelly backbreakers Fujinami and holds him as Kiniski comes off the top rope with a knee to the chest 1..2..Fujinami gets his shoulder up. Vinnie screams at the Ref. Kiniski swings Fujinami to the ropes and hits him with a nice high dropkick. Kiniski swings off the ropes and hits a jumping knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Vinnie and Gold Standard spend to much time arguing with the Ref. Gold Standard swing Fujinami to the ropes and go for a double back drop but Fujinami kicks Kiniski and chops Kelly, then dives over and tags in Jumbo. Jumbo chops away on Gold Standard. Kelly goes back to his corner. Jumbo back drops Kiniski, Kiniski bounces up and tags in Kelly. Kelly comes in but Jumbo sends him flying back to his corner with a flying knee strike. Kelly staggers out and Jumbo scoops him up but Vinnie grabs Jumbo's boot. This allows Kiniski to come off the top rope with a rabbit punch to Jumbo's back. Both men crash down. Kelly tags in Kiniski. Both men put the boots to Jumbo. Fujinami runs in but the Ref guides him back. As Fujinami heads back, Gold Standard double clothesline him from behind. Gold Standard pick up Jumbo, swing him to the ropes and hit the hot shot! Vinnie is jumping up and down celebrating. Kiniski covers 1..2..Fujinami breaks it! Kelly runs over but Fujinami back drops him over the top rope. Fujinami goes to his corner and cheers Jumbo on. Kiniski swings Jumbo to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Jumbo swings back and puts Kiniski down with a vicious lariat, then tags in Fujinami. Fujinami puts the crowd in awe as he executes a belly to back suplex backbreaker 1..2..Kelly kicks Fujinami. Jumbo charges in and clotheslines Kelly over the top rope. Fujinami picks up Kiniski and hits his Dragon Suplex 1..2..3! BIG POP! Vinnie goes to his knees and actually starts crying. Once again, flashes go off from the Japanese media while Jumbo and Fujinami hold their titles high. Winners of the Match and Still AWA World Tag Team Champs- Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami Caribbean Death Match! Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka vs. Carlos Colon w/Curtis Iaukea Massive heat as Colon and Iaukea come down the aisle with kendo sticks. Thundering cheers as Jimmy Snuka sprints down the aisle and mows over both men! The bell rings and the match is on. The Ref's only job is to declare the winner. Snuka grabs a kendo stick and goes to town on Iaukea. Snuka picks up Iaukea and sends him flying with a jumping headbutt. Colon staggers up but Snuka puts him down with a jumping headbutt. Snuka picks up a kendo stick. Colon slowly rises as Snuka clotheslines him with the kendo stick. Snuka jumps down, grabs Colon's head and punches him until he bleeds. Snuka picks up Colon and slams him on the concrete. Snuka covers 1..2..Kick out. Snuka picks up Colon and runs with him towards the steel post but Colon pushes Snuka into the post. Colon walks around trying to gather his senses. Colon grabs Snuka and rams him face first into the steel post. Now Snuka is bleeding. Colon starts biting Snuka's forehead. Colon grabs Snuka and is going to piledrive him on the concrete but Snuka back drops Colon onto the concrete! Both men are bleeding and lying side by side. They slowly stagger up. Colon throws a punch but Snuka ducks and mulekicks Colon. Snuka grabs him and suplexes him on the concrete. Snuka yells with a face of pure rage. Snuka grabs Colon and starts biting his forehead. Snuka clamps on a headlock and punches away on Colon's bloody head. WHAM! Snuka is nailed from behind by Iaukea. Iaukea pulls out a foreign object and grinds away on Snuka's head. Colon gets up, grabs the foreign object and carves away on Snuka's forehead. Colon hurls Snuka into the ring. Colon climbs to the top rope. Snuka stumbles around as Colon nails him with a diving clothesline 1..2..Snuka somehow manages to get his shoulder up. Iaukea gets on the apron. Him and Colon are bullying the Ref. Snuka hears the fan's chants and tightens his fists. Snuka gets up, runs over and knocks Colon into Iaukea. Iaukea goes flying. Snuka hammers away on Colon, swings him to the ropes and puts him down with a flying headbutt. Snuka slams Colon and points to the top rope. The fans are up and cheering as Snuka goes to the top. Snuka flashes the "I love you" sign and soars through the air but Colon moves! Snuka crashes down hard. Colon rolls out of the ring and gets a kendo stick, then goes back in. Colon puts Snuka in the camel clutch with the kendo stick under Snuka's chin. Colon's face is a bloody mess but you can see the evil in his eyes as he wrenches back with all his strength. The Ref sees Snuka pass out and immediately calls for the bell. Colon continues to wrench away until a swarm of security get in there to stop it. Iaukea finally gets in the ring, hugs Colon and raises his arm in victory as the crowd boos. Winner of the Match- Carlos Colon For sole control of the AWA 10- Man Tag Team Elimination Match Team Verne Gagne- "Captain" Mike Rotunda, "Sir" Norman Smiley, "Bulldog" Jesse Barr, Mike Graham and Greg Gagne vs. Team Jerry Jarrett- "Unpredictable" Dick Slater, TV Champ Nick Busick, The Bruise Brothers and "Dynamite DJ Peterson This is it! Both teams enter looking ready to go. Verne and Jarrett walk up to each other and have an intense handshake. Greg is patting his Dad on the back and assures him, it's in the bag. The first few minutes both teams get some shine and get a chance to show the AWA fans what they got. Team Gagne gets down to business and put their wrestling skills to good use. Gagne and Graham gel well together. Smiley puts his Malenko training in full throttle. Barr blends both his technical skills and rough style. And Rotunda simply outclasses his opponents with his scientific wrestling. However, team Jarrett is explosive. Slater is one of the toughest and team Gagne finds that out. Busick is relentless with his power moves. If that wasn't enough, the Bruise Brothers double that with their strength and power. Throw in DJ Peterson and these 5 guys have team Gagne bouncing all over the place. 