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Oh man, trouble in the NWA! I think the readers get the best deal here as we get both Starrcade and Thanksgiving Thunder. Not to mention 2 Wargames matches! What a week for Supercards. Cooley gives Leatherface one serious threat. The Adorable One has arrived! I like the Gorgeous George gimmick going here. This will be all sorts of crazy fun. Dusty gives a classic Dream promo for WarGames. This match will get bloody! It's only fitting that Bugsy would want a match with Adonis. Weirdness at its best. Love the "Falling Star" finisher. One match I would defiantly buy a ticket for is Bullet vs. Wildfire. A lot at stake here. Chicky brings up a good point. Not sure I would want to enter a cage with Brody, Abby and Khan. Good grief! Taylor pulling out a little heel move to retain against Furnas. Good learning experience for Furnas. Tommy doesn't care and blasts Johnny with a chain. Grappler joins in with a loaded mask. It's all fun until Bullet makes the save. Thanksgiving Thunder is stacked! Can't wait.

Night 1 has arrived! The fans get to cheer right away as the Odd Couple score an upset over the Vice Squad. TNT shows he's for real as he puts the tough vet Burke down with the Caribbean kick. Brian upsets Chris in the battle of the Adams. Vic Steamboat is defiantly a true friend. Man, Badd Co. just can't get it together. On the flip side, the Bomb Squad are really coming together. I figured Pillman and Hector would go out and put on a show stealing match. I liked the respect given by Hector. Vic gets a payback win over the Outlaw. Adams comes out and shows support. I was really looking forward to the powerhouse match between Iron & Steel and Wild Bulls. These guys delivered but I must admit, I'm sad to see the end of Atlas and Cameron. Loved this feud. WOW! Owen ends the long reign of Smothers! Looks like Smothers and Hollywood Jack are heading for a showdown. Another WOW! Huge upset as Gator and Mega Man defeat the Harts for the CA. titles! Gary is having one rough night. Busick gave Bubba a serious challenge but Bubba retains. I'm not sure Bubba can be stopped. Props on all the hard work and we still have another night coming. The young talent shined tonight which means 1987 is looking bright.

Nice recap by Lightfoot. I'm so looking forward to part 2 of this feud. Things are going to get intense. Blondes are on a roll tonight. "Solmeister" LOL. Reaching for the 10 dollar bill, to funny. I'm not sure Gordon convinced me, there just might be a conspiracy against the Blondes. Regal gives a heartfelt promo. Kazaharu and Akbar better be ready because Mr. Electricity is coming after them. You know a big card is coming if its at the Graham sports stadium. The falls count anywhere match between Spoiler/Red-Sawyer/Borne is going to be chaotic chaos at its best. Which team will survive??? Luscious and company get weirder and weirder each week. Then Backlund tops it with his very bizarre promo. Gordon's expressions and tone said it all. This could be the wackiest feud of the year. Duggan spoils Herc's title coronation! Akbar might of made a big mistake. Even Herc wasn't pleased. The fans are going to get one hell of a main event for the title. In just a short time, you've put together several must see storylines. Great job!

Earthquake Ferris literally makes a splash in his debut. Once again, the Horsemen are oozing confidence. I'm looking forward to Tully vs. Reed at Starrcade. It really is an intriguing match. War Games is going to be off the charts! This feud has been red hot and the blow off is going to be crazy. Will Embry finally get the respect he deserves? IDK, he's in for a big challenge from Brad Armstrong. Mr. Wrestling 2 gets a nice TV win. Solid main event as those dirty Assassins take down Hart's Afire. Onto Norfolk. The battle of the masked teams ends in a draw. Gotta book a rematch! First Vachon and now Stevens. Kamala is running over the old tough vets. Link's behavior always amuses me. Kabuki gets his team the War Games advantage thanks to Link and the dreaded mist. Wahoo will get another chance at Starrcade. Commonwealth get through the Rockers but a huge unification match awaits with the Renegade Warriors. WOW! Didn't see that coming! Harley Race defeats Ric Flair for the MACW title!!!! Harley might be getting up there but no doubt he can still deliver. Once again, Harley's the man! I wonder how Flair will respond to this? Bring on Starrcade baby!

