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AWA @ The UW Fieldhouse, Madison WI 5-29-86 Tony Garea defeated Rene Goulet with a flying press Billy Jack Haynes (No Ox Baker) defeated Steve O by submission with the Full Nelson Adrenaline Rush and Southern Justice battled to a 10 minute draw "Maniac" Matt Borne w/Paul Jones defeated "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers - Jaggers hit Borne with the Hangman's neckbreaker. As Jaggers covered, Jones got on the apron and distracted the Ref. Rip Oliver ran to the ring, climbed the turnbuckles and crashed down with a knee drop on Jaggers. Borne rolled over and covered Jaggers as the Ref turned around and counted 1..2..3. Da Crusher defeated Duke Myers w/"The Great" Gagne by DQ- Crusher had things going his way until Gagne interfered and got Myers cheaply DQed. Gagne and Myers do a number on Crusher and hurl him out of the ring which caused serious heat with the Wisconsin fans. The problem was, Gagne and Myers spent to much time celebrating. Crusher grabbed a beer from a fan, guzzled it, grabbed a chair, entered the ring and blasted Myers on his back, sending him through the ropes. A shocked and terrified Gagne bolted out of there. Thundering cheers as Da Crusher stands tall. "Rugged" Ron Garvin defeated "Crippler" Rip Oliver w/Paul Jones- Payback time. During the match, Bobby Jaggers ran out and clocked Paul Jones then distracted Oliver. When Oliver turned back around, Garvin dropped him with a KO punch and got the pin. Matt Borne ran out but didn't do anything as he looked up and saw both Garvin and Jaggers waiting for him in the ring. The Superflys vs. The Cartel Hard hitting and brutal main event as these guys have one heck of a brawling match. At the 15 minute mark, Santana's head is busted open courtesy of a jumping double headbutt by the Superflys. As the Ref is guiding Snuka back to his corner, Estrada pulls out a pair of brass knuckles and busts Siva's head open with a brass knuckles blast. Estrada puts Santana on top of Siva. Estrada runs up behind Snuka and gives him a low blow kick just as the Ref makes the 3 count. Estrada helps Santana up and is whispering something to him. Santana clears the cobwebs, reaches in his tights and pulls out a pair of brass knuckles. The Cartel pick up Siva, swing him to the ropes and drop him with a double brass knuckles shot. Snuka is still lying in agony. The Cartel stand over him smiling. They pick him up, swing him to the ropes and nail him with a double brass knuckles shot. Massive boos as the Cartel leave the Superflys a bloody mess. Winners of the Match- The Cartel Tomorrow night- The AWA at the Mid South Coliseum!