15 minutes in and we get our first elimination as Slater puts Barr down and out with a swinging neckbreaker. 5 minutes later, team Gagne evens things up as Rotunda eliminates DJ Peterson with a Northern Lights Suplex. Team Jarrett comes back with a bang as the Bruise Brothers eliminate Norman Smiley, when Snowman hit an inverted atomic drop and Cameron quickly followed with a double axehandle to the back of the head. Team Jarrett gets serious momentum as Busick pins Graham with a sidewalk slam! Things get a bit crazy when Dick Slater and Mike Rotunda battle through the ropes and continue fighting into a double c.o. Verne slowly lowers his head when he realizes it's down to his Son Greg against the Bruise Brothers and Nick Busick. Greg looks around in shock. The fans are really giving it to him. He snaps and starts yelling at them. Verne tries to calm him down. Greg puts up one finger and demands an opponent to step up. Jarrett goes over to Verne and asks him if he just wants to stop and end this now. Verne tells him to get the hell away from him and back to his corner. Jarrett waves his arms and walks away. Busick enters the ring. Greg offers a handshake. Busick says "OK" and puts out his hand. Greg tries to kick him low but Busick grabs his boot, spins Greg around and clotheslines him down. Busick tags in Snowman. Snowman presses Greg up and slams him down. Snowman tags in Cameron. They swing Greg to the ropes and double shoulder block him down. Cameron tags in Busick. The fans are cheering loud. Busick swings Greg to the ropes and hits his Spinebuster Slam! Just as Busick covers, Verne throws a towel into the ring. The Ref sees it and signals for the bell. Verne goes in and tries to help Greg up, but Greg falls back down. Jerry Jarrett walks into the ring and shakes hands with Busick and the Bruise Brothers. The fans give a standing ovation while Verne gives the crowd a dirty look. Winners of the match- Team Jarrett. Jerry Jarrett now has control of the AWA! Lance: Fans, what a night this has been. Cabin Fever got some poetic justice. Jumbo and Fujinami retain the AWA World tag team titles. Carlos Colon wins a very bloody and brutal match against Jimmy Snuka. And of course Jerry Jarrett has sole control over the AWA. We've got one more match and it's for the AWA world title. Get ready because this is going to be a wild one. AWA World Title Bout Tommy "Wildfire" Rich (C) w/Baby Doll vs. "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer The introductions are made and you can tell these guys want to tear into each other. The bell rings and that's exactly what happens. Baby Doll gets out of there quick as Rich and Sawyer trade hard punches. They battle around the ring and through the ropes. They fight up and back down the aisle. They start to fight into the crowd. Rich grabs a fan's beer and throws it in Sawyer's face, then hurls him over the guard rail. Baby Doll runs over and slaps Sawyer but that just wakes Sawyer up. Baby Doll sees this and runs away. Rich comes over but Sawyer back drops him onto the ring steps. Sawyer picks up Rich and hurls him into the ring. Sawyer goes to the top rope. Rich slowly rises as Sawyer blasts him with a right punch. Sawyer picks up Rich and gives him a jumping vertical suplex. Sawyer picks up Rich and delivers another suplex. Sawyer stomps on Rich's head several times. Rich is now cut. Sawyer picks up Rich and slams his head several times on the top turnbuckle. Rich is dazed as Sawyer clotheslines him down 1..2..Kick Out. Sawyer picks up Rich and rubs his bloody head across the top rope. Sawyer chokes Rich on the top rope and flings him back. Baby Doll starts screaming up at Sawyer. Sawyer goes to the ropes and gives her a grin. Rich crawls over and delivers a lowblow between Sawyer's legs. Sawyer goes down and this gives Rich much needed time to regroup. Rich gives Baby Doll a wink as she cheers her man on. Rich baseball slides Sawyer out of the ring. Rich goes to the apron. Sawyer rises as Rich nails Sawyer with a double axehandle to the head. Rich grabs Sawyer and rams him face first into the steel post. Now Sawyer is bleeding. Rich grabs Sawyer and suplexes him on the concrete. Rich hurls Sawyer into the ring. Rich blows a kiss to the booing fans. Rich swings Sawyer into the corner and follows with a running bionic elbow to the head. Rich pulls Sawyer out and gives him another bionic elbow. Sawyer is against the turnbuckles as Rich stomps and chokes away. Rich twirls his fingers and says it's time to wrap things up. Rich swings Sawyer to the ropes and hits the Thesz Press but Sawyer holds on, spins Rich around and snake eyes him on the top turnbuckle. Both men are down as Baby Doll tries to fire up Wildfire. Both men slowly rise. Sawyer starts punching away on Rich. Sawyer picks up Rich and twirls him around but Rich's boot hits the Ref. The Ref goes flying and down as Sawyer slams Rich. Sawyer continues to pound away on Rich. Sawyer reaches down to pick up Rich but Rich grabs his tights and hurls Sawyer through the ropes. Baby Doll runs over and kicks Sawyer. Rich rolls to the outside. He picks up Sawyer but Sawyer rakes Rich's eyes and powerslams him on the concrete! Rich is out. The fans are going crazy. Sawyer stands up and howls. Just as he turns back to Rich, he's clotheslined by RIP MORGAN and a chain! Morgan looks down at Sawyer, smiles and just walks away. Baby Doll frantically goes over and helps Tommy up and back into the ring. Baby Doll goes in and wakes the Ref up. The Ref looks around and sees Sawyer laid out on the outside. The Ref starts counting. The fans boo when he hits 10. Baby Doll grabs the world title, runs in the ring and gives it to Rich. Rich is still out of it and doesn't even know he won the match. Baby Doll is finally able to snap him out of it. Rich remains sitting on his knees as he holds the title up to thundering boos. Winner of the match by c.o. and Still AWA World Champ- Tommy Rich Lance: Well fans, I have no idea why Rip Morgan interfered and ruined a world title match. Tommy Rich remains AWA world champion. I can defiantly say tonight's event certainly lived up to its name. Thank you all for being a part of Big Brawl.