Even though he didn't provide much info on Moretti, it was a fun Patterson cameo. Oh man, Peggy Lee with a breakdown. I wouldn't want to get in her way. Well, didn't take long for Peggy to follow through on her threats. She gets a bit of payback on Richter. Not only that but Combs makes Richter submit! Poor KC, wrong place, wrong time. Richter is racking up the enemies. Velvet has the odds against her but prevails in the battle royal. Velvet's TV title reign has been amazing! Fun show this week.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 11-19-86 Show opens with footage from an 8-man tag match at the Roanne Fieldhouse as Austin Idol brings a chair into the ring but Jerry Lawler kicks Idol low, grabs the chair and nails Idol over the head with it to give his team the win. Footage is also shown of Ricky Steamboat attacking Carlos Colon with a kendo stick. Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. Fans, we're just one week away from SuperClash and tonight we'll be talking a lot about that tremendous event. You'll also be seeing Giant Haystacks taking on 3 men. Curt Hennig will be in action as will the Bruise Brothers, Iceman Parsons, the Thunderfoots, TV champ Greg Gagne. Manny Fernandez of Cabin Fever will go one on one with Rip Morgan of the Beasts. Huge main event as the Dream Machine will go up against Crusher Blackwell. And AWA World Champ Ricky Steamboat will be here. Should be a great...ok wait a minute, our National Champion Austin Idol is heading my way. Idol: Lance! Did you see that footage? Did you see Lawler cheat and hit me with that chair? I told you he was nothing but a loser! He's not only a loser but a coward! I've had enough! Lets see how much guts that coward has. At SuperClash, I want to add a stipulation to our match. I want it to be a loser leaves town match! That's right! Who's laughing now Lance? I'm calling that loser out. Idol storms off. Lance: Well, I wasn't expecting that. I'm sure we can find Lawler and get his response. In the meantime, let's go to the ring. The Thunderfoots vs. Renaldo Cruz and Stu Jersky Thunderfoots look tuned up and ready for the SuperClash tag team battle royal. They win the match when Thunderfoot #2 slams Cruz down and Thunderfoot #1 gives him a loaded boot stomp from the middle ropes. Commercial Break Iceman Parsons vs. Roy Glader The fans are up and cheering as Iceman swings Glader to the ropes and hits the Booty Bump for the win. Resnick: Ok, Iceman Parsons, come on over. You certainly have been on a winning streak since arriving to the AWA. However, one Don Kernodle has seemed to have taking a disliking to you. He made the challenge for SuperClash and you accepted. Parsons: Ken, like I said, I have no idea what his deal is with me but... Boos as Don Kernodle walks out. Kernodle: Look, let me get some things straight. There's no doubt in my mind that you're a capable wrestler. But instead of focusing on your in ring skills, you hide behind this clown façade. You come out here and do nothing but cater to these people. It's like you're a puppet and they're pulling your strings. So, I'm taking it upon myself to knock some sense into you and show you what a real wrestler can accomplish. Until SuperClash, best of luck to you and your future. Kernodle walks off. Resnick: Iceman Parsons, care to respond to what you just heard? Iceman takes a deep breath, pauses, looks around, then just walks away. Commercial Break The Bruise Brothers vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Bruise Brothers are pumped up tonight! Cash swings Lopez to the ropes and puts him down with a diving crossbody/headbutt. Cash tags in Snowman. Snowman hoists Lopez on his shoulder and hits a running powerslam for the win! Resnick: Bruise Brothers, at SuperClash, you will meet the team of Larry Zbyszko and Al Perez in the tournament finals to crown AWA National tag team champions. They seem pretty confident heading in. Snowman: You know Ken, the Bruise Brothers are former world and national champs and brother we want the gold again! They might seem confident but that will all change when Cash and myself get a hold of them. Resnick: Porkchop Cash, I have to ask, how's the knee holding up? Cash: It's no secret that I've had some knee issues recently but I can tell you and all these great people, the knee is good to go and so are the Bruise Brothers! At SuperClash, we're getting the gold back baby! Bruise Brothers high five each other. Commercial Break "The Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez vs. Rip Morgan w/Ox Baker The match never officially begins as Ox and Morgan jump Manny and put the boots to him! Before you know it, Billy Jack, Nord, Snuka and Boone hit the ring and it's an all out fight! The fight goes on for a couple minutes until a commercial hits. Commercial Break Resnick: My goodness, things have finally settled down. I'll tell you what, that tornado match at SuperClash is going to be explosive. Fans in the front row better be on high alert. Speaking of SuperClash, the Fabulous Ones and Rock n Roll Express will face off in match 7 of their best of 7 series. These two teams fought in 6 of the greatest tag team matches I've ever seen. At SuperClash, we'll find out who truly is the better team. On that note, please welcome out the Fabulous Ones. Boos as the Fabs come out looking pretty serious. Lane: Oh yea, everybody is talking about those Fab rip offs coming back and evening up the series. Well let me fill all you idiots in on something. At SuperClash, the better team will prevail and your damn well looking at the better team! Keirn: This works out well for us because now we get to prove ourselves in front of millions of people. We get to prove what we already know. We're the greatest tag team in the world. Fab wannabes, you're going down! Simply as that. Commercial Break Curt Hennig vs. Neil Jordan Hennig toys with his opponent and even slaps him around a few times. Hennig finally puts him away with the fisherman's suplex. Resnick: Curt Hennig, it's you and Brian Adias at SuperClash. It wasn't to long ago when the two of you were AWA world tag team champions. Things obviously went a different direction. Hennig: Stop talking Resnick. We were champs because of me. The only reason we lost the titles was because of him. Oh I heard him talking about administering Texas Justice on me. (wiggles his fingers) I'm really scared. Oooohhhh I'm really shaking. Brian Adias can't lace my boots. At SuperClash, he's going up against a flawless wrestler. I'm going to make him look stupid. I'm going to embarrass him so bad, he'll never want to step foot in a ring again. Brian, get ready for the ultimate humiliation. (pokes Resnick's chest) And you can count on that! Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing 'SuperClash' sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome to the final SuperClash update, hosted by yours truly. I have a big scoop for you this week. I literally just got off the phone with Linda Ronstadt. She was in the middle of a concert but when they told her I was on the line, she stopped the show. You see, you people wouldn't understand that but celebrities like us always have time for each other. Anyways, she said she's so excited to see me and sing the National Anthem in front of me. You heard it right here. Now, one match I'm really looking forward to is the ever classy Nick Bockwinkle taking on that dirty working stiff Ron Garvin. Let's hear from both men. Bockwinkle is standing in front of a SuperClash banner wearing a stylish suit. Bock: Ron Garvin, I give you credit. You stood up like a man and wanted this match at SuperClash. You are a tremendous competitor which means this will be a tremendous victory for myself. After I dispose of one Ron Garvin, my eyes are on the AWA world title. Ron Garvin is in a gym, working the heavy punching bag. He stops and looks into the camera. Garvin: Nick Bockwinkle, I've been listening to your backhanded comments. Let me assure you, I've been training harder than ever for our match. I'm not coming to SuperClash to lose and I'm not your stepping stone. I hope you're ready because I know I am. Garvin goes back to hitting the bag. Britton: It seems to me that Nick Bockwinkle is a lot more confident. That Ron Garvin needs to remember, a punching bag doesn't strike back but Nick Bockwinkle sure does. Switching gears, I want to talk about the huge main event. Ricky Steamboat will defend his AWA world title against Carlos Colon. I understand we're going to hear from Carlos in a very different environment. It's nighttime and Carlos Colon is standing in the middle of several torches. Colon: (twirling a kendo stick) So it was only a matter of time before your hero champion reached a breaking point. Now Steamboat