Mega Man gets the night going. Wright has arrived! Good showcase as he frustrates Finlay. I've got to give Finlay props, even though he's outnumbered, he's always up for a fight. Iron & Steel rebound well by defeating Black Gold. After that satisfying win, Severn might warm up to his somewhat allies. Windham goes toe to toe with Hansen but Pringle's interference puts an end to that. Wild Bulls retain but the Guerreros do some damage. Huge 8 man main event. Easy Ed shows Steamboat who he's dealing with. Man, I can't wait for the Gilbert/Rose title match.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 5-28-86 "From coast to coast, border to border and continent to continent, welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling" Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League wrestling. As you all know, this weekend at the Mid South Coliseum, there will be an 8 man tournament with the winner receiving a world title shot at WrestleRock 86. Also at the Mid South Coliseum, Ricky Steamboat defends the AWA world title against Kamala. We'll be talking about all that tonight. Tremendous matches lined up tonight. Greg Gagne takes on Brad Rheingans and I'm sure both men's bodyguards will be at ringside. The Golden Boys will go up against Vin Man and his mystery partner. And the Rock N Roll Express goes up against Priceless. Giant Haystacks makes his AWA television debut by taking on 3 men. All that and a lot more. Before we get to our first match, I have an announcement to make. Due to last week's vicious and brutal attack at the hands of the Paul Jones Army, the Spoiler will not be able to compete in the tournament. I've been informed that the winner of the Greg Gagne, Brad Rheingans match will get a spot in the tournament. That match happens right now. Brad Rheingans w/Da Crusher vs. "The Great" Gagne w/Duke Myers Things are tense but the early minutes stay clean as both men basically try to one up each other with pure wrestling holds and take downs. That all goes out the window when Duke reaches in and trips Brad. Brad stumbles into a high dropkick by Gagne. Crusher runs around the ring and pounds away on Duke. Gagne rolls to the outside and nails Crusher from behind. Duke regroups, adjusts his loaded forearm pad and blasts Crusher. Brad goes to the apron, jumps down and nails Duke with a double axehandle. Gagne runs over but Brad kicks him, slams his head on the apron and hurls him back in the ring. Crusher and Duke trade blows on the outside. They have a quite the brawl and end up fighting to the back. Brad reaches down to pick up Gagne but Gagne rakes his eyes and clamps on the sleeper. Brad fights it. Gets close to the turnbuckles, lifts his boots and kicks himself off the turnbuckles. Gagne still has the sleeper locked but Brad falls back on top of him 1..2..3! Both men get up. Gagne jumps up and down celebrating. Then stops and throws a tantrum when the Ref raises Brad's arm in victory. Resnick: Ok, Brad Rheingans gets the win and has earned himself a spot in this weekend's tournament. Brad, you will face Tony St. Clair in the first round. A lot must be going through your mind right now. Brad: Ken, this is a tremendous opportunity and believe me, I'm going to make the very most of it. Gagne comes over. Gagne: Yea, good for you Bradley. Hey, everybody knows I won that match. And everybody knows I should be in the tournament. St. Clair is going to wrestle circles around you. As for you and me, this isn't over. Brad: Fine with me Greg but right now I have more important things to focus on. Commercial Break Southern Justice (Brad and Bart Batten) vs. Peter Moore and Arnie Goldstein Good showcase for Southern Justice as they simply outwrestle their opponents and win the match with a double hot shot. Battens cut a promo and say they came to the AWA to bring tag team credibility because from what they've seen, there's not much of that around. Commercial Break "The Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol vs. Gary Williams Idol does a lot of showboating and flexing before winning the match with the Las Vegas Leglock. Resnick: Ok, Austin Idol, it'll be you and National Champ Rocky Johnson in the first round of the tournament. Idol: Listen up Johnson. Brother, you might be the National champ but I'm the teacher in that ring and your the student. At the Mid South Coliseum, I'm going to prove why I should be the National Champ by beating you. Once that's done I'm going all the way to the top darling. That's right, the Universal Heartthrob is going to WrestleRock to win the AWA world title. Johnson, you're nothing but a stepping stone. Commercial Break July 3rd, from the Liberty Bowl and live on closed circuit TV , the AWA presents WrestleRock 86! Resnick: A lot will be determined for WrestleRock this weekend at the Mid South Coliseum. We'll see who gets the AWA world title shot as 8 men will compete for that prestigious opportunity. And just who will be the world champ? Because at the Mid South Coliseum, Ricky Steamboat will put the title on the line against Kamala. Also at the Mid South Coliseum, the Highwaymen will take on my guests at this time, Cabin Fever and the winners will get a National Tag Team title shot at WrestleRock. Manny Fernandez, Grizzly Boone, you guys have been going round and round with the Highwaymen. A lot at stake for your next encounter. Manny: You said it Daddy! Highwaymen! We have one more fight to go and Grizzly and myself intend on winning it! Boos as the Highwaymen come out. Duncum: You know something boys? Ol Philly and myself really don't want to wait. Hickerson blasts Grizzly as Duncum punches Manny! Resnick runs for his life. All 4 men throw wild punches and fight all around the ring. Several wrestlers come out to try and break it up but both teams continue to tear into each other. Commercial Break TV Champ "Cowboy" Scott Casey w/Sunshine vs. Vic Dutro Sunshine cheers her man on as he wins the match with the running bulldog. Resnick: Scott Casey, you've had an impressive run as TV champ. The challenges keep coming because next week you'll be defending that title against Ruthless Moretti. Casey: Ken, I said I was going to be a fighting champ and I've been pretty successful so far. Moretti, get ready Son, I know I am. Sunshine: It's going to take a lot more than a chain to put this champ down. I hope you hear me Moretti. Boos as Moretti appears at the top of the aisle. Moretti smiles as he strokes his chain. He points to Casey then over to Sunshine as he grips his chain. Moretti exits. Casey: He likes to play games but it wont be enough to take this title. Commercial Break The Bruise Brothers vs. Trent Watkins and Carl Kellerman Bruise Brothers bring some intensity tonight. Cash hits the cross body headbutt and tags in Snowman. Snowman hoists Watkins on his shoulder and hits the running powerslam for the pin. Resnick: Bruise Brothers, I know you're focused on regaining the AWA world tag titles this weekend at the Mid South Coliseum. I'm not sure what to think of the recent attitudes of the self proclaimed Awesome Twosome. Snowman: Oh yea they're really something aren't they? Riding high, aren't they? Well they about to come crashing down! Cash here owes them one. Cash: Tell em Snowman. Oh yea they were buddy buddy leading up to our match and played me for the fool by low blowing me. No excuses, they got our titles but now everything is fair game when we go head on at the Mid South Coliseum. I hope the Awesome Twosome enjoyed their reign because it's going to be a short one! Commercial Break A highlight video is shown of The Fabulous Ones from their tour of Japan. AWA National Champ "Soul Man" Rocky Johnson vs. Vic Dutro Johnson back drops Dutro. As Dutro rises, Johnson hits a sunset flip for the pin. Resnick: Rocky, you heard the comments from Austin Idol earlier. A lot riding on this tournament. Rocky: Idol, you call yourself the teacher but (holds up the National title) I think this proves who the teacher is. (holds up his fist) I've got you in the first round and baby I plan on knocking you out to advance! Commercial Break Resnick: Please welcome out Tony St. Clair and Les Thornton. Boos as Thornton comes out waving the Union Jack Flag. Tony is wearing a Union Jack themed jacket and black slacks. Resnick: We now know Tony St. Clair will face Brad Rheingans in the first round of the tournament. That must throw things off a bit since I'm sure you have been preparing for the Spoiler. Thornton: How many times do I have to tell you. You will refer to this man as Sir Tony Simply the Best St. Clair. He's more than proven it. One year as undefeated TV champ. Never lost the title by the way. Undefeated on a European tour. This man is a pure wrestling machine. Now, Brad Rheingans has a little above average resume but he is nowhere in the same vicinity as Sir Tony. It's almost laughable. No wait, it is laughable. Tony: Resnick, I want you, all these inferior Americans and especially Brad Rheingans to know that I'm winning the tournament. There's nobody qualified to defeat me. This tournament is nothing but a showcase. A showcase of the future AWA world champion. All the competing wrestlers will find out just why I'm simply the best. Thornton: Well put Sir Tony. Now, Resnick get ready and watch as Giant Haystacks makes his dominating AWA debut. Oh and Jose Lothario, you better pay close attention as well. Resnick: That happens when we come back Commercial Break Giant Haystacks vs. Sam Smith, Willie Lopez and Chuck Turner The fans are in awe at the sight of Haystacks. All 3 men try to charge Haystacks but he shoulder blocks them all down. Haystacks slams them in a pile then drops a huge elbow for the easy pin! Resnick: Giant Haystacks, all I can say is that was devastating. Haystacks: What did you expect? El Canek! You're making the biggest mistake of your life stepping foot in the ring with me. At WrestleRock, in front of the entire world I'm going to squash you and hurt you and give you pain unlike anything you've ever felt before! Commercial Break Resnick: Before we get to our special challenge match, Vinnie Valentino has requested this time to introduce his mystery partner. Vin: Oh Rezzy, you're in for a treat. Introducing my partner, one of the original family members, ladies and gentlemen, Chick Donovan! Donovan struts out and hugs Vinnie. Vin: Chicky and myself are going to put those meatheads all the way down. Yea, we're going to grind them up. (laughs) get it Rezzy? Grind them up like meat cuz they're meatheads. Resnick rolls his eyes. Chick: (laughing) oh Vin Man, I missed you so much. Vin: Hey Chicky, lets give the fans what they want. Ah 1 and ah 2 and ah 3. Vin and Chick: We are family! They sing to the ring. The Golden Boys vs. The Vin Man and Chick Donovan The bell rings as the Golden Boys hit the ring. They double clothesline Chick over the top rope! They turn around and stare at Vinnie. Vinnie is begging for his life. Golden Boys look at each other and smile. They grab Vinnie, swing him to the ropes and put him down with a double elbow smash. Kelly hits a leg drop, Spivey follows with a leg drop. Kelly hits another leg drop and Spivey follows with another leg drop. Kelly goes to the corner. Spivey picks up Vinnie and slams him down, then motions for Kelly to do the honors. Spivey tags in Kelly. Kelly hoists Vinnie up and Snake Eyes him on the top turnbuckle. Kelly puts his foot on Vinnie's chest as the Ref counts 1..2..3! Donovan never got back in the ring. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing pink 'Beauty Shop' sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome to the highest rated segment in wrestling, the Beauty Shop. I have a special announcement. Due to me being me and the AWA needs more of me. Starting next week, I will be hosting the special WrestleRock 86 updates. That's right, I'll be announcing all the match ups as we get ready for the biggest event of the summer. And with me being at WrestleRock, I guarantee the Liberty Bowl will be sold out. Ok, I've got a sensational guest tonight. For the first time ever on the Beauty Shop, please welcome out the Superstar Bill Dundee. Boos as Dundee struts out. Britton: Bill, this is a thrill. Welcome to the Beauty Shop. Having a man with your credentials out here is a true pleasure. Right off the bat, I have to tell you how much I enjoy watching you beat up on that phony King Jerry Lawler. And I can't wait to watch you eliminate him from the tournament and in his own backyard. I hope you plan on relishing that. Dundee: Brenda, I'm glad you get it. Lawler is nothing but a phony and all I'm doing is exposing just that. Lawler and I go back a long way but every since I arrived here in the AWA it's been nothing but a joy beating him up match after match. Lawler! Beating you in the first round will be the coolest moment ever baby. And like you said Brenda, beating him at the Mid South Coliseum will be icing on the cake. What do you think Brenda? How will the AWA world title look around this waist? Britton: It will look fantastic. Good luck Superstar, not that you need it. Ok fans, until my first WrestleRock report, tooooodles. Commercial Break Baron Von Raschke w/Paul Jones vs. William Hillman Jones gets massive heat from the fans. Baron breaks the rules as he dismantles his opponent. Baron puts Hillman out of his misery with the claw! Resnick: Listening to these fans, I can tell they're not happy with what you did to the Spoiler. I understand the Spoiler suffered a concussion and was just recently released from the hospital. You and your goons costed him a chance at the world title. What do you have to say for yourselves? Jones: Oh like he was going to win the tournament. Get real Resnick. The Spoiler could have been something big here but he decided to embarrass me instead. That's something I'll never ever forget. Well all my hard work finally paid off. You wont be seeing that stooge around for a long time. Resnick, you're looking at a happy man. Baron: And that's all the people need to know! Resnick backs off as Baron raises the claw to him. Commercial Break Lance Russell: Fans I've just gotten word that this weekend's match between Cabin Fever and The Highwaymen for a shot at the National Tag titles will now be a bunkhouse tornado match. Jerry Jarrett wants this match to settle everything. My goodness that will be a fight. Not only will the Mid South Coliseum fans see that match. They will see Ricky Steamboat defend the AWA world title against Kamala. Last week we all saw Kamala and Curtis Iaukea do a number on Steamboat. Let's hear pre recorded comments from both men. Iaukea: (Kamala is pacing around slapping his belly) Steamboat! Your time has come! Kamala has proven to be a monster you cannot handle. This weekend your title reign will conclude. You will suffer at the hands of Kamala. You will be begging for mercy but Kamala will show you none! The AWA world title will be ours! (Manacle laugh) Steamboat: (Bandaged forehead) Curtis Iaukea! You and your beast did this to me. I might be a little banged up but let me tell you both something. I'll be more than ready this weekend. It's going to take a lot more than a few bruises and cuts to keep me down. Get ready because this Dragon is coming with fire! Commercial Break TV Main Event The Rock n Roll Express vs. Priceless Boos as Priceless enter the ring wearing suits, sunglasses and fedora hats. They take off their suits and show off their Billionaire titles. Both men are wearing sparkling green trunks with sparkling black dollar signs on the back. The place comes unglued when the RnR Express come out. The ladies are hugging them and the men are high fiving them. RnR control the first few minutes as they frustrate Fergie with quick tags and high speed maneuvers. Fergie gets double back dropped and bumps his way over to tag in Morrow. Morrow doesn't do any better as Gibson slams him down and Morton follows with a jumping knee drop 1..2..Fergie breaks it. Gibson dropkicks Fergie back to the corner, hops up on the turnbuckles and monkey flips Fergie over. Morrow staggers up as Morton swings off the ropes and nails him with a cross body block. The Ref guides Gibson to his corner. Morton picks up Morrow but Fergie runs over and clips him at the knee. Morrow regroups. He picks Morton up and hits a delayed vertical suplex then tags in Fergie. Fergie swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Priceless continues to work over Morton as Morton does the classic Morton in peril. Fergie tags in Morrow. Fergie backbreakers Morton and holds him as Morrow comes of the middle ropes with a knee to the chest 1..2..Gibson breaks it. Fergie comes in but Gibson unloads with punches. The Ref gets control. Morrow slams Morton then tags in Fergie. They hoist Morton up for a double suplex but Morton flips over, then makes a diving tag to Gibson! Gibson is on fire as he hip tosses Morrow to the ropes. Morrow staggers up and Gibson dropkicks him out of the ring. Fergie charges Gibson but Gibson scoop slams him and follows with a standing fist drop. Gibson hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Morrow comes in and nails Gibson with a double axe handle to the head. Morton runs in and hammers away on Morrow, swings him to the ropes and puts him down with a flying back elbow smash. Morton helps Gibson up. Fergie staggers up as RnR nail him with a double dropkick 1..2..3!!!! Huge pop! Commercial Break Resnick: What a main event. The Rock n Roll Express have these fans going wild. Well fans, this weekend we'll find out who goes to WrestleRock for a world title shot against Steamboat or Kamala. It all happens at the Mid South Coliseum. On that note, please welcome out Jerry The King Lawler. Big pop as Lawler holds up his King's crown and smiles. Resnick: I guess it's only fitting that you meet Bill Dundee in the first round. Lawler: Indeed it is and you know what Ken? I wouldn't have it any other way. Dundee, I'm going to finish my business with you early and then it's time to focus on the most prestigious title in wrestling, the AWA world title. I've been the world champion before and believe me the King wants another reign. Dundee, I've got to get through you first and that's exactly what I'm going to do! Memorial Weekend at The Mid South Coliseum 8-Man Tournament- Winner gets an AWA World Title shot at WrestleRock 86 First Round Matches Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. "Superstar" Bill Dundee AWA National Champ "Soul Man" Rocky Johnson vs. "The Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol Chief Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkle Tony "Simply the Best" St. Clair w/Les Thornton vs. Brad Rheingans AWA World Title Bout Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (C) vs. Kamala w/Curtis Iaukea AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Awesome Twosome (C) vs. The Bruise Brothers Bunkhouse Tornado Match- Winners get a National Tag Team title shot at WrestleRock 86 Cabin Fever vs. The Highwaymen