Cactus and Sabu are young, crazy and wild. Can't wait for more. It's only a matter of time before things explode between Warrior and Hart. Pacific always comes up with something innovating. The submission title is a fantastic and fresh idea. Looking forward to the tournament. Cornette should be worried. I agree, Tony St. Clair deserves a title shot. TNT is looking strong as he gets ready for Windham. YES! Simmons is back! To LA, Black Gold and Bomb Squad put on another classic. I never get tired of seeing the Hart Foundation and Wild Bulls go at it. Grizzly has been tearing it up! Garvin and Easy Ed is a slugfest dream match. Pillman and Bubba have been putting on some great David vs. Goliath matches. Gary Hart must be pleased.

Hot tag match gets things going. After that ending, a feud is born. 30 minute Iron Woman match on free TV! What a treat! Velvet and Richter take it to the wire. Richter ends things decisively. I'm very pleased with the love Richter is getting in this game. Medusa vs. Richter is going to rock!

The long awaited St. Valentine's Massacre has arrived! Nice series of first round match ups. I loved that each winning team got to show off their famous finishers. WOW! The Natural defeats The Magician to become TV champ! These guys had a great series of time limit draws and tonight gave us a great pay off. It's great seeing Fleming get the push he should've got IRL. The finals are set! Savage and Borne give us one bloody brawl! Savage has always found a way to get creative and he does it again, to retain. Even though it was tainted, this is still a major win. Congratulations to Haystacks, Street and Dundee, the new NWA 6 man tag champs! Outstanding job building this event up. Very well booked. Can't wait for the NWA's next supercard!

Nobody gets up from the hands of stone punch. Finlay once again shows some respect. Love St. Clair's spinning forearm blast. Backlund continues to lead by example. Tanaka always had a sweet kick. The Odd couple continue to frustrate the Midnight's. Owen and Candido conclude the show with an exciting match. Owen's proving to be a fighting champ.

Windy City is letting young Scott Steiner shine. Dynamic Dudes get the win but the Moondogs want more. Oh man, serious heat between Garvin, Landell, Taylor and Adams. I liked the little details referring to the Nasty Boys sloppiness. Idol's the one responsible for Race's beatdown. Idol, Garvin and Landel get even more heat with that promo. Which is followed by another brawl. Interesting turncoat gimmick for Kirchner. I think this could've drawn some good heat IRL. Spivey gives the fans a pleasing victory. Damn! Kamala and the Savages come in with a bang! Akbar leading these men is a game changer for Windy City. Rockers excite the crowd. Idol and Bad News do their best but the aftermath is the real story. All hell breaks loose to set up a huge must see 6 man tag. BTW, the visual of Bad News chasing the Ref cracked me up. Windy City is rock'n!

Yea, the dog collar match is going to be insane! Both Savage and Borne have been built up so well. A lot of great trios in the tournament. I think Street, Dundee and Haystacks is the sleeper team.