wants to enter into a very dark world. You're a very delusional man Steamboat! Colon proceeds to hit himself several times with his kendo stick until he bleeds. Colon smears the blood across his face. Colon: I've shed blood my entire career. Ricky Steamboat, at SuperClash, it will be your blood that is shed! And then I will hold up the world title over your fallen body. Britton: Wow! I got chills! I think Ricky Steamboat is in big trouble. Ricky, I wish you would of respected him because now you're going to pay dearly. It all happens on Friday November 26th at the St. Paul Civic Center also available on closed circuit TV across all the AWA arenas. You wont want to miss it. I know I wont. I'll see you there, toooodles. Commercial Break Giant Haystacks vs. Arnie Goldstein, Warren Coolidge and Maurice Thorpe Haystacks just destroys the 3 men. He slams them down on top of each other, then drops the big elbow for the pin! Haystacks then throws each man to the outside by where Resnick is. Haystacks walks over. Haystacks roars at Resnick and Resnick backs away. Haystacks: Canek! It's over! At SuperClash I will end you forever! Haystacks pushes Resnick out of the way, then picks up each of the 3 men and slams them down on top of each other on the concrete. Haystacks backs up and hits another big elbow drop! Haystacks lets out another roar. Commercial Break We come back and see the AWA world tag team champs Priceless laying on hammocks under palm trees while pretty woman feed them grapes and champagne. Wells: Gerry, you were right. This is my kind of training. Morrow: HAHAHA indeed! I told you, while those other teams wear themselves out during de battle royal we will be well rested. Not only dat, but what makes me laugh is that de winners will also receive 100,000 dollars. Dat is peanuts, nothing but spare change to me. George, It will be de easiest night of our lives. Oh and did I mention, I have rented out a special VIP room. So during de show we will be sitting in our custom spas and sipping de finest champagne brought in from France. Just for our enjoyment. Wells: It's great to be champions and it's great to be us. Morrow: I could not have said it better myself. Priceless reach out and have a toast. Back Live Resnick: I don't know, our AWA world tag team champs might be in big trouble come SuperClash. All the top AWA teams will be competing in the 100,000 dollar battle royal with a world tag team title shot on their minds. On that note, I know the AWA is excited that Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami, 2 of Japan's best have agreed to team up for this tremendous event. The competition will be fierce. Let's hear from some other teams involved. Union, Lighting Strike, Richard Charland and Gino Brito, Gold Standard, Olympians and Vin Man's Family all give quick promos to hype up the battle royal. Commercial Break TV Champ The Great Gagne w/Johnny Valiant vs. Fern Willard Gagne hits a high dropkick on Willard, picks him up and clamps on the sleeper for the win. Johnny V runs in the ring, pushes the Ref away and hands Gagne the TV title. Gagne hops on the middle ropes and raises the title as the fans boo. Johnny goes to the outside, grabs the mic from Resnick and hand it up to Gagne. Gagne: That was clearly a message to you Punkski. A focused Gagne is a dangerous Gagne. You wont come close at SuperClash. I'm the professional and you're just a little punk! Valiant: You heard the great one. Punkski, you're out of your league boy. Valiant tosses the mic at Resnick. Commercial Break Resnick: Fans, with me right now is none other than Jerry "The King" Lawler. Huge pop! Resnick: Well Jerry, you heard the challenge laid down by Austin Idol. He wants a loser leaves town stipulation added. Lawler: I heard him loud and clear. Idol, my answer is hell yes I accept! At SuperClash, I get the satisfaction of whipping your butt, taking your National title and sending you out of the AWA with your tail between your legs. The fans start screaming. Lawler turns around and Austin Idol blasts him over the head with his National title! Officials run out to back Idol away and check on Lawler. Massive Boos. Commercial Break Crusher Blackwell vs. The Dream Machine w/Paul Jones Hard hitting match as these guys go to town on each other. Dream gets the upper hand with an eye rake and pounds Blackwell down. Dream stomps away, grabs the top rope and drops several knees on Blackwell. Dream chokes Blackwell on the bottom rope. The Ref pushes Dream away which allows Jones to reach in and choke Blackwell. Dream picks up Blackwell, swings him to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Blackwell comes back and puts Dream down with a bulldozer of a shoulder block. Dream staggers up and Blackwell scoop slams him down. Blackwell swings off the ropes but Jones trips him. Blackwell stumbles then turns around and goes out after Jones. The Ref is distracted by this. Cheers as Blackjack Mulligan his the ring. Dream slowly gets up as Mulligan clotheslines him with a bull rope! Mulligan quickly exits. Blackwell gets in the ring and hits a leg drop on Dream 1..2..3! As soon as Blackwell stands up, KERRY BROWN hits the ring and nails Blackwell with a loaded towel! Vin Man then enters and applauds his man on. Mulligan goes back towards the ring but Jones comes from behind and breaks his cane over Mulligan's back! Mulligan pauses then turns around and stares at Jones. Jones is begging for mercy. Mulligan grabs Jones and lifts him off his feet while choking him. Dream Machine rolls out of the ring, grabs his bull rope with cowbell attached. He staggers over and nails the back of Mulligan's head with the cowbell! In the ring, Brown is stomping away on a knocked out Blackwell while Vin Man nods with approval. Dream starts choking Mulligan with the bull rope. Jones finally gets up, grabs Mulligan's bull rope and starts hitting him with it as Dream chokes him. Commercial Break Lance: My oh my, that was a very chaotic scene. Both Jerry Blackwell and Blackjack Mulligan had to be helped out of here. I hope all those grudges will be resolved at SuperClash. At SuperClash, Carlos Colon will face my guest at this time, AWA World Champ Ricky Steamboat. Fans are up and cheering as Steamboat comes out. He gives them a wave and holds his title high. Lance: I still can't believe the change in Carlos Colon. Ricky, you seemed to have felt all his frustration. However, after seeing what you did to him at the Roanne Fieldhouse, he's felt some of yours. I'm sure you saw that eerie video of him earlier. What's going through your mind? Steamboat: Lance, I've never condoned attacking a man with a weapon. That is not what I'm about and it certainly is not who I am. I did reach a breaking point and I wanted to make a point to Carlos. I will not be pushed around. He talks about respect and yet he's the one who hasn't shown me any. Carlos, I want you to know at SuperClash I will not hold anything back. You're not the only one who has shed blood in this sport. I've shed my share of blood, sweat and tears to be holding this world title. I promise you, at SuperClash I will do whatever I have to do to hold onto to this title and I will go through you to keep it! AWA presents SuperClash Friday, November 26th, St. Paul Civic Center and available on closed circuit TV National Anthem sung by Linda Ronstadt AWA World Title Bout Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (C) vs. Carlos Colon AWA World Tag Team Title Bout Priceless (C) vs. Winners of the Tag Team Battle Royal AWA National Title Bout- LOSER LEAVES TOWN! NO DQ, NO C.O. "The Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol (C) vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler Finals for the AWA National Tag Team titles The Bruise Brothers vs. Larry Z and Al Perez AWA TV Title Bout The Great Gagne (C) w/Johnny Valiant vs. Scott "Powerhouse" Putski Match 7 of the best of 7 series The Rock n Roll Express vs. The Fabulous Ones Nick Bockwinkle vs. "Rugged" Ron Garvin El Canek vs. Giant Haystacks Tornado Handicap Match Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and Cabin Fever vs. Billy Jack, The Beasts of Burden and Ox Baker Crusher Blackwell vs. "Pitbull" Kerry Brown w/The Vin Man Bull Rope Match- If Mulligan wins, he gets a 5 min bull rope match with Paul Jones The Dream Machine w/Paul Jones vs. Blackjack Mulligan Curt Hennig vs. "Lonestar" Brian Adias Special Challenge Match Iceman Parsons vs. "Number One" Don Kernodle 100,000 Dollar Tag Team Battle Royal- Winners receive a world tag team title shot later that night Participants Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami The Olympians Gold Standard Art Crews and Timothy Flowers The Union Richard Charland and Gino Brito Lighting Strike Thunderfoots