Fans get to cheer early as Made in the USA Don Kernodle takes down Tojo. US Steel seems to be having trouble with managers. He might need a counter. Wrestlers better watch out for Kendo's mist. Just ask Kirchner. I'm liking the Glamor Boys/Radiance feud. Solid mid card attraction. Young Kendall has some fight. Devastation Inc. is finding that out. Big win for Perez but Brooks makes him pay for it. Tribal/Dungeon feud is red hot! Zaibatsu sends the fans home on a downer note as they beat the Funks. I think the Funks might be distracted by Dibiase and Williams coming in LOL. One thing is certain, Jumbo is a major star here.

Singh retains again. Nice touch having Robin put Singh even further over with that promo. The tag champs might be in trouble with the Nasty Girls coming after them. Big time main event! You know it's special when Richter is wrestling on TV. The champ gets the fall on Velvet as Moretti holds Combs back. Combs is going to have to bring everything she has in order to beat Richter. Good stuff as we get ready for another explosive super card.

AWA picks up Chick Donovan

Brickhouse is giving the Brigade a real confidence booster. Gotta love his enthusiasm. British Steel give a passionate promo that even Taylor can't argue with. Looking forward to the new Brit coming in. It's going to take a lot to stop Finlay. Adams is focused and determined to capture the TV title. I bet Bigelow scouted that match. Windham looks good as he puts down the American Ninja. Seattle Showdown is shaping up. The Midnights get their big title shot. Also, a personal dream match is signed, Burke and Bubba in a taped fist match!!! YES!!! Things are getting very interesting as Hot Stuff has a counter for Easy Ed. I wonder what's going through the Playboy's mind.

Huge news as WSW will deliver its first supercard on July 4th! Can't wait for it. Excited to see the crowning of a TV Champ. This will be a fun tournament. Dibiase and Williams are coming next week! Why do I have a feeling Terry is going to stir things up LOL Slick and Whatley are gold together. I wouldn't mind a Whatley TV title run. Good to see the Fort Bragg Brotherhood picking up wins. They've been one of my favorite teams in this game. Oh man poor Huey, Duey and Luey. The Dungeon of Doom massacred them! I can't imagine how bad it would of gotten if Tribal Nation, Sunny and Cocoa didn't arrive. Red hot Chicky Starr advances with a big win over Cocoa. To the Sports Arena, Invaders do the old masked man switch on Gypsy Joe. Tojo is playing with fire messing with US Steel. Tag Teams break off for singles matches and break even as Pretty Boy beats Doll while Simpson takes down Embry. Man, Jimmy Jack gets the Asian mist and a beating from the kendo stick. Bad night for Jimmy Jack. Dungeon of Doom wins a battle but this war is far from over. Dory gets a crowd pleasing win over Pogo. Damn, after all the great action, the fans get to witness an outstanding 60 minute draw between Jumbo and Terry. Fans got their money's worth tonight and then some.

AWA @ The Mayo Civic Center, Rochester MN 5-22-86 Southern Justice (Brad and Bart Batten) defeated Tony Garea and Steve O with a double hot shot on Steve O TV Champ "Cowboy" Scott Casey w/Sunshine defeated Rene Goulet with the running bulldog Billy Jack Haynes w/Ox Baker defeated "Rugged" Ron Garvin- As Ox was arguing with the Ref, Matt Borne (in street clothes) blasted Garvin with a chair, allowing Haynes to get the pin. Crusher defeated Duke Myers- Myers loaded his forearm, took a big swing at Crusher but Crusher ducked, thumbed him in the eye and cradled him for the pin. The Superflys and Cartel battled to a double C.O.- Everybody was bleeding as these guys kept fighting long after the bell rang. Kamala w/Curtis Iaukea defeated Grizzly Boone- Boone of Cabin Fever gave Kamala some serious shots but a distraction from Iaukea turned the tide as Kamala nailed Boone with a kick to the back of his head leading to the big splash for the win. The next match was paid to be billed as a special attraction Priceless defeated Two Local Talents- Fergie nailed his opponent with a million dollar knee lift, Morrow followed with a Falling DDT for the win. Lots of heat as Priceless arrogantly showed off their Billionaires Titles and even had a post match champagne celebration. AWA National Title Bout "Soul Man" Rocky Johnson (C) vs. "Crippler" Rip Oliver w/Paul Jones It was announced that Jones Army member Matt Borne had been banned from the building. Both these guys shined and gave the fans a solid main event. Johnson worked over Oliver with rapid fire jabs, dropkicks, back drops and body slams. Oliver came back hard, bending all the rules, adding in vicious stomps, punches and knee drops, not to mention Paul Jones getting his shots in. At the 20 minute mark, Oliver is in control as he hoists Johnson up and vertical suplexes him. Oliver slowly goes to the top rope. Johnson springs up, grabs Oliver and tosses him across the ring. Jones gets on the apron. Johnson grabs him. The fans cheer as Johnson holds up his fist. Oliver staggers up and goes for a high knee but Johnson moves and Oliver sends Jones flying off the apron. Johnson rolls up Oliver 1..2..3! Rocky Johnson retains the AWA National title!