Good grief, what a finish by Singh and Bennett! Peterson looks good with that win over Luna. Add her to the list of title contenders. WOW! After one heck of a TV title reign, Velvet goes down. Hey, no shame in dropping the title to one of the hottest wrestlers in the game. Richter 3 belts! She rules the world.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-11-87 Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. Fans, we're only one week away from Big Brawl. Lance looks at somebody off camera. Lance: Fans, I've been told there's some kind of altercation going on in the parking lot. Cameras are heading out there now. The doors fly open, and we see Tommy Rich and Buzz Sawyer fighting in street clothes! Tommy kicks Sawyer, then throws him into the side of a car. Baby Doll drives up in a car and yells at Tommy to get in. Tommy tries to run but Sawyer grabs his leg and pulls him down. Sawyer pounds away on Tommy, picks him up and throws him across Baby Doll's hood. A swarm of security runs out to stop this. Commercial Break Lance: My goodness! I believe Security has escorted both Tommy Rich and Buzz Sawyer off the premises. I sure hope there's extra security when those two meet at Big Brawl for the AWA world title. Ok, let's get to the ring. Lightning Strike vs. Zane Bouman and Miles Dupree Lightning Strike are in synch tonight. Horner back drops Zane and tags in Allen. Zane staggers up as Allen puts him down with a missile dropkick for the win. Lightning Strike cuts an energetic promo and says they're tuned up, fired up and ready to take the National tag titles at Big Brawl! Commercial Break "Wrangler" Nelson Royal vs. Peter Klein Royal has some fun breaking the rules before winning the match with a belly to back suplex. Royal cuts a promo while twirling his rope. He says he's going to tie up Scorpio and put him out to pasture at Big Brawl. Commercial Break "Captain" Mike Rotunda, "Bulldog" Jesse Barr, "Sir" Norman Smiley, Mike Graham and Greg Gagne vs. Vic Dutro, Willie Lopez, Todd Rooney, Carl Kellerman and Sam Smith Verne Gagne is on commentary during the match. Each man on team Gagne gets his chance to shine. Barr hits a running bulldog. Gagne and Graham execute a double suplex. Smiley hits an elbow drop from the top rope. And Rotunda finishes things off with the Penalty! Resnick: Ok, tremendous win for Team Gagne. Verne, I know you're proud of this unit. Verne: That's an understatement Ken. This is without a doubt the most well put together wrestling squad I've ever seen. My son and Mike Graham have gone way above and beyond my expectations. Each of these men were specifically scouted and hand picked to help bring the AWA back to me. After what I just saw, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind, I will get sole possession of the AWA. At Big Brawl, team Gagne is going to prove to the world what I've always known. That is pure wrestling will always prevail. (Looks at his team) Gentlemen, I would like to congratulate you on your upcoming Big Brawl victory. Well done! Verne shakes each man's hand. Commercial Break We see a fire surrounded by darkness. Curtis Iaukea appears. Iaukea: Jimmy Snuka! You want to be a hero and avenge your friend Ricky Steamboat? You have made a careless and grave mistake. You play with fire and you get burned. Your pain has not yet begun. At Big Brawl, you have no idea what you're dealing with! Carlos Colon relishes in spilling blood. A Caribbean Death Match is something he welcomes with open arms. Nobody has ever beaten Carlos Colon in this kind of fight and nobody ever will! Your blood will spill and your soul will belong to him! The camera veers over as Colon appears over the flames. Colon smears his face with blood and has nothing but evil in his cold eyes. Commercial Break The RPMs w/JT Southern vs. Nate Jones and Robby G JT blasts away on his guitar as the RPMs head to the ring. RPMs get some heat tonight as they showboat and toy with their opponents. RPMs win the match with the Spandex Split. Resnick: Ok, at Big brawl, you three will take on Cabin Fever in a No DQ, handicap match. Lane: Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down Resnick. We put together a highlight reel that we want to show. Davis: Roll it Resnick! "Rock n Roll All Night" by Kiss plays. Highlights are shown of the numerous guitar shots JT Southern and the RPMs have given to Cabin Fever. The RPMs and Southern are cracking up. Resnick: I don't think there's anything funny about that. You guys won't be smiling at Big Brawl. And how many guitars do you have anyways? JT: A superstar rock star like me always has roadies with back ups. Come on Resnick, get with it. Lane: We've knocked Cabin Fever out so many times, they probably don't even know when Big Brawl is. Davis: Those goofs probably don't even know their own names. Resnick looks disgusted as the RPMs high five while JT jams on his guitar. Commercial Break Footage from last week is shown during the AWA International title ceremony when Yoshiaki Yatsu kicks El Canek, throws salt in his eyes and gut wrench suplexes him through the table! El Canek vs. Louis Kimber Canek's wearing a back brace but looks stronger than ever. Canek does a Gorilla Drop, swings off the ropes and hits a leg drop for the win! Resnick: It looks like it's going to take a lot more than what happened last week to put El Canek down. I think Yoshiaki Yatsu might've poked a bear. Stakes are high as the winner of their Big Brawl match will be crowned AWA International Champion. There's a commotion as Larry Zbyszko and Al Perez come strutting out. Resnick: Ok, well, speaking of championships, I've been joined by our AWA National Tag Team Champs. Perez: We just couldn't help ourselves Resnick. After watching those nobodies put on a slightly mediocre match and follow with a lackluster interview, we had to come out and give the fans their money's worth. Oh, once again, what's the name of that team? You know, the team we're facing at Big Brawl? Resnick: I believe you're referring to Tim Horner and Jerry Allen, Lighting Strike. And by the way, they've been on one heck of a win streak. Larry: Come on Resnick. It really doesn't matter who those spudheads are. They might have slipped in a few wins but they're no match for us. Al Perez and the living legend are going to make the best of it. We're just going to call our match at Big Brawl a showcase. The world will get their money's worth just to see how good we really are. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing pink "Beauty Shop" sign, then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everyone and welcome once again to the highest rated segment in wrestling, the beauty shop. At Big Brawl, there's going to be a huge 8-man steel cage match. I had the favorites on last week. Of course, I'm referring to Roger Kirby's Syndicate, Rob Fuller, Jimmy Golden, Dream Machine and Kerry Brown. That was a great show. UGH, this week, I have their opponents as my guests. Joining me now is Blackjack Mulligan, Bob Armstrong, Jerry Blackwell and The Spoiler. Cheers as the 4 men walk out. Britton: (listens to the cheers) So much for the fans taste. Anyways, do you guys think you really stand a chance against a Syndicate? Fuller, Golden, Dream Machine and Brown run out and attack! Brenda screams and flees. Fists are flying! Everybody is brawling! Armstrong grabs Fuller and hurls him into the Beauty Shop sign! Spoiler clamps the claw on Dream Machine! Mulligan slams Golden and stomps away. Blackwell and Brown fight and both men crash through the back drop set! Pure chaos! Brenda crawls over and picks up the mic. "Toooodles!" Brenda tosses the mic as several officials and wrestlers try to break this up. Commercial Break AWA World Tag Team Champs Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Trent Watkins and Arnie Goldstein Jumbo hits a crashing knee drop from the top rope and tags in Fujinami. Fujinami executes the Dragonplex for the win. The fans cheer as Jumbo and Fujinami hold the AWA titles high. Boos as the Vin Man walks out. He snatches the mic from Resnick and heads into the ring. Vin: Yo! Soon to be former world champs, how's it going? Jumbo and Fujinami give each other puzzled looks. Vin: Geez, what was I thinking? You clowns can't speak English. Alright look, as you can see, I'm out here alone. (puts up the peace sign) Just wanted to officially introduce myself. I'm the Vin Man, yeah! And I'm the manager of the future AWA world tag team champs, Gold Standard! I'm here just to say, it's going to be an honor to beat you for the titles. And when we do, we've decided to have a parade in Japan, just to show our strong belief in foreign relations. So, we would like you guys to drive us while we hold the titles up and wave to all our new fans in the Orient. What do you say? Jumbo and Fujinami say something to each other, then put Vinnie down with a double chop! The fans go nuts. Commercial Break Dave Taylor w/Johnny Smith vs. Bill Kazmaier w/Brad Rheingans The fans get a slugfest! Taylor hits some brutal European uppercuts while Kazmaier comes back with some stiff forearm blasts. Tempers flare on the outside and before we know it, Rheingans and Smith are fighting around the ring. The Ref gets distracted by the outside fight. Kazmaier hoists Taylor up for a suplex but Gama Singh runs in and clips Kaz behind the knee. Scott Putski hits the ring and pounds away on Gama. Taylor staggers up and nails Putski. The Ref turns around and sees the 2 on 1 attack. In a state of confusion, the Ref signals for the bell and declares it a no contest. The ringing of the bell doesn't stop the fighting. Will all this get settled at Big Brawl? Commercial Break Resnick: Certainly, tensions are running high as we head into Big Brawl. On that note, my guest at this time is the Superfly, Jimmy Snuka. Huge ovation as Snuka flashes them the "I love you" sign. Resnick: Jimmy, at Big Brawl, it's you and Colon in a Caribbean Death match. I'm sure you saw the eerie setting earlier and heard the threatening words of Curtis Iaukea. I believe Carlos Colon is out of his mind. Snuka: Carlos Colon must pay for what he did to Ricky Steamboat! Nothing will stop me! Curtis Iaukea speaks with ominous words, but he does not intimidate me. Carlos Colon does not intimidate me! I have been through wars in the ring and this is a war I will win. Colon! The clock ticks forward and the Superfly gets closer! Your time has come! Commercial Break "Unpredictable" Dick Slater, TV Champ Nick Busick, the Bruise Brothers and "Dynamite" DJ Peterson vs. Warren Coolidge, Maurice Thorpe, Alvin Wright, Ronald Norse and Harold Heinz Jerry Jarrett is on commentary. Team Jarrett mows over their opponents. Bruise Brothers hit a double clothesline. Peterson hits a diving shoulder block from the middle ropes. Slater hits a neckbreaker. And Busick finishes things off with the Spinebuster Slam! Resnick: My goodness! Jerry Jarrett, your team looks unstoppable. Jarrett: Ken, this is a powerhouse team if I've ever seen one. Look, I respect all of the wrestlers on team Gagne, and they are indeed tremendous wrestlers. It's a shame it had to come down to this but here we are. At Big Brawl, this match is for all the marbles. My team is loaded and ready to go. Verne, we settle this once and for all at Big Brawl! AWA presents Big Brawl Friday, February 18th From the Mecca in Milwaukee AWA World Title Bout Tommy "Wildfire" Rich (C) w/Baby Doll vs. "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer AWA World Tag Team Title Bout Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami (C) vs. Gold Standard w/ The Vin Man For The AWA International Title El Canek vs. "The Japanese Fury" Yoshiaki Yatsu AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Larry Z and Al Perez (C) vs. Lightning Strike 8-Man STEEL CAGE MATCH! Blackjack Mulligan, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, The Spoiler and Crusher Blackwell vs. Rob Fuller, Jimmy Golden, Dream Machine and "Pitbull" Kerry Brown w/Roger Kirby CARIBBEAN DEATH MATCH!!! Carlos Colon w/Curtis Iaukea vs. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka The Olympians and Scott "Powerhouse" Putski vs. The British Bombers and Gama Singh "Wrangler" Nelson Royal vs. Scorpio NO DQ-Handicap Match Cabin Fever vs. The RPMs and JT Southern The Top Dollar Phils w/Gerry Morrow vs. The Glamour Boys AND For control of the AWA 10-Man Tag Team Elimination Match Team Jarrett- "Unpredictable" Dick Slater, TV Champ Nick Busick, The Bruise Brothers and "Dynamite" DJ Peterson vs. Team Gagne- "Captain" Mike Rotunda, "Bulldog" Jesse Barr, "Sir" Norman Smiley, Mike Graham and Greg Gagne