Did Mick Foley pull off a win? Yes he did. I will say, he certainly paid his dues this year. Powers of Pain get back on the winning track. Look at that, Brutha's beat the Hangman at their own game. I love this feud. Kamala has been a fun monster attraction. I'm sure the Pretty Boy and Electrifying One gave the fans a solid work rate match. I've always been a sucker for mid card match ups. I know Wahoo wont let Kabuki slide on his interference. That was one hard hitting main event. Only Nikita would want to fight a man with a chair. I would pay top dollar to see Savage and Nikita go at it one on one.

Scorpio and Furnas get the crowd going with a couple nice wins. I'm sure more to come with Cooley and Leatherface. It pays to have a guy like Killer Brooks in your corner. Street makes it past Goliath but I bet many more are lining up to collect. Great job with the battle royal. With so many top notch teams, anybody could've won it. JYD and Olympia are heading to Starrcade! Them vs. The Andersons is defiantly a marquee match. Dundee gets some payback on Dirty Dutch. Bittersweet night for Olympia. I am looking forward to a Brody title run. HAHAHA! I knew Tommy wouldn't be able to stay away. Big night for him as he eliminates his cousins from the battle royal and beats up Bullet. He was fired up!

I cant wait for the Simmons/Hansen explosive confrontation! I wonder what Easy Ed and Fit are up to. OMG is mowing over the competition. Iron & Steel couldn't of picked better opponents to gear up for the Wild Bulls. Busick looks pumped up and ready for his big TV title shot. Badd Co. do a little better this week without Missy. Midnight's retain but I think they got more than they anticipated with the Odd couple. OMG is the difference maker and gives the Playboy Club the big win over the Brigade. I wonder who that fan was getting under Rose's skin? Black Tiger gets the win over Mando in an exciting opener. Orton is the master of the superplex. My man St. Clair racks up another victory over Victory. Just like Busick, Gator and Mega Man are ready for their big title shot. The heat continues between the Adams. Snowbirds and Bomb Squad give the fans their money's worth with a show stealing match. Burke goes down to the Bubba Slam. Will Busick meet the same fate or can he nail Bubba with his Spinebuster slam? We'll find out at Battleground.

RPG's rant on Watts was so good he even got a smile from Thatcher. I think we got some seeds planted for something big. The rebirth of Adrian Adonis? I can't imagine. Brody makes the threat of the week by saying he's going to rip Olympia's mask off with his head still in it. Damn! Why do I have a funny feeling Tommy Rich is up to something. Lots of hype for the tag team battle royal and a lot at stake for the winners. Starrcade will be the place to be. Armstrong Blues sounds like a hit to me LOL. Street better be ready with Goliath coming to collect. Good grief! Leatherface with a chainsaw and Cooley with a chair! That was a scary stand off. Love the hype Furnas is getting. Hey, Madril provided enough proof that he's not behind the bounty. Couldn't be him. No way! Things get serious when Street gets a beatdown. Lucky some friends came to the rescue. Stud, oh wait, I mean Slick's Stable is riding high. We shall see if that continues because they all have big matches coming up in Huntsville. BJT was all over TV tonight and now gets the lucky draw. He looked good but Taylor retains. Taylor's having a pretty damn good TV title run. Next stop, Huntsville.

WOW! Everything comes full circle as Lightfoot returns! Big pop from me. The 2nd war has officially begun. This is going to get crazy! Sabu continues his winning streak. Sawyer/Borne vs. Spoiler/Red was the fight I thought it would be. Sawyer walking around with a trashcan on his head was a nice touch. Borne gets the win with the most brutal lowblow I've ever seen. Red might need some time off after that shot. OUCH! Glamour Boys and Highwaymen remain at a stalemate. I'm sensing a big gimmick match coming. Everybody's favorite team Good and Plenty remain champs. I'm sure the Blondes will find a loophole for another match. Teams are drawn and the Battle of the Bay begins. To much hatred as not a lot of teammates are willing to work together. Zenk takes advantage and gets his team the win. I would of got my money's worth on Tatum's expression. We get a fun final 4 match with some pretty solid scientific exchanges. An apologetic Backlund? HMMMMMM. Herc's strength is to much for Zenk and the Torture Backbreaker wins him the title. Herc as the first champ is a solid choice. He could have a tremendous run here. Good job continuing storylines which will bring in a lot more money.