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 5-21-86 "From coast to coast, border to border and continent to continent, welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling" Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of AWA major league wrestling. Huge main event lined up as AWA World Champ Ricky Steamboat teams with Jerry Lawler to take on Kamala and the Superstar Bill Dundee. Wahoo McDaniel returns to AWA television. The Rock n Roll Express will be in action as will Ruthless Moretti, the Highwaymen, Greg Gagne, the Spoiler and the entire Paul Jones Army in 6 man tag team action. Also tonight the Cartel will go up against Adrenaline Rush. As you all know, next weekend at the Mid South Coliseum, there will be an 8 man tournament with the winner getting an AWA world title shot at WrestleRock 86 on July 3rd. We'll be hearing from some of those tournament participants tonight. Well let's get to the action. Baron Von Raschke/ "Maniac" Matt Borne and "Crippler" Rip Oliver w/Paul Jones vs. Vic Dutro, Willie Lopez and Sam Smith Paul Jones and his army are still seething over last week's loss to Spoiler, Garvin and Jaggers. They take out all their frustrations on tonight's opponents. Oliver clotheslines Dutro then tags in Borne. Borne fly's off the top rope with a knee drop then tags in Baron, who finishes things off with the claw! Jones looks very pleased with his men. Commercial Break "The Great" Gagne w/ Bodyguard Duke Myers vs. Carl Kellerman Gagne is aggressive tonight as he throws Carl out of the ring. Gagne distracts the Ref as Myers pounds on Carl then hurls him back in the ring. Gagne circles his opponent then clamps on the sleeper for the win. Resnick: Ok, Greg Gagne joining me along with the Duker. Duke snatches the mic from Resnick and hands it to Gagne. Gagne: Ok, two things, I'm the "Great" Gagne and I'm the only one who calls my bodyguard Duker. Get your head screwed on right Resnick or Duker will do it for you. Now listen up little Bradley Rheingans. You pulled a cute one and went out and got yourself a bodyguard did ya. What's the matter? Can't fight your own battles? Awww you need a little help? Ok, since you're so tough now, next week, you and me, right here on TV. Go ahead and bring that old washed up has been Crusher. Jeez, when was his prime? The 60s? What a joke. Come on Duker, let's go. Duke gets the mic and pushes it in Resnick's chest. Resnick: He's not the Greg I remember. I have to wonder what his Dad thinks of all this. Commercial Break The Cartel vs. Adrenaline Rush Action packed back and forth match as these teams are in full throttle tonight. Adrenaline Rush pull out their high flying maneuvers and quick tags. The Cartel come back with some brutal double teaming and rule breaking. All 4 men end up fighting. As the Ref finally gets control and guides Takano to his corner, Bassarab cradles Santana. The Ref turns around and jumps over to make the count but WHAM! Estrada nails Bassarab with a chair! The Ref signals for the DQ. Takano runs in but Estrada blasts him with the chair! Before the Cartel can inflict more punishment, THE SUPERFLYS hit the ring! They nail Estrada from behind. Estrada and his chair goes flying. They hit Santana with a jumping double headbutt as he goes sailing through the ropes. Estrada staggers up and the Superflys send him through the ropes with a jumping double headbutt! The fans cheer as the Superflys tend to Adrenaline Rush. Commercial Break The Vin Man vs. Neil Jordan Vinnie's lady entourage is back as they lead him to the ring. They each kiss him on the cheek and then he slowly walks up the ring steps. The boos are defining. Vin works his opponent over with hip tosses and high dropkicks. Vin slams his opponent then goes to the top rope and waits. As Jordan rises, Vin comes off the top rope and hits a sunset flip for the win. Resnick: The Vin Man Vinnie Valentino is back. Vinnie, last week you returned after being away for a while. I guess Kevin Kelly has moved on. Vin: Oh very funny. Look Rezzy, that meathead made a big mistake. After everything I did for him, what does he do? He finds himself an even bigger meathead to team with and turns his back on me. Wow, that's the thanks I get? What a classy guy that meathead is. But hey, I'm not going to cry about it. I'm going to make him pay. I have myself a partner and I'm issuing a challenge to those meatheads. Next week it's payback for the Vin Man...Yea! Resnick: Alright, another challenge made for next week. I wonder who's teaming with the Vin Man? I guess myself and the Golden Boys will find out next week. Commercial Break WrestleRock 86 coming July 3rd! The Spoiler vs. Arnie Goldstein Spoiler methodically works over Goldstein and finishes him off with the claw! Resnick: Next weekend at the Mid South Coliseum, the Spoiler will face Tony St. Clair in the opening round of an 8 man tournament for a shot at the AWA world title at WrestleRock. Spoiler, you've been racking up the wins and deserve to be in the tournament. What are your thoughts on Tony St. Clair? Spoiler: Les Thornton has been running his mouth non stop about St. Clair being the best. My resume speaks for itself and next week.... Resnick: WATCH OUT!!! WHAM!!! Spoiler is attacked by Paul Jones and his army! Borne and Oliver stomp down on Spoiler. They pick him up and hold him as Jones whacks Spoiler several times over his head with his cane! Borne and Oliver double slam Spoiler on the concrete, then pick him back up and hold him. Baron clamps on the claw! Baron wrenches away as Borne and Oliver hold him. Baron releases as do Oliver and Borne. Spoiler is out. Baron grabs a wooden chair. Resnick: That's enough! Borne and Oliver hold up Spoiler as Baron shatters the chair over Spoiler's head! Baron once again clamps on the claw as Oliver, Borne and Jones take turns stomping down on a lifeless Spoiler. Finally several wrestlers and officials storm out to stop this but the damage has clearly been done. Commercial Break Resnick: My goodness! I can't believe what we just witnessed. Unfortunately Ron Garvin and Bobby Jaggers aren't in the arena tonight. Leave it to Paul Jones to take advantage of that. I hope to give an update on the Spoiler soon. I know he's been rushed to the nearby hospital. What a disgusting act. (pauses) Last week we found out the first match signed for WrestleRock 86 will be El Canek facing Giant Haystacks. I would like to take you to some training footage of El Canek. Samba Pa Ti by Santana plays as we see El Canek lifting weights with the Desert in the background. Flashes of him sparring in a wrestling ring follows. Canek is shown press slamming several wrestlers. Resnick: Oh my, I would say El Canek is 100% and is ready for Haystacks at WrestleRock. I understand Jose Lothario will be back next week with some comments. Right now I want to bring out Les Thornton. Les, you have to be impressed with what we just saw. Now, last week you mentioned Haystacks would have a handler. Thornton: First things first. (Smiles) it looks like Sir St. Clair's tournament opponent has suffered some bad luck. What a shame. I guess Spoiler has some vengeful enemies. Oh well. Now you and all these idiots might be impressed with Canek's training but I'm not and I can assure you neither is Giant Haystacks. Yes, I said I was turning over Haystacks duties to a good friend of mine but you know what? I spoke to Haystacks and he said he'll go at it alone. That means he'll be totally unleashed. So if you idiots want to help Canek then you all better start praying for him. Haystacks is going to destroy, hurt, humiliate and annihilate him. Next week Haystacks will be in this very ring and will brutalize not one, not two but three men! Jose Lothario better be watching because Haystacks is going to send a very strong message to El Canek. Good day Ken. Commercial Break Chief Wahoo McDaniel vs. William Hillman Wherever Wahoo goes, he always has his fans. Wahoo looks great tonight as he puts Hillman down with the tomahawk chop for the win! Resnick: Wahoo McDaniel ladies and gentlemen. Wahoo great to see you back in the AWA. I was thrilled to hear you that you'll be in the big tournament next week. I know the AWA world title is something you would love to get your hands on. Wahoo: (Shakes Ken's hand) Ken, it feels so good to be back in the AWA. I came here for one reason and that's of course to be AWA world champion. Winning that tournament grants me the opportunity. So rest assured, I'm focused and ready. There's a commotion as Nick Bockwinkel arrogantly walks out. He stares at Wahoo then extends his hand. Wahoo pauses then shakes it. Bock: Wahoo, no doubt about it, you are one of the fiercest competitors to ever step foot in the ring. I know that first hand. You and I will meet once again in the first round. You know I have the upmost respect for you. However, my goal is to be AWA world champ and therefore I will be standing tall at the end of the night. You're first on the list my friend. Wahoo: Nick, you and I have gone at it more than once and the respect is mutual. But like you say, we both want the same thing. I plan on winning the tournament and I plan on getting through you first. Bock: Well, may the best man win. Another handshake. Commercial Break "Ruthless" Moretti vs. Todd Rooney Once again, Moretti comes out with his chain wrapped around his neck. The match is all Moretti as he steamrolls over Rooney before finishing him off with a running powerslam! Moretti smiles as he gets his chain. He goes back in the ring and hits Rooney before meeting Resnick on the outside. Resnick: Ok Moretti I have to ask. Why do you have to hit your opponent with your chain after you have already won the match? Moretti ponders this then shrugs his shoulders and smiles Moretti: No reason, I just like doing things like that. Moretti walks away leaving Resnick with a disturbed look. 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. Wow what a big show tonight. You fans are so lucky because my guests are the new AWA world tag team champions, Curt Hennig and Brian Adias. Oh and since I get all the major scoops, they informed me that they will be known as the Awesome Twosome! Come on out champs. Hennig comes out wearing a bright orange singlet with the title on his shoulder. Adias is wearing bright orange wrestling pants with the title around his waist. They smile but the fans are still not sure about them. Britton: It's my esteemed honor to have the world champs on my show. Awesome Twosome is exactly how I would describe you. What a great name. Adias: Thank you Brenda. You know we are pretty awesome and these here titles prove it. Hennig: Brian and I did exactly what we said we were going to do. We rose the ranks and won these titles. And if I may say so it was relatively easy. Adias: Yea, I thought those Bruise Brothers were going to give us a tougher match. Hennig: So did I. Everybody kept talking about their impressive title reign but in the end we exposed them for the dancing clowns they are. Ok now the fans are booing big time. Britton: You guys are awesome! I know you have a rematch with them at the Mid South Coliseum but they should save themselves the embarrassment and not show. Adias: Brenda, unlike those clowns, you're a smart woman. I hope they're listening. Hennig: Those guys are such babies. They've been crying about foul play but all we did was outsmart them. Which wasn't to hard. They all laugh. Hennig: Bruise Brothers! If you're stupid enough to show up at the Mid South Coliseum, fine by us. Because we're the better wrestlers. Adias: The better team. Hennig: And the better men! Britton: I'm going to be there and I can't wait to watch your awesome wrestling skills in action. The Awesome Twosome, your AWA World Tag Team Champions. Until next week, tooooodles. Commercial Break Highwaymen vs. Gary Williams and Harold Bannister Highwaymen are on their A game tonight as they pummel their opponents and finish them off with the Spiked piledriver! Highwaymen cut a promo on Cabin Fever and say they're going to not only beat them for a National Tag Title shot at WrestleRock but they're going to give them a hurt'n they'll never forget! Commercial Break The Rock n Roll Express vs. Tim Patterson and Maurice Thorpe The fans are cheering like crazy during the entire match. RnR give them what they want and win the match with the double dropkick! As Resnick is conducting an interview with RnR, a butler walks out and hands Resnick a piece of paper. Resnick: It seems like an invitation. It says, we would like the Rock n Roll Express to accept our challenge next week on TV. Sincerely Priceless. Morton: Are these guys for real? Gibson: Well brother, lets give them an answer. Morton: Damn right we accept! Commercial Break Lance: What a program we had tonight. Issuing challenges was defiantly the theme. I've talked with all the parties involved. Next week, Greg Gagne faces Brad Rheingans, The Golden Boys have accepted Vin Man's challenge. You will see the Rock n Roll Express take on Priceless. Giant Haystacks will debut against 3 men. I've also been informed that in two weeks, Scott Casey will defend the TV title against Ruthless Moretti. The Bruise Brothers will make their first appearance since losing the world tag titles. I hope to have an update on the Spoiler. All that and so much more. Blockbuster main event when we come back. Commercial Break AWA World Champ Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. "Superstar" Bill Dundee and Kamala w/Curtis Iaukea The bell rings and Kamala goes right after Steamboat as Lawler and Dundee slug it out. Dundee punches Lawler to the ropes and charges but Lawler back drops Dundee over the top rope to the outside. Steamboat chops Kamala to the ropes. Lawler comes over and him and Steamboat double clothesline Kamala over the rope! Iaukea runs to Kamala then points up at Steamboat with his kendo stick. Lawler goes to the outside and punches away on Dundee. Steamboat goes to the apron, jumps off and nails Iaukea with a chop to the head! After a bit, the Ref finally gets some sort of control. Lawler and Dundee are in the ring. Lawler swings Dundee to the ropes and back drops him. Dundee staggers up as Lawler scoop slams him, then drops an elbow 1..2..Kick Out. Lawler picks Dundee up and hits a delayed vertical suplex then tags in Steamboat. Steamboat goes to the top. Dundee staggers up as Steamboat nails him with a double axehandle to the head 1..2..Kamala runs in and chops down on Steamboat. Lawler runs in and pounds away on Kamala. Steamboat rolls close to the ropes and Iaukea nails him with a kendo stick shot. The Ref guides Lawler back. Dundee rolls over and tags in Kamala. Kamala chokes Steamboat on the ropes, picks him up with both hands and choke slams him down. Kamala paces around the ring slapping his belly. Kamala picks up Steamboat and bodyslams him down then tags in Dundee. Dundee runs over and slaps Lawler. Lawler runs in but the Ref guides him back. Dundee chokes Steamboat on the ropes as Iaukea gives him another kendo stick shot. Dundee executes a backbreaker then tags in Kamala. Kamala swings Steamboat to the ropes and sidewalk slams him down. Kamala gets up, swings off the ropes and goes for a big splash but Steamboat moves, rolls over and tags in Lawler! The fans go wild as Lawler lowers his strap. Kamala staggers up as Lawler goes to town with Memphis punches. Dundee runs in and Lawler fires away on him with punches. Lawler slams Dundee then goes back to work on Kamala. Lawler swings Kamala into the corner, hops on the turnbuckles and pounds away on his head. Dundee runs up and nails Lawler with a forearm blast to the back. Dundee grabs Lawler and drops him with a back suplex. Steamboat runs in and chops away on Dundee, swings him to the ropes and dropkicks him down. The Ref gets order. Kamala and Lawler are the legal men. Lawler charges at Kamala but the Ref gets sandwiched and goes down. Dundee runs in but Steamboat is on him. Kamala attacks Steamboat from behind. Lawler tackles Dundee and punches away. Steamboat and Kamala fight to the outside. Iaukea nails Steamboat with another kendo stick shot. Kamala now gets the upper hand on Steamboat. Lawler sees this and goes to the outside and punches Iaukea down. Lawler hits Kamala and now Steamboat gets the upper hand on Kamala. Lawler goes back inside the ring but Dundee throws salt in his eyes! Dundee picks up Lawler and hot shots him on the top rope. The groggy Ref crawls over and counts 1..2..3! Boooo! On the outside, Steamboat is chopping away on Kamala but Iaukea gets up and hits Steamboat. Steamboat turns around and chokes Iaukea. Steamboat is shaking Iaukea's head back and forth with the choking. Kamala runs over, grabs Steamboat by his hair and rams him face first into the steel post. Steamboat is bleeding. Kamala grabs the kendo stick. Steamboat is on his knees. Kamala whacks his head. Security runs out. Dundee calmly exits the ring. Iaukea escorts Kamala out. Dundee goes to Resnick. Dundee: (laughing) Got you again Jerry! I'll see you at the tournament boy! Memorial Weekend at the Mid South Coliseum 8-Man Tournament- Winner receives a AWA World Title Shot at WrestleRock 86 First Round Match ups Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. "Superstar" Bill Dundee Chief Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkel AWA National Champ Rocky "Soulman" Johnson vs. "The Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol Tony "Simply the Best" St. Clair w/Les Thornton vs. The Spoiler AWA World Title Bout Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (C) vs. Kamala w/Curtis Iaukea AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Awesome Twosome (C) vs. The Bruise Brothers Winners get a National Tag Team Title Shot at WrestleRock 86 Cabin Fever vs. The Highwaymen