The Cow Palace fans got a good card tonight. Pillman vs. Sabu is a great opener. Pillman gets the crowd warmed up. Black Gold and Bomb Squad go the limit. Nice tag team showcase here. Victory wins the battle of the Jacks. OMG continues his winning ways. Props to Konnan for putting up a fight. Hennig always had a sweet lariat. Orton found that out. Sheepherders seem to be winning the war against TDT. Rose is a smart man acquiring Grizzly. Grizzly impresses but it's Rose who gets caught. To be continued. Windham and TNT give us a Aloha preview as they battle to a fighting double c.o.

Mean Mike puts Cactus down, but it looks like Burke has some interest in Cactus. Eddie and Art can't get enough of each other. Can't wait to see them go one on one. Once again, Warrior tells Hart NO! I don't think Hart will be as nice next time. Rose better pick up Grizzly asap. The man's tearing it up right now. Odd Couple pick up another win. Finlay seems to be changing his ways and Easy Ed has noticed. Oh no, RPG with the Gantner's! Very interesting. LOL, I'm looking forward to RPG in Pacific. Backlund is working wonders with Young. Owen's CA title reign might be in trouble.

Very realistic card at the High School. The fans in attendance got a treat with that tag team main event. Haystacks debuts in Richmond with a devastating win over 3 men! Nice to see him back in the game. 2 young teams, S&S/Radiance get a chance to show their stuff. S&S come out on top. Damn! With some help from Slick, Ritter really puts down Irwin! TV champ Wright gets his biggest win to date over Adonis. Adias is another guy I'm glad to see back in the game. Dundee, Street and Haystacks might be the sleeper team in the upcoming tournament. Street was right, Haystacks is nothing but dangerous. Wright is on the roll of a lifetime. First Adonis, then Ritter. This man is legit! Duggan and Borne is a brawler's dream match. WOW! I knew a cage match had to be coming. Road Warriors finally get their big win over the Andersons. NEW CHAMPS! Very well built up story that had a great pay off. I could imagine the pop.

Great set up show to St. Valentine's Day Massacre! Spartanburg Vice and Mega Man are entered. Adonis is perfect for Radiance. These colorful characters might pull it off. Brickhouse and Good & Plenty are defiantly the feel good team of the tournament. The chops are coming with Wahoo and the War Party! The Superstar and The Exotic one together again! If Street says their partner is the most dangerous man in England, that's big trouble for the other teams. Damn! Savage and Borne in a dog collar match! Massacre indeed! Duggan and The Road Warriors might be the favorites. However, the Russians would argue that. We're in for a tremendous night of action!

AWA @ The Ellis Auditorium 2-6-87 The Teamsters (Richard Charland and Spike Huber) defeated Two Local Talents- Huber executed an airplane spin and Charland followed with an inverted piledriver "Wrangler" Nelson Royal defeated Gene Ligon with a belly to back suplex Scott "Powerhouse" Putski defeated Gama Singh with an inside cradle The Spoiler and Dream Machine w/Roger Kirby fought to a Double DQ The British Bombers defeated The Olympians- Smith hit Kazmaier with a knee to the back (from the apron), Kazmaier staggered into a spinning forearm blast by Taylor. Manny Fernandez w/Grizzly Boone defeated RPM Tommy Lane w/JT Southern by DQ- Southern was going to hit Manny with the guitar but Grizzly stopped that. Unfortunately, RPM Mike Davis ran into the ring and nailed Manny causing the DQ. RPMs double teamed Manny until Grizzly hit the ring. Grizzly double clotheslined the RPMs but when he turned around, Southern blasted him with the guitar. The RPMs grabbed Manny and held him while Southern gave him a guitar shot. Just how many more guitar shots can Cabin Fever take? "Unpredictable" Dick Slater defeated Greg Gagne- Mike Graham came to ringside and hopped on the apron but Slater swung Gagne into him. Slater then rolled up Gagne for the 1..2..3! Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden w/Roger Kirby defeated "Bullet" Bob Armstrong and Blackjack Mulligan- Kirby tried to get involved but Mulligan ran after him. While that was going on, Golden hit Armstrong with a loaded towel allowing Fuller to cover and get the tainted win. BOOOOOO!

An exciting new team is always a great way to get the crowd warmed up. I love Idol on the mic. However, not sure it's a good idea messing with Race. Spivey takes down the Grappler, then has a stare down with Brown. Brown follows with a ghetto blaster win over the Iceman. Spivey might be in for some bad news. I was hoping for a Rockers/Nasty Boys finals, and it's going to happen. Awesome showcase for Scott Steiner. Race proves his tank isn't empty yet by beating Landel. One step closer to Idol. Nasties and Rockers deliver! Nice spot with Michael's bleeding, shows the Nasty Boys can get ruthless. The tone is set for the tag team division. Jimmy Jam has arrived! But hold on, so has Chris Adams! Instant feud. Gotta love it. Big time main event! Really liked the match description. Solid finish as Idol proves he's a legit champ, while Race gets a shining moment. Great set up. See you in Rockford!

Jack goes down to Burke but might have earned himself a spot in the Army. US Steel is getting closer to a decisive win over Orton. This time it's the Knight's looking at Warrior. Hennig earns his stripes with the Brigade. However, this fight is far from over. Youngsters Barr and Eddie might have to go one on one to get it out of their systems. Red vs. Easy Ed ends in chaos which leads to an announced NO DQ 6 man tag. Garvin's home. I know Pillman and Chavo tore it down. Yep, the TDT/Sheepherders ending was no surprise. No doubt, Eddie learned a lot from St. Clair. Damn, Big Bubba looked awesome! Odd Couple take the Midnight's to the limit in a thriller. Grizzly proves his worth to Rose but now has to deal with the fury of Texas Red. British Steel has fallen on hard times. I would have paid to see that Hart Foundation/Wild Bulls match. Backlund must've been proud of his boy Young. Windham gets sprayed again! Can't wait for their match in Hawaii. Damn good finish by Owen to retain. Aloha Spectacular looks stacked!