AWA @ The Roanne Fieldhouse, Memphis TN 11-14-86 Scott "Powerhouse" Putski defeated Spike Huber with a rolling reversal "Number One" Don Kernodle defeated Steve O with a reverse neckbreaker Gold Standard defeated "The Ace" Art Crews and "Diamond" Timothy Flowers w/The Vin Man- Gold Standard hurled Flowers into Vinnie (on the apron) then doubled clotheslined Crews for the pin. Carlos Colon defeated "Iron" Scott McGhee with a flying clothesline from the top rope. After the match, Colon grabbed a kendo stick and put McGhee in the camel clutch with the kendo stick under his chin. Colon is getting nuclear heat until the fans get up and cheer when RICKY STEAMBOAT hits the ring with a kendo stick of his own and whacks Colon's back! Steamboat gets in some hard shots until Colon frantically rolls out of the ring while Security enters the ring. Massive cheers for Steamboat! Intermission El Canek defeated Makhan Singh with a flying shoulder block followed by a senton. Makhan got in some hard hitting offense but Canek prevailed and is ready for his showdown with Giant Haystacks. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and Billy Jack Haynes w/ Ox Baker battled to a wild Double DQ. Ox tried to interfere but a jumping headbutt by Snuka stopped that. Snuka and Billy fought outside the ring for a few more minutes. Jerry "The King" Lawler, The Rock n Roll Express and "Lonestar" Brian Adias defeated National Champ Austin Idol, The Fabulous Ones and Curt Hennig- The fans get 45 minutes of thrilling action. The finish happens during a pier six brawl. Hennig and Adias are trading blows. The Ref is distracted by RnR and The Fabs battling on the outside. Idol brings a chair into the ring and goes towards Lawler. Lawler kicks Idol low, grabs the chair and whacks Idol over the head! Ref turns around and counts 1..2..3!

Tis the season for Starrcade! Nikita might be the most intimidating man in the NWA but an open challenge match might backfire. Savage vs. Tully, winner faces Reed at Starrcade for the NWA world title! I'm sold. OH SNAP! WarGames is back! This is absolutely the only way to end this well built feud. Flair vs. Race, one more time! To Charlotte, Radiance is building up some nice heat. Damn, an Air Africa from the apron! I think Kamala has put an end to Vachon. WarGames is heating up as the Renegade Warriors throw their name in the hat. Love the continuity from Amarillo. Wright works his magic and gets his team the win. I wish I could've seen Foley's face. Tully earns his world title shot the hard way by going 3 falls with Savage. The fans were lucky to witness a classic like this. Reed vs. Tully is very intriguing. Good job building up Starrcade.

Sawyer and Borne are so awesome together. The walkaway was great. Their match with Spoiler and Red is going to be brutal! Speaking of brutal. Islanders want more of the Cartel. I have a feeling this is going to be crazier than what went down in Texas. LOL! Tatum goes back to get a last crack at Gordon. What an arrogant jerk but so funny. Only the Fabulous Blondes could ruin Gordon doing the cabbage patch. The moment of awkward silence was hilarious. But in the end, mission accomplished as the Blondes get a title shot. Cartel get straight to the point and make their intentions known. They even slip Gordon a hundred dollar bill, maybe they're not such bad guys. Very creative idea for Battle of the Bay match. I hope Herc and Duggan are on the same team LOL. HAHAHA! We get the ultimate Bob Backlund tease! Keep us guessing Bleh. Bring on St. Petersburg!

Velvet is on the roll of a lifetime as she continues her reign as TV champ. Nice show of sportsmanship as well. Hot tag match with the cheaters prevailing. Oh man, I wonder what happened to Moretti? Clearly it took a toll as she drops the titles to Babyface. The dominant reign of Moretti ends. Looking forward to Babyface's run. Exciting show!

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 11-12-86 Lance Russell: Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. In action tonight will be, Nick Bockwinkle, Larry Zbyszko and Al Perez, Ron Garvin, Brian Adias, Richard Charland and Gino Brito Jr., Jimmy Snuka and Cabin Fever in 6 man action. 8 man tag match as The Olympians team with Lightning Strike to take on The Union and Karachi Vice. Vin Man's Kerry Brown will go head to head with Blackjack Mulligan. All that plus AWA World Champ Ricky Steamboat will be in the ring. Fans, SuperClash is just 2 weeks away and on that night you'll see Austin Idol defend the National title against Jerry Lawler with No DQ, No C.O. stipulations added. Right now I wanted to get a word with the National Champ himself, Austin Idol. "Do you want touch me" by Joan Jett blasts over the speakers. Idol stands in front of Lance and gives a double bicep pose to the camera. Idol's neck is still bandaged from the fireball incident a few weeks ago. Idol: You know something Lance, each and everyday, I have to look in the mirror and I'm reminded of what a sick animal Jerry "The Loser" Lawler is. Lance: Hold on just a second Idol, you were the one who brought the fire into the match in the first place. Lawler was just defending himself. Idol: Look at you Lance, always sticking up for your best friend Lawler. None of that matters anyways. Even though my neck is burnt, I'm still way better looking than that ugly Lawler. Nobody wants to see his ugly face here anymore. Oh and did you see the way I put a dent in his ugly face at the Rupp Arena last weekend? (laughs) Lance: Yea sure, I saw it and I saw the brass knuckles you used. Idol: There you go again Lance, always making excuses for golden boy Lawler. Lawler! That was nothing compared to what's coming... The fans go crazy as Lawler comes out in street clothes and tackles Idol in front of the podium! Lance gets out of there as Lawler punches away on Idol! Idol kicks Lawler off and tries to run but Lawler grabs him and hurls Idol into the ring. Lawler swings Idol to the ropes and back drops him. Idol staggers up and Lawler puts him down with a big right punch. Lawler swings Idol into the corner and charges but Idol sticks up his knees as Lawler hits them head on. Idol regroups and stomps away on Lawler. Idol hurls Lawler out of the ring. Idol swings Lawler towards the steel post but Lawler reverses it and swings Idol into it. Finally, officials come out to back Lawler off. Commercial Break "The Wrecking Machine" Richard Charland and Gino Brito Jr. vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Brito clotheslines Dutro down and tags in Charland. Charland finishes things off with an inverted piledriver. Boos as they head to ringside. Resnick: Ok, as everybody knows at SuperClash there will be a tag team battle royal. The winners will not only receive 100,000 dollars but will also get a world tag team title shot later that night. These two men standing with me will be in that battle royal. Brito: Resnick, first of all, you should be congratulating me on my triumphant return to the ring after some time away. But lets talk facts. You're looking at two men who will not only be a lot richer at SuperClash but will also be walking away with the world tag titles. And that my friend is a fact! As they walk away, Charland bumps Resnick. Commercial Break "Rugged" Ron Garvin vs. Trent Watkins Garvin wins the match with a KO right punch! Resnick: Ron Garvin, you made the challenge and Bockwinkle accepted. The two of you will meet at SuperClash. After watching you in the ring, I would say you're very well prepared to face one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Garvin: Nick Bockwinkle is one of the greatest and that's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to stepping in the ring with him at SuperClash. However, Bockwinkle has been running his mouth about the lack of competition here in the AWA. I told Bockwinkle we both have something to prove. I want a world title shot just as bad as he does and at SuperClash I'm going to prove I'm sufficient competition and I'm going to win the match. Commercial Break The Olympians and Lightning Strike vs. The Union and Karachi Vice It's hyped up on commentary that all 4 teams will be involved in the SuperClash Tag Team Battle Royal. Pretty fun and fast paced match with everybody showing their stuff. Lightning Strike brings the high octane offense. Kazmaier brings the power while Rheingans changes things up with his technical skills. Union come back with some high impact moves as well. Karachi Vice are the ruthless ones here. Of course things are going to get crazy in an 8 man tag. All 8 men end up in a pier six brawl. The Ref loses control and signals for the bell. A DOUBLE DQ. The fight doesn't stop as it goes into battle royal mode. Allen hits a flying press on Gama that sends them both over the top rope. Makhan clotheslines Horner from behind over the top rope. Makhan turns around and gets clotheslined over the top by Kaz. Ross sends Kaz over the top with a combat kick! Rheingans back drops Huber over the top. Ross charges at Rheingans and Rheingans back drops him over the top rope! Bodies are all over the outside as a commercial hits. Commercial Break Resnick: My goodness! After watching that, I can't imagine what the SuperClash tag team battle royal will look like. Switching gears. Fans, over the past couple months we've seen the two top teams in wrestling battle in a best of 7 series. I'm talking about the Rock n Roll Express and Fabulous Ones. After what happened at the Rupp Arena, that series is now tied at 3 apiece. The 7th match will take place at SuperClash. Please welcome out the Rock n Roll Express. Massive pop as RnR slap hands with the guys and hug the gals. Resnick; Ricky and Robert, you guys beat the odds and came back to tie it. I would think momentum is in your favor. Robert: Yea, it feels pretty good Ken. Now we're looking to put this away at SuperClash. Ricky: Oh yea baby! Never count RnR out! Fabs, you underestimated us and now we're even steven. Come SuperClash, Robert and myself are going to show you boys just who the better team is! WHOO! Commercial Break "Lonestar" Brian Adias vs. Todd Rooney Adias slams Rooney down, picks him up and hits a Russian Leg Sweep for the win! Resnick: Brian Adias, we all know the history between you and your former partner Curt Hennig. Will this get settled at SuperClash? Adias: You know last week, Hennig caught me with a low blow and got the pin on me. Hey, no excuses, at SuperClash I will settle this with my own flavor of Texas justice. Hennig! You can count on that! Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing "SuperClash" sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome to another SuperClash update hosted by yours truly. On November 26th at the St. Paul Civic Center, you will see 14 All-Star matches. Kicking off the event will be recording sensation Linda Ronstadt singing the National Anthem. I'm still wondering why I wasn't asked to do that but I'm sure she will do pretty good. One of the matches I wanted to focus on tonight is the Tornado handicap match as Jimmy Snuka and Cabin Fever, yuck, will take on Billy Jack, the Beasts of Burden and Ox Baker. Let's hear from Ox and his gang right now. Ox, Billy and The Beasts are standing in front of a SuperClash banner. Ox: Last week that Ape Jimmy Snuka and his goons Cabin Fever came back from the dead and violently attacked us! You boys want to get violent? We wrote the book on that! Don't forget it was us who put you out of commission! It was us who left you in a pool of your own blood! And it will be us who ends your careers at SuperClash! Britton: Oh my, those guys are scary. Snuka and Cabin Fever are doomed. Another match will be the battle of former AWA world tag team champions between Curt Hennig and Brian Adias. Let's hear from Curt. Curt is standing in front of a SuperClash banner. Hennig: Brian, I always knew you weren't as awesome as me and I think everyone else saw that as well. At SuperClash, you're going to be stepping in the ring with a man who makes no mistakes. A man who wont make an error. I'm a gifted wrestler and will show you and the world that at SuperClash. Britton: He's so cool. Another big match everybody is talking about is the tag team battle royal. I keep hearing all the buzz about Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami. You know, I have to say, does it really matter who wins? Sure they get 100 Grand but is that worth the embarrassment of being humiliated later on by the champs Priceless? I think not. Well, that does it for this week. I'll be back next week for one final update, until then, toooodles. Commercial Break Nick Bockwinkle vs. Sam Smith Bock gives Smith a wrestling lesson tonight and wins the match with an Indian Deathlock. Resnick: Nick, you saw Ron Garvin in action earlier. I'm sure you scouted him well. Bock: Everybody has been asking me if I'm taking Ron Garvin lightly and looking past him. One might think that. However, nothing could be further from the truth. I want nothing more than a world title shot and to do that I must defeat Ron Garvin. So right now, the order of business is to defeat Garvin and move on to bigger things. If that means I'm calling Mr. Garvin a stepping stone, so be it. Commercial Break Larry Z and Al Perez vs. Arnie Goldstein and Warren Coolidge Perez hits the Helicopter spin then tags in Larry, who finishes things off with a spinning neckbreaker. Resnick: It's now official, the two of you will face the Bruise Brothers at SuperClash in the tournament finals for the National Tag Team Titles. Perez: Get real Resnick, look at us. Do you really think those two chumps stand a chance? Larry: I couldn't of made a more valid point. Resnick, you and all these spudheads are looking at the National tag team champs. We're a well oiled machine. They're a team comprised of a no talented muscle head and a washed up has been with a bum knee. Those titles are ours. Commercial Break Jimmy "Superfly Snuka and Cabin Fever vs. Willam Hillman, Roy Glader and Clinton Stitch Grizzly mows Hillman and Glader down with a bulldozer shoulder block. Fernandez hits the flying burrito on Stich and Snuka follows with the Superfly Splash for the win! Snuka looks in the camera and says "Ox! We're coming for you brotha!" Commercial Break Blackjack Mulligan vs. "Pitbull" Kerry Brown w/Vin Man Nothing pretty as these guys just pound away on each other. Mulligan gets the upper hand and that's Vinnie's cue to hop on the apron. Mulligan grabs Vinnie by his collar and holds him in the air. Vinnie's legs are shaking as he pleads for mercy. Brown gets up and nails Mulligan with a high knee to the back. Brown controls the next segment with stomps, slams, elbow drops and choking. Brown swings Mulligan to the ropes but Mulligan ducks the clothesline, comes back and clotheslines Brown down. Mulligan is all over Brown. Mulligan picks up Brown and slams him down, the picks him up again and slams him down with authority! Vinnie stupidly gets on the apron again and Mulligan runs over and punches him off. Mulligan picks up Brown and swings him around but Brown's boot hits the Ref as Mulligan slams him down. Boos as Paul Jones and Dream Machine hit the ring with a bull rope (cowbell attached) Mulligan knocks Jones down but Dream nails Mulligan with the cowbell! Mulligan goes down and is bleeding. Dream picks up Mulligan. Jones staggers up. Him and Dream swing Mulligan to the ropes and clothesline him down with the bull rope! Mulligan is lying there in a bloody mess. Dream and Jones exit. Brown gets up and drops a big elbow on Mulligan as the Ref crawls over and counts 1..2..3! Vinnie staggers in and hugs Brown. Jones and Dream come back in. All 4 laugh and look down at Mulligan. They all put the boots to him. Wild cheers as JERRY BLACKWELL hits the ring with a chair! He swings away as everybody runs out of there. Blackwell manages to nail Brown across the back with the chair which sends Brown flying out of the ring. Blackwell checks on Mulligan. Vin helps Brown up as they glare up at Blackwell, who's glaring right back. Commercial Break AWA World Champ Ricky Steamboat vs. Chris Richards Steamboat looks great tonight as he takes Richards over with several arm drags. Steamboat hits a vertical suplex, then goes to the top rope. Richards staggers up as Steamboat hits the flying press for the win! Resnick: Ricky Steamboat, come on over. I know the last month has been an emotional ride for you. At SuperClash, you face Carlos Colon for the world title. You look physically ready, are you emotionally and mentally ready? Steamboat: If you told me a few months ago, all this with Carlos would be happening, I would of called you crazy. Carlos, at SuperClash... WHAM! Carlos nails Steamboat from behind with a kendo stick! Steamboat is on his knees as Colon whacks him again across the back. Resnick: What the hell is wrong with you Carlos?! Colon: (Rage in his eyes) You know how many times I was hit with one of these? You don't! It is to much to count! But did you ever ask how I was doing after being hit with this? No! Steamboat slowly gets back to his knees as Colon hits him again Colon snatches the mic from Resnick and looks down at Steamboat. Colon: At SuperClash, you and all these people will respect me! Colon hits Steamboat again with the kendo stick! Officials and wrestlers run out to stop this as the show goes off air. AWA presents SuperClash Friday, November 26th St. Paul Civic Center, also available on closed circuit TV National Anthem sung by Linda Ronstadt AWA World Title Bout Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (C) vs. Carlos Colon AWA World Tag Team Title Bout Priceless (C) vs. Winners of the Tag Team Battle Royal AWA National Title Bout- NO DQ, NO C.O. "The Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol (C) vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler Finals for the National Tag Titles Larry Z and Al Perez vs. The Bruise Brothers AWA TV Title Bout The Great Gagne (C) w/ Johnny V vs. Scott "Powerhouse" Putski Match 7 of the Best of 7 series Rock n Roll Express vs. The Fabulous Ones Tornado Handicap Match Jimmy Snuka and Cabin Fever vs. Billy Jack, Beasts of Burden and Ox Baker Nick Bockwinkle vs. "Rugged" Ron Garvin El Canek vs. Giant Haystacks Bull Rope Match- If Mulligan wins, he gets 5 minute Bull Rope match with Paul Jones Blackjack Mulligan vs. Dream Machine w/Paul Jones Crusher Jerry Blackwell vs. "Pitbull" Kerry Brown w/Vin Man Curt Hennig vs. "Lonestar" Brian Adias Special Challenge Match Iceman Parsons vs. "Number One" Don Kernodle 100.000 Dollar Tag Team Battle Royal- winners get a world tag title shot later that night Participants Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami Olympians Art Crews and Timothy Flowers Gold Standard The Union Karachi Vice Lighting Strike Thunderfoots

Yet another fun Mid Atlantic loop. Spartanburg Vice gets some payback on Red Tide for that time Red Tide beat them and buried the Russian flag on them. Barbarian better be ready because I'm sure Wahoo wont let that interference slide. DAMN! Savage and Race vs. Tully and Flair in the cage! Awesome! Now we're going to get Flair/Race! Gaylord picks up another big win, this time over Warlord. Posse win a round against Brutha's. Great heat filled match to end the night. Spivey vs. Link has the potential to be one crazy hard hitting feud. The fans get to see a wild match between Road Warriors and Spectral Hand.

Right now I believe every word Slick says. Slick Stable, what a name! Billy Joe might be in big trouble. Starr Corporation is back! Can you imagine looking across the ring and seeing Khan and Abby. When Dusty is low key, he's serious. Chicky better be ready. Starrcade! Can't wait! I think big things are in store for Doug Furnas. Oh no, Street has a bounty on his head. Former ally Stomper wants to collect. Sherri introduces Starr Power on the Fiesta Garden. Madril asking Lance if they've met cracked me up. I'm still laughing from the last time Lance was on the Fiesta Garden. I'm not sure Chicky is going to let the Starr name slide. Dirty White Boy returns and gets the lucky draw. Luck runs out as Taylor retains. Maybe the Great Gagne will sneak his name in LOL. Tommy is more pissed at his cousins than the Bullet. Johnny and Davey better watch their backs. Wild Bill reunites with his old Texas alumni and helps them beat the Nightmares. To the Expo Hall, I knew Tommy wouldn't waste any time. Thanks to him, Sherri's new team has a successful debut. It's going to be hard collecting the bounty on Street. Just ask Stomper. Jr. title match gets extended time and the champ prevails over a game Cobra. Good night for Sherri. Well, Brad gets the win but ends up on a stretcher. Brad needs eyes in the back of his head. Looks like Dundee has found a friend in Bullet. Thank goodness. Once again, Slick follows through on his words as Fuller and Golden defeat the Nightmares for the titles! Olympia and JYD win the battle but I'm sure Chicky isn't finished with the war. So much good stuff happening in Continental.

Simmons takes down Orton as he prepares for Hansen. With a title shot coming up, Gator and Mega Man look more than ready. Damn! Wild Bulls send a message to Iron and Steel by sending the Thundercats out of Pacific. Big Bubba has looked unstoppable. I hope Rose is compensating Easy Ed for all the punishment he's been taking. I have a bad feeling about Bigelow. Wow, Brian put Chris down hard. Hart's are looking solid while Badd Co. needs to get their mojo back. Pillman and Owen are in synch but Smothers and Hollywood Jack are not. Candido and Snow might of had enough.

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Precious found out that Watts always gets to the bottom of things. RPMs continue to get the heat. LOL! Classic Ladd paying his fine in pennies. This cracked me up. What can I say, Butch Reed is the man! I'm still enjoying the Yankees gimmicks. Champion pays the price of trying to go at it alone. Man, Ladd must of cleaned the bank out of their pennies. It took a chair shot and a fast count by Fergie to put Casey down but the Freebirds get the W. Andersons retain. I have a feeling there's going to be some friction between Dibiase and Williams. Didn't see that ending coming as Reed helps Murdoch get the title shot. Even though they're both fan favorites, Reed and Murdoch will give the fans a fight.

The fans in Raleigh got their money's worth with that action packed tournament. I liked that all the teams are so evenly matched. I was pulling for the Brutha's in Arms but it's all good because their storyline with the Hangmen continues. Commonwealth and Rockers make it to the finals. I thought the Rockers would pull it out but thanks to Foley, the Commonwealth are now US tag champs. How fitting LOL. Foley is really going to rub it in now. Speaking of Foley, doesn't look like Wright is to keen on him. What a brawl between Luger and friends vs. Spectral Hand. I hope we get a gimmick match at Starrcade. Good job AD!

AWA @ The Rupp Arena, Lexington KY 11-6-86 "The British Bomber" Dave Taylor defeated A Local Talent with a running forearm smash off the ropes. Lightning Strike (Tim Horner and Jerry Allen) defeated The Thunderfoots when Horner atomic dropped Thunderfoot #2 into a missile dropkick from Allen "Number One" Don Kernodle defeated Steve O with a reverse neckbreaker The Olympians and The Union battled to a Double C.O. "The Wrecking Machine" Richard Charland w/Gino Brito Jr. defeated "Iron" Scott McGhee when Brito raked McGhee's eyes and he stumbled into an inverted piledriver by Charland National Champ Austin Idol, Nick Bockwinkle and The Dream Machine w/Paul Jones defeated Jerry "The King" Lawler, Blackjack Mulligan and "Rugged" Ron Garvin- These guys give the fans 20 minutes of hard hitting action. Wild pier six brawl ensues. Mulligan and Dream fight on the outside as Jones attacks Mulligan with the bull rope. Garvin chops away on Bock in the corner with the Ref watching them. Idol nails Lawler with a pair of brass knuckles. The Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! BOOOOOO Match 6 of the best of 7 series- Fabs lead 3-2 Rock n Roll Express vs. The Fabulous Ones Another tag team classic with the tide turning several times. At the 45 minute mark, the Ref is guiding Morton back to the corner while Gibson has Lane in a cradle. Keirn runs in and reverses the cradle. The Ref sees Keirn and guides him back while Morton runs in and reverses Lane's cradle. The Ref turns around and counts 1..2..3! Huge pop! Keirn charges in but Morton tackles him and unloads with punches. Lane gets up and goes after Morton but Gibson tackles him and punches away. They give the fans another few minutes of brawling before wrestlers come out to break it up. The Series is tied 3-3! Match 7 will take place at SuperClash!

What a way to kick things off as Woman, Man and Luscious have arrived in Florida! Oh man I know Gordon must be thrilled LOL. This is going to be to much fun. Glamour Boys proved they can fight fire with fire against the Highwaymen. 2 out of 3 falls...YES! Another blockbuster surprise as the one and only "El Jefe" is back in good hands. Tremendous segment as Estrada buys out Humperdink and then instructs the Cartel to break Perez's arm. The Cartel is back and Florida better watch out! The Sabu build has been fantastic. The presence of Akbar and Sheik does so much. Akbar is the best at explanations. Maybe Duggan is clumsier than we thought. Tom Zenk comes in with an impressive debut. Battle at the Bay! Whatever the details are, I know it's going to be epic. I'm so excited for more Spoiler/Texas Red- Sawyer/Borne matches. I can't imagine what's next. Oh snap! Bob Backlund is coming to Florida! Are we getting All-American wrestler Bob or crazy insane Mr. Backlund??? Next week is a must see. Keep on rock'n Bleh!

The fans get a nice Halloween Havoc recap. Back before pay per view, I couldn't wait for the follow up TV show from a huge card to see what happened. Awesome promo from the Andersons. I like how Arn put over the US titles. Radiance wants some gold. Roma is such a good fit here. Link and Sullivan were meant for each other. Interesting scenario with Foley, Wright and Benoit. Spivey's powerbomb is devastating! The US tag tournament is stacked! I have to admit, I'm pulling for Whatley and Conway. WOW, nice win for Spartanburg Vice over Powers of Pain. Another great week in MACW. Looking forward to Starrcade!