Fans get to cheer early as US Steel puts Tojo down. Big win for Sunny over Sullivan. Post match brawl which will be the theme of the card. Jimmy Jack proves to be a tough Funk. WOW! Big win for Chicky. That win over Dory really catapults Chicky to another level. If there's one guy who isn't afraid to go toe to toe with Sullivan's monsters it's Cocoa Samoa. Tribal Nation and Moondogs are one of the best feuds going right now. Awesome way to end the show as Terry defeats Pogo in a bloody falls count anywhere match. Great loop!

AWA releases Soldat Ustinov AWA picks up Brad and Bart Batten

Misty Blue gives Rhonda her toughest challenge to date. Rhonda's reign has been dominating! Combs picks up a solid win over Kai. Combs is focused and determined to get another shot at Richter. YES! Moretti successfully retains her titles. Moretti is one of the hottest wrestlers in the game right now.

A bit of a different kind of opener as Duggan outslugs Adams for the win. The Spinebuster is such a perfect finisher for Busick. The Brigade needs a plan to stop Hansen. I have a feeling somebody in the group is ready for the challenge. Scorpio is really having a tremendous LHW title run. Snowbirds and Badd Co. give the fans a top notch main event.

Tribal Nation get a nice shine with a belt presentation. Hmmmm you never know just what's really going on inside the Funks heads. This is becoming one of my favorite storylines. BTW, loved the introduction of Jimmy Jack. I like the push Smirnoff is getting. Sullivan is causing all kinds of chaos! I shouldn't be surprised but the man always outdoes himself LOL. Mantell and Pretty Boy get the nice main event slot. Good to see Mantell keeping his Texas momentum going. To the Sports Arena, Slick and Whatley will be a lot of fun to watch. They're off to a good start. I know Chicky and Kernodle gave the fans a solid work rate match. Love that finish in the Duk/Simpson match. I got to give Kendall credit, he's showing no fear by going head on with Devastation Inc. OH MAN! If Sullivan and the Moondogs weren't enough to handle, none other than ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER has arrived!!! WOW! Talk about a monster stable. This is what the Dungeon of Doom is all about. Zaibatsu get a huge win over the Funks. Good call here, I think Zaibatsu really needed this one. Awesome stuff!

AWA @ The Brown County Arena, Green Bay WI 5-15-86 The Crusher defeated Andy Stone with the Bolo Punch. If there's one guy that can get a Wisconsin crowd going it's da Crusher! "Ruthless" Moretti defeated Tony Garea with a running powerslam. Moretti draws heat as he hits Tony with his chain after the match for the fun of it. Adrenaline Rush defeated Rene Goulet and Soldat Ustinov when Takano hit an inverted piledriver on Goulet and Bassarab followed with a flying leg drop from the top rope. "Crippler" Rip Oliver w/Paul Jones defeated "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers after Jones threw salt in Jaggers eyes allowing Oliver to clothesline him down for the pin. The Highwaymen and Cabin Fever battled to a wild Double DQ The Rock n Roll Express defeated "The Great" Gagne and Duke Myers. During the match, da Crusher came out drinking a beer. Gagne and Myers were so distracted that when Gagne finally turned around, the RnR Express double dropkicked him for the win! Crusher held up his beer to RnR as the fans gave a thundering cheer. Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. "Superstar" Bill Dundee Another crazy fight between these two. Dundee once again tried to use brass knuckles but Lawler kicked him, grab the knuckles and blasted Dundee. The only problem was this was right in front of the Ref so he had no choice but to DQ Lawler. Lawler and the fans seemed ok with this especially since Dundee was knocked out cold. AWA World Title Bout Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (C) vs. "El Jefe" Jose Estrada w/Cartel partner Ricky Santana Estrada made waves in Texas and carried that over to the AWA. Tonight he wants to bring the title to the Cartel. However, Steamboat has a different look in his eyes tonight and I'm sure Kamala and Iaukea have something to do with that. The opening minutes is all Steamboat as he has Estrada bumping and flipping all over the ring. The tide turns when Santana (from the outside) trips Steamboat and Steamboat staggers into a bruising forearm blast. Estrada takes over and beats Steamboat down with punches and kicks. Steamboat slowly rises but Estrada nails him with a knee lift 1..2..Kick Out. Estrada chokes Steamboat on the bottom rope. As the Ref backs him off, Santana hits Steamboat with a big punch. Estrada picks up Steamboat and Snake Eyes him on the top turnbuckle. Estrada goes to the middle ropes and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Estrada berates the Ref. Estrada hoists Steamboat up for an atomic drop but Steamboat flips over and dropkicks Estrada from behind. It's comeback time as Steamboat back drops Estrada. Estrada staggers up and Steamboat chops him down. Steamboat picks up Estrada and delivers a hanging vertical suplex. Steamboat goes to the top rope but Santana runs over and pushes him off. Steamboat is on the canvas as Estrada tries to clear the cob webs. The fans go crazy when the Superflys (in street clothes) hop the railing and pound away on Santana! Estrada gets up and tries to run out there but Steamboat grabs him and unloads. Steamboat swings Estrada into the corner. Estrada staggers out as Steamboat scoop slams him, goes out to the apron and hits a Sling Shot Splash 1..2..3!! The Superflys swing Santana into the steel post, then go into the ring. They pick up Estrada and double headbutt him down. Snuka goes to the top rope and hits the Superfly Splash! The Superflys hold up Steamboat's arms as the crowd roars. Winner of the Match and still AWA World Champ- Ricky Steamboat

Young Jarrett is slowly but surely moving up in Pacific. Holding Mando to a draw is a pretty big deal. Midnight Express have some serious momentum going as they prepare for a shot at the titles. Oh man I think it's only a matter of time before we get a big Simmons/Hansen match. Sooner or later Severn might have to accept Jarrett's help against the Hollywood Knights. Bigelow vs. Adams is a fun contrast of styles feud I can get behind. Well, Iron & Steel gave the Wild Bulls a run but it looks like the Wild Bulls have taken this feud. I think both teams come out looking good. They had some awesome hard hitting matches. Playboy gives Gilbert a taste of what's to come. Vic is a solid counter for Easy Ed.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 5-14-86 "From coast to coast, border to border and continent to continent, welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling" Footage from last week is shown as Brian Adias kicks Porkchop Cash low and Hennig cradles him for the pin as Adias and Hennig become AWA World Tag Team Champions. Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Big show lined up as the Paul Jones Army, Baron Von Raschke, Matt Borne and Rip Oliver take on The Spoiler, Ron Garvin and Bobby Jaggers. Brad Rheingans goes one on one with current rival Greg Gagne. Scott Casey defends his TV title against Tony Garea. Golden Boys will be in tag action as well as the Superflys and the National tag champs the Beasts of Burden. Austin Idol will be in the ring as will the National Champ Rocky Johnson. Jerry Jarrett will host the first WrestleRock 86 report and Tony St. Clair will grace us with a special wrestling showcase. Let's get things going and go to the ring. The Golden Boys vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Kelly tags in Spivey. Kelly swings Lopez to the ropes and puts him down with a clothesline as Spivey follows with a jumping leg drop for the win! Resnick: Great win for the Golden Boys. You guys seem to be gelling well. Kelly: Every since Danny snapped me out of my depression, things have really been clicking... A commotion picks up from the fans as the Vin Man walks out. Resnick: Well this is certainly a big surprise. Vinnie Valentino where have you been? Kelly is at a lost for words as he stares at Vinnie. Spivey already doesn't like this. Vin: Kev baby! What the hell is going on here? Kelly: Vin...I think the question is, where the hell have you been? Vin: Hey, you're not the only one that was hurting. After Bodacious came up short at the Happening, I had to leave this business and clear my head. I'm gone for a couple months and you turn your back on me and team up with this freak. We were family Kev. You betrayed me. You know what? That's all water under the bridge. Ditch this loser and come back to the family. I welcome you back with open arms big guy. Kelly: I don't think so Vin. You left me hanging when I had the opportunity of a lifetime at the National title. I tried and tried to reach out but nothing. (points at Spivey) This man saved me so why don't you and I just go our separate ways. Vin: I can't believe what I'm hearing. You ungrateful meathead! You think you can make it without me? You and this big goof? You better think again. I'll be back, count on it. I'm the Vin Man...yea! Vinnie leaves. Kelly looks at Spivey and raises his fist. Spivey hits it as the fans cheer. Spivey: Nothing's gonna get in our way. Nothing! Commercial Break "The Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol vs. Neil Jordan Idol draws boos as he slams Jordan then gives the fans a few bicep poses. Idol works the leg and gets the submission win with the Las Vegas Leglock. Commercial Break Brad Rheingans vs. "The Great" Gagne w/Bodyguard Duke Myers The bell rings but Duke wont exit. Gagne taunts Brad as he hides behind Duke. Duke puts his loaded forearm up and dares Brad to come and fight him. The crowd explodes as THE CRUSHER hits the ring and unloads on Duke! Crusher punches Duke through the ropes and follows. Crusher pounds away on Duke. Gagne goes to the ropes and is screaming down at Crusher. Brad grabs Gagne by the waist and hits a belly to back suplex 1..2..3!!!! Huge pop! Duke is lying on the outside concrete as Brad goes out and joins Crusher. Brad grabs the mic from Resnick. Brad: Hey Greg, I would like you to meet my bodyguard...The Crusher! Another huge pop as Crusher holds up his fist. Commercial Break The Superflys vs. Trent Watkins and Carl Kellerman Siva puts Watkins down with a jumping headbutt then tags in Snuka. Snuka goes to the top and crashes down with the Superfly Splash for the win! Resnick: Tremendous win for the Superflys. In Louisville, the Cartel interfered in your National Tag Title Bout and costed you the match. I'm sure you have words for the Cartel. Siva: Estrada! You started everything but the Superflys will finish it! Snuka: That's right brotha. You attack us from behind like the cowards you are. You better have eyes in the back of your heads because it's our turn! Commercial Break WrestleRock 86 Report w/Jerry Jarrett Jarrett: Hello to all our great AWA fans. Saturday July 3rd, from the Liberty Bowl Stadium, live on closed circuit TV, the AWA presents the biggest event of the summer, WrestleRock 86. What a fun night that will be because after the wrestling action you will be treated to a set by rock n roll legend Chuck Berry along with a fireworks show. (laughs) I know Chuck is excited. Now, I've heard the challenge made by Jose Lothario on behalf of El Canek. I think it's only fair to grant the match. So the first match signed for WrestleRock will be El Canek taking on Giant Haystacks. Talk about a powerhouse battle. Moving on, Memorial Day weekend at the Mid South Coliseum, there will be an 8 man tournament, the winner will get a AWA world title shot at WrestleRock. You'll see the first round match ups at the conclusion of this update. Also at the Mid South Coliseum, the Highwaymen and Cabin Fever will face off with the winners getting a National Tag Team title shot at WrestleRock. That's not it, also on Memorial Day, Curt Hennig and Brian Adias will defend their newly won AWA world tag titles against the Bruise Brothers. And Ricky Steamboat will defend his AWA world title against Kamala. Memorial weekend at the Mid South Coliseum will defiantly set the table for Wrestlerock. I'll fill you in with more WrestleRock news in the weeks to come. Should be an exciting time for the AWA. First Round Tournament matches Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee Nick Bockwinkle vs. Wahoo McDaniel AWA National Champ Rocky Johnson vs. Austin Idol Tony St. Clair w/Les Thornton vs. The Spoiler Commercial Break AWA National Tag Team Champs The Beasts of Burden w/Ox Baker vs. Sam Smith and Clancy Klein Another brutal squash! Beasts hurl Klein out of the ring and put Smith down with double boots to the head! Beasts pick up the lifeless Smith and hold him as Ox delivers a Heart Punch! Billy Jack Haynes joins Ox and the Beasts along with a nervous looking Ken Resnick. Resnick: Utter destruction, that's all I can say. However, Ox Baker, is it really necessary to use your heart punch. You did that to Billy Jack Strong last week and... Haynes: Don't ever refer to that weakling as Billy Jack, you hear me! Ox: You better listen to him Resnick or I'll have the real Billy Jack clamp the full nelson on you! Yes it's necessary to use my heart punch. We're sending a message and that message is pain and punishment! Got it! Now my Beasts have ran through all the competition here in the AWA. There's nobody left so Jarrett has decided that two teams will fight for a shot. That makes me laugh. Two teams fighting to fight my Beasts. Either one of those teams will be destroyed! Morgan and Nord start yelling and huffing as Resnick looks terrified. Commercial Break AWA National Champ "Soul Man" Rocky Johnson vs. Dave Pinson Johnson is electric tonight and wins the match with a sunset flip. Resnick: Rocky Johnson, your National title reign has been nothing short of impressive. Johnson: Kenny, I'm in the best shape of my life and ready for anybody who... Boos as Austin Idol struts out. Idol: This is what a man in shape looks like. (Idol flexes as the fans boo) Johnson, you know that title belongs to me. However, right now my focus is winning the tournament and getting a world title shot. And wouldn't you know it, you and I lock up in the first round. So I not only get to beat you up again but I get to eliminate you from the tournament. Darling, that's my kind of night. Johnson: Keep talk'n Idol, just keep talk'n boy. Come Memorial Day, I'm gonna punch all that arrogance out of you and punch you in the mouth just to shut you up. Cheers as Johnson holds up his title in front of Idol. Commercial Break TV Title Bout "Cowboy" Scott Casey (C) w/Sunshine vs. Tony Garea Garea earned this shot by defeating Soldat Ustinov last week. Match starts with a handshake and remains clean. Back and forth match. Casey works Garea over with hip tosses and dropkicks, Garea comes back and almost gets the pin with a cross body block. Garea works Casey over and applies the Abdominal stretch. Casey fights it and hip tosses Garea over. Casey comes back with forearm blasts, swings Garea to the ropes and back drops him. Garea staggers up as Casey executes the Bulldog 1..2..3! Casey helps Garea up. They shake hands and Garea leaves. Sunshine runs in and hands Casey the TV title. Casey holds it up as the fans cheer. While Sunshine and Casey are celebrating, Ruthless Moretti comes out smiling and stroking his chain. Casey and Sunshine see him. Moretti waves and calmly goes to the back. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing pink 'Beauty Shop' sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome to the number one segment in wrestling, the Beauty Shop. What a show I have for you. Get the bubbly ready because making their long awaited AWA appearance and return to wrestling, I present to you "Champagne" Gerry Morrow and "Mr. Money" Carl Fergie! YES! Boos as Morrow and Fergie come out wearing suits, sunglasses and fedora hats. They hug Brenda and each kiss her hand. Britton: My goodness, I can't tell you how great it is to finally have some class in the AWA. Boy oh boy I missed you guys! Morrow: Ha Ha Ha, Brenda de pleasure is ours to be on this show but de pleasure is all deez people as they get to witness true class. Fergie: (laughs) Good one Gerry. Britton: You guys look well rested. That vacation has worked wonders. So, what do we have to look forward to? Morrow: AH Brenda, big plans. Because you deserve it, we wanted to give you de big scoop. Mr. Money and myself will now be a team. As you remembered I had de Billionaire's Title. Well, check dis out. Morrow and Fergie open up their suit jackets. Both are wearing a title. Morrow: What's better than one? TWO! Ha Ha Ha, you are looking at de Billionaire's tag team champions. Brenda, you can call us Priceless. Fergie: That sums us up so well, don't you think? Brenda: (touching the titles) I love it! The belts, the name, the look. I mean who can stop you? Morrow: Simply put, nobody. There is one team we have our sights set on. A team that thinks they can come in here and be treated like champions. I am talking about de Rock n Roll Express. Fergie: Ha! They're nothing but a couple of hippie scrubs. Britton: I couldn't agree more. They're also dirty. Morrow: I hoped they liked our gift we sent. An empty bottle of champagne because they do not deserve anything more. A butler comes out and hands Morrow a bottle of champagne. Morrow: Brenda, dis bottle is not empty. What do you say? A toast? Brenda: You know I wouldn't turn down a toast from you. Let's do it. The butler brings out the glasses. Morrow pours the champagne. Morrow, Fergie and Brenda touch glasses. Britton: To Priceless! They smile and drink. Britton: Priceless has arrived in the AWA. Until next week, tooooodles. Commercial Break Special Wrestling Showcase Tony "Simply the Best" St. Clair w/ Les Thornton vs. Todd Rooney Les comes out waving the Union Jack Flag. Tony enters the ring wearing a UK themed robe. Tony takes the robe off and is wearing UK themed wrestling pants. These guys are really putting the UK over. The match is truly a wrestling showcase as Tony shows off his tremendous technical skills. Tony could of won the match at any point as he applied several submission moves but clearly he was just toying with his opponent. Tony finally finishes things off with a floating butterfly suplex for the win. Boos as Les waves the UK flag before leading Tony over to Resnick. Resnick: Very impressive, I ... Thornton: You fool, did you expect anything less from Sir Tony? This man is a wrestling machine and he will prove what I already know. That he will in fact be the next AWA world champion. The Memorial Day tournament will just be a work out for Sir Tony, a tune up if you will. Nobody stands a chance against this man. St. Clair: Like dominoes, I will knock every wrestler down during my quest for the world title. It starts with you Spoiler. Him and all the others will find out why I am simply the best. Resnick: Tony, you are gifted, that's for sure. Les, before you go, I have to ask your thoughts on the match signed for WrestleRock between El Canek and the man you brought in Giant Haystacks? Thornton: First off you will address this great man as Sir Tony, because he's earned it. Now as you can see I have my hands full with Sir Tony and his quest for the title. However, a dear friend of mine will handle the affairs of Giant Haystacks. Both of them will be arriving to the AWA very soon. Mr. Lothario please translate this to El Canek. Be a smart man and don't show. That's friendly advice. Commercial Break Lance: Fans, next week, newly crowned AWA world tag champs Curt Hennig and Brian Adias will be here. I'll also be speaking with the Bruise Brothers. Wahoo McDaniel makes his return to AWA television. Ruthless Moretti will be in action. The Cartel clash with Adrenaline Rush. Highwaymen will be in the ring. Listen to this main event. AWA world champ Ricky Steamboat teams with Jerry Lawler to take on Kamala and Bill Dundee! WOW! What a barnburner that will be. This week's main event up next. Commercial Break The Spoiler/"Rugged" Ron Garvin and "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers vs. Baron Von Raschke/"Crippler" Rip Oliver and "Maniac" Matt Borne w/Paul Jones The bell rings and it's an immediate pier six brawl! Fists are flying as the Ref lets it go. Baron and Spoiler fight in the corner. Jaggers and Oliver have a furious exchange in the middle of the ring. Borne and Garvin trade punches until Garvin knocks him through the ropes. Jones gets on the apron and Garvin knocks him off. Jaggers hurls Oliver through the ropes. The Ref finally gets control as Spoiler and Baron slug it out. Spoiler slams Baron and tags in Jaggers. They swing Baron to the ropes and put him down with a double back elbow smash. Jaggers tags in Garvin. Garvin gives Baron the Garvin stomp and covers 1..2..Borne and Oliver run in and break it. Spoiler and Jaggers run in and the brawl is on again. While the Ref guides Jaggers and Spoiler back, Borne and Oliver double slam Garvin and drag Baron to their corner. Borne tags himself in. Borne suplexes Garvin then stomps away. Borne grinds his forearm into Garvin's face. Oliver sticks out his boot as Borne picks Garvin up and slams his face into Oliver's boot. Borne tags in Oliver. Oliver punches Garvin as Baron and Borne choke him. Oliver swings Garvin to the ropes and clotheslines him down. Oliver tags in Baron. Baron stomps on Garvin's head then holds up the claw and applies it! Baron wrenches away. Jaggers gets on the top rope and crashes down on Baron to break the claw. Borne and Oliver run in. Spoiler and Jaggers cut them off and once again fists are flying. After another wild brawl, Garvin is able to roll over and tag in Spoiler. Baron staggers up and Spoiler clamps on the claw! Borne and Oliver run in and attack Spoiler. Jaggers and Garvin punch them away. Another fight! Baron slowly staggers up. Spoiler grabs him and rolls him over. The Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! Jones runs in and hits Spoiler with his cane! Jaggers and Oliver fight through the ropes. Garvin and Borne brawl in the corner. Jones gets ready to hit Spoiler again but Spoiler blocks it, grabs the cane and wallops Jones! Jones goes down as the crowd explodes. Memorial Weekend at the Mid South Coliseum 8-Man Tournament- Winner gets a AWA world title shot at WrestleRock 86 AWA World Title Bout Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (C) vs. Kamala w/Curtis Iaukea AWA World Tag Title Bout Curt Hennig and Brian Adias (C) vs. The Bruise Brothers Winners get a National Tag Team Title Shot at WrestleRock 86 Cabin Fever vs. The Highwaymen

Nice loop this week. Gypsy Joe will do quite well in this environment. The Glamour Boy beats the Pretty Boy LOL. I've always been a big fan of mid card match ups. Cocoa/Chicky and Jimmy Jack/Kim Duk would of entertained me. Devastation Inc. is off to a good start. Opponents better be prepared for Akbar. Things just got real between the Moondogs and Tribal Nation! Funk vs. Pogo in Texas will bring in a crowd. Fans get a bonus with the post match brawl. Japan gets one over on USA tonight. Tsuruta and Tojo are going to be heat magnets in Texas.

Singh steamrolls her way to another title defense. I'm liking the Combs storyline. Her rematch with Richter is going to be off the charts. The multi tag matches are my favorite parts of the show. Tonight's wild match once again delivers. WWW is rock'n!

Looks like the young members of the Brigade need a good pep talk as the Crazy Gang are getting the better of them. BTW, always loved the flapjack. Young Jarrett picks up another victory. I think he's now on the Suicide Bombers hit list. The Finlay/Taylor feud kicks up another notch as Finlay does a brutal number on Taylor. When Playboy Rose is in the title picture, the champ better be on high alert. I think Gilbert's reign might be in trouble. Midnight Express keep their tournament momentum going as they get the big win to end the show. I would love to see Burke and Bubba go at it in a taped fist match. Nice follow up from that huge Vegas event.

AWA @ The Louisville Gardens 5-9-86 Adrenaline Rush defeated Burt Cooper and Dave Pinson when Takano hit an inverted piledriver on Cooper and Bassarab followed with a flying leg drop from the top rope "Maniac" Matt Borne defeated "Rugged" Ron Garvin. Garvin had Borne up for a vertical suplex when Paul Jones hit Garvin's knees with his cane. Garvin crumpled down with Borne on top with the pin. After the match Garvin knocked Jones out with a KO punch! AWA National Champ Rocky Johnson and Cabin Fever defeated "The Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol and The Highwaymen. Exciting and wild 6 man tag that ended when Fernandez pinned Duncum with the flying burrito during a pier six brawl. The Spoiler defeated Baron Von Raschke. Paul Jones was still in the back recovering from Garvin's KO punch. Baron gave Spoiler a serious fight but Spoiler got the win after a clothesline from the middle ropes. AWA National Tag Team Title Bout The Beasts of Burden (C) w/Ox Baker vs. The Superflys This one was crazy as these two teams went at it full force. During a Ref bump, The Cartel (in street clothes) hit the ring. They hurled Snuka out, then hit a double rib breaker on Siva. Cartel leave. Beasts pick up Siva, swing him to the ropes and finish things off with a double boot to the head! Beasts of Burden retain. Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. "Superstar" Bill Dundee The first few minutes is back and forth fighting. They take the fight to the outside and all around the ring. Dundee Irish whips Lawler towards the steel post but Lawler reverses it and swings Dundee into the post! Lawler slams Dundee's head on the apron and hurls him back in the ring. Dundee is bleeding. Lawler clamps on a headlock and hits the top of Dundee's head with rapid fire punches. Lawler lets go, Dundee is wobbling, Lawler winds up and knocks Dundee down with a big right Memphis style punch. Lawler stomps away on Dundee, goes to the middle ropes and comes down with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Lawler reaches down but Dundee rakes his eyes then rolls out of the ring to regroup. Dundee lays there and pulls out a pair of brass knuckles from his tights. The Ref gets to the count of 8 as Dundee hops on the apron. Lawler goes over and Dundee takes a wild swing, Lawler ducks and hoists Dundee up to back suplex him back into the ring but Dundee swings down and nails Lawler with the brass knuckles. Lawler is out as he crashes down on the canvas. Dundee isn't satisfied, so he goes to the top rope and crashes down with the Bomb's Away 1..2..3! Massive boos as Dundee stands over a bloodied Lawler. Dundee gives Lawler a few stomps before leaving. Billy Jack Strong vs. Rene Goulet It's announced that due to the injuries Strong suffered at the hands of Billy Jack Haynes and Ox Baker on TV, he has not been cleared to wrestle tonight. Goulet snatches the mic. "I came here to wrestle. I'll take on any coward brave enough to face me right here, right now! Who has the guts?" The fans erupt as WAHOO MCDANIEL comes out! Wahoo McDaniel vs. Rene Goulet Goulet attacks at the bell and works Wahoo over for a couple minutes. Wahoo makes the comeback, swings Goulet into the corner and chops away. Wahoo body slams Goulet 3 times, picks him up, swings him to the ropes and puts him down with the tomahawk chop for the crowd pleasing win! AWA World Title Bout Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (C) vs. Kamala w/Curtis Iaukea The bell rings but Iaukea is playing mind games with Steamboat. Kamala paces around then charges at Steamboat. Steamboat moves and pushes Kamala into Iaukea. Iaukea tumbles through the ropes. Steamboat punches away at Kamala. Kamala nails Steamboat with a thrust shot, swings him to the ropes but Steamboat slides under his legs, gets up and dropkicks Kamala. Kamala staggers, Steamboat dropkicks him again. Kamala is reeling, Steamboat swings off the ropes and the 3rd dropkick sends Kamala through the ropes. Kamala gets up and paces around like a wild animal. Steamboat goes to the apron and nails Kamala with a chop to the top off his head. Steamboat grabs Kamala and hurls him back in the ring. Steamboat goes to the top rope. Kamala gets up. Steamboat comes down with another chop but Kamala nails him in mid air with a savate kick. Kamala regroups as he slaps his belly and looks down at his prey. Kamala picks up Steamboat, chokes him, then tosses him across the ring. Kamala puts his foot on Steamboat's throat and chokes away breaking at the Ref's 4 count then repeating it. Kamala swings Steamboat into the corner and follows with a charging clothesline. Kamala chops Steamboat several times then clamps him in a bearhug. Kamala wrenches away and Iaukea yells for him to inflict punishment. Kamala clamps harder then belly to belly suplexes Steamboat over 1..2..Kick Out. Iaukea is screaming at the Ref. Kamala gets up and slaps his belly, picks up Steamboat, swings him to the corner and follows with a running corner splash but Steamboat moves at the last second and Kamala hits hard. The fans fire Steamboat up as he slowly rises and pumps his fists. Kamala staggers up and Steamboat punches him into the corner. Steamboat hops up on the middle ropes and the crowd counts along as he punches Kamala 10 times. Steamboat hops down as Kamala staggers forward into a big scoop slam by Steamboat. Steamboat goes outside to the apron then hits a slingshot splash 1..2..Iaukea pulls Steamboat's legs. Steamboat and the Ref go to the ropes. Steamboat and Iaukea have a heated exchange of words. Kamala slowly wobbles up and nails Steamboat from behind. Kamala lifts Steamboat up as he chokes him with both hands. Steamboat's legs are shaking as Kamala chokes away. The Ref counts to 5 but Kamala wont release the chokehold. Finally the Ref signals for the DQ. Kamala keeps choking then slams Steamboat down. The Ref is warning Kamala