Good storytelling with Velvet. Even though she retained, it's clear she needs to get her focus back. Wow, Singh and Bennet send a strong message to the tag team division. 6-Woman cage match on free TV...OH YEA! Hard hitting and lots of action. Richter proves once again why the WWW revolves around her. Great show! I like the direction you're going.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-4-87 Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome once again to AWA Major League Wrestling. Well, we're just two weeks away from our next closed circuit event, Big Brawl. Tonight, you will see a lot of talent who will be competing at that tremendous event, including the Bruise Brothers, Scorpio, Gold Standard, Bob Armstrong, Mike Rotunda and Carlos Colon. Nick Busick defends the AWA TV title against Jesse Barr. Listen to this major announcement. The AWA board members have decided to retire the National title. However, at Big Brawl, the AWA International title will be introduced. The match between El Canek and Yoshiaki Yatsu will now be for the AWA International title. Both men will be here tonight for a special presentation. At Big Brawl, Tommy Rich will defend the AWA world title against Buzz Sawyer. On that note, let's go to the ring. "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer vs. Todd Rooney Sawyer is his usual brutal self as he just mauls poor Rooney. Sawyer finishes him off with a powerslam! Boos as Baby Doll comes out and waves to Sawyer. Sawyer looks at her. WHAM! Tommy Rich hits the ring and blasts Sawyer over his head with the world title belt! Rich puts the boots to Sawyer, hoists him up and piledrives him down! Rich puts his boot on Sawyer's chest and raises the title high as the fans boo. Baby Doll smiles and applauds. Commercial Break "Bullet" Bob Armstrong vs. Ray Glader The fans love Bob and cheer him on as he wins the match with a sleeper. Resnick: Bullet Bob, welcome to the AWA. You arrived last week and are now heading into that big 8 man steel cage tag match at Big Brawl. Your thoughts? Bob: When Blackjack Mulligan called and said he needed some help, I was more than willing. When he told me Fuller and Golden were involved, well that more than sealed the deal. Fuller! We've been up and down the road many times and I can't wait to do it again. I'm coming for you at Big Brawl! Commercial Break Gold Standard w/The Vin Man vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Vinnie applauds his team as they win the match with a double hot shot! Ron Ritchie joins his stablemates at ringside. Resnick: At Big Brawl, AWA World tag team champs, Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami will defend the titles against Gold Standard. Vinnie, I'm sure you have something to say. Vin: Rezzy, my guys got this. Just look at them. Muscular, athletic, glistening tans, blonde hair. They're like Greek Gods. They just look like champions. Oh, and they speak English. Resnick: Like I've said before, Tsuruta and Fujinami get the job done where it counts, in the ring. Vin: Yea? So do my guys. Why do you think they're called Gold Standard? Ritchie: You're a moron, Rezzy! Commercial Break Inside the ring, the AWA International title is set on a table. Resnick: Ok, we all heard the announcement earlier. At Big Brawl, El Canek and Yoshiaki Yatsu will wrestle for the new AWA International title at Big Brawl. At this time, I understand, Mr. Yatsu has prepared a special presentation for El Canek. Yatsu bows to Resnick, then bows to Canek. As Canek bows, Yatsu throws a handful of salt in Canek's eyes, then follows with a karate kick to the head! Yatsu hoists Canek up and gut wrench suplexes him through the table. Massive boos as Yatsu picks up the International title. Resnick is shocked but quickly exits when Yatsu threatens to hit him with the title. Commercial Break The Bruise Brothers vs. Carl Kellerman and Trent Watkins Snowman swings Watkins hard into the turnbuckles. Watkins staggers out as Cameron swings off the ropes and blasts him with a double axehandle to the back for the decisive win! Bruise Brothers cut a promo and say at Big Brawl they're looking for a clean sweep! Commercial Break "Captain" Mike Rotunda vs. Arnie Goldstein Rotunda looks impressive in his AWA debut. He puts on a solid wrestling clinic before winning the match with the Penalty (STF) Resnick: Very impressive win Mike Rotunda. You've been appointed Captain of team Gagne for that big 10 man elimination tag bout. The stakes are high. Rotunda: And that's exactly why they've chosen me as Captain. I've been a leader all my life and now it's my duty to make sure Verne Gagne gets sole control of the AWA. The AWA needs to get back to its wrestling roots. Therefore, it needs to be run by a wrestler. Mr. Gagne, I'll make sure that happens. Commercial Break Carlos Colon w/Curtis Iaukea vs. Sam Smith Iaukea watches in delight as Colon rips his opponent apart. Colon hits the diving clothesline from the top rope for the win. Iaukea throws Colon his kendo stick. Colon shows no mercy as he just beats Smith with it. Colon puts the kendo stick under Smith's chin and clamps on the camel clutch! Thundering cheers as JIMMY SNUKA steamrolls over Iaukea and hits the ring! Snuka pounds away on Colon, then sends him flying through the ropes with a jumping headbutt! Colon and Iaukea stagger up and stagger out as Snuka and the Ref attend to Sam Smith. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing pink "Beauty Shop" sign, then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome once again to the highest rated segment in wrestling, the Beauty Shop. Boy, do I have a treat for all of you. Not that you deserve it. My guests tonight are Roger Kirby and his Syndicate. Boos as Kirby, Rob Fuller, Jimmy Golden, Dream Machine and Kerry Brown stroll out. Britton: Roger, at Big Brawl, your Syndicate will be going up against that no good Blackjack Mulligan, that stooge, the Spoiler, Jerry Fatwell and that old timer Bob Armstrong. Wow, this is a mismatch, if I've ever seen one. Kirby: (Laughs) Brenda, I couldn't agree more. This here is a well oiled machine, a unit, and of course a syndicate. Tell her boys. Fuller: You know, I heard that washed-up, broken-down Bob Armstrong talking about he's coming after me in the cage. Armstrong, you never were very smart. I would think you would be tired of me whoop'n up on you by now. Well son, I aint tired of doing it. Come Big Brawl, I'm going to take pleasure in beating you up some more. Golden: Mulligan! Enjoy the next couple of weeks cuz come Big Brawl, I'm going to make sure you're never the same. Dream Machine: Spoiler! There's only one man worthy of wearing a mask and that's me babay! In the cage, your mask is coming off and I'm going expose that ugly face of yours! Brown: That just leaves you Fatwell! You've been a pest for months. At Big Brawl, you get a one way ticket out of the AWA! Kirby: You see Brenda, the Syndicate is very well prepared. Britton: Well, I wouldn't bet against you. Until next week, toooodles! Commercial Break Footage is shown from a few weeks ago when Nelson Royal attacked Scorpio and tied him up with his rope. Scorpio vs. Vance Ryder Scorpio finally makes his official debut and man does he impress with his high flying skills. He wins the match with an exciting flying leg drop from the top rope! Resnick: Scorpio! Nothing short of outstanding. I know you have a score to settle with Nelson Royal at Big Brawl. Scorpio: You got that right! Nelson embarrassed and humiliated me. Big Brawl is going to be a big pay off for me! Commercial Break Resnick: With me right now is Gerry Morrow and his team the Top Dollar Phils. Gerry, I've been told that your Top Dollar Phils aren't the only team debuting at Big Brawl. Morrow: (wearing a white tuxedo and sunglasses) Whatever are you talking about? Resnick: Well, at Big Brawl, your guys will be facing another debuting team. Let's take a look at some footage from Florida featuring the Glamour Boys! Quiet Riot's Metal Health plays as Glamour Boys highlights are shown. Morrow: (long pause) How dare you! Dis was suppose to be my time with de Top Dollar Phils. Instead, you try to overshadow dat with footage of a couple of females? Don't think for one second they will overshadow us at de Big Brawl. Dis is my million dollar team. We will not lose to a couple of long haired hippy gals. Thinking about dis now makes me laugh. Those girlies time in de AWA will be short lived. (looks at the Phils) Boys, I am preparing a post match victory gala. De best you will ever attend. Apollo and Lafon (BTW, are wearing fur coats, top hats, gold chains and sunglasses) smile and high five. Morrow: Resnick, you are looking at de team of de future and I see gold in dat future. HAHAHAHA! Commercial Break AWA TV Title Bout Nick Busick (C) vs. "Bulldog" Jesse Barr Both men will be on opposing teams at Big Brawl and this match might shake things up. Barr attacks at the bell and works over Busick. Busick fires back with some power moves. Things get heated and these guys start trading some hard shots. Barr rakes the eyes and swings Busick into the corner. Barr runs in but Busick charges and clotheslines Barr down. Boos as Greg Gagne and Mike Graham strut out and yell up at Busick. Busick goes to the ropes and invites them in. Barr sneaks up and lowblows Busick. Busick falls through the ropes. Gagne and Graham start stomping on Busick as the Ref calls for the DQ. Cheers as the Bruise Brothers run out and pound away on Graham and Gagne! Barr goes out and clips Snowman from behind. DJ Peterson runs out and pounds away on Barr. Norman Smiley runs out and nails DJ. Mike Rotunda comes out but so does Dick Slater! Everybody is fighting! Pure chaos! Commercial Break Resnick: (Catches his breath) Tensions at an all time high tonight. Coming out now is Verne Gagne and Jerry Jarrett. Gentlemen, things got out of control pretty quick. Verne: This is exactly the chaos I'm talking about. This is exactly what needs to stop. And this is exactly why I need the AWA back. Jarrett: Hold on Verne. With all due respect, it's been your team causing all the problems. I know you saw the same thing I did. Verne: Don't you dare put this on me. This happens weekly on your watch. My team is just trying to bring some order around here. I guarantee, after Big Brawl, I'm going to bring some much needed law and order around here. Jarrett: You know something Verne, I don't think my team is going to let that happen. A pissed off Verne storms off. Jarrett shakes his head and walks off. Resnick: At Big Brawl, this gets resolved. My goodness, this was one intense night. I'll see you next week. AWA presents BIG BRAWL Friday, February 18th From the Mecca in Milwaukee Available on closed circuit TV AWA World Title Bout Tommy "Wildfire" Rich (C) w/Baby Doll vs. "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer AWA World Tag Team Title Bout Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami (C) vs. Gold Standard w/The Vin Man For the AWA International Title El Canek vs. "The Japanese Fury" Yoshiaki Yatsu AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Larry Zbyszko and Al Perez (C) vs. Lightning Strike 8-Man- STEEL CAGE Match! Blackjack Mulligan, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, The Spoiler and Crusher Blackwell vs. Rob Fuller, Jimmy Golden, Dream Machine and "Pitbull" Kerry Brown w/Roger Kirby Caribbean Death Match!!! Carlos Colon w/Curtis Iaukea vs. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka NO DQ- Handicap Match Cabin Fever vs. The RPMs and JT Southern Olympians and Scott "Powerhouse" Putski vs. The British Bombers and Gama Singh Scorpio vs. Nelson Royal Top Dollar Phils w/Gerry Morrow vs. The Glamour Boys And For control of the AWA 10 man elimination match Team Jarrett- "Unpredictable" Dick Slater, TV Champ Nick Busick, "Dynamite" DJ Peterson and The Bruise Brothers vs. Team Gagne- "Captain" Mike Rotunda, "Sir" Norman Smiley, "Bulldog" Jesse Barr, Mike Graham and Greg Gagne

Wright is brining serious credibility to the TV title. JJ and the Andersons pull one over on the Road Warriors. I'm hoping this gets settled in a cage. Yamada rightfully earns a world title shot by eliminating Ritter. The Exotic One has arrived! After that match, I'm sure we're going to get more of Jayhawks/Outlaws. JJ's at it again as he helps Tully retain over Yamada. Good & Plenty vs. Fire and Flame. I just love the sound of this match up. Slick with Ritter. What a combo. I agree with Lowblow, I bet Duggan had his face painted. If you want a big gate, book Dusty vs. Flair. JJ's miscue costs Flair. The story continues. Another solid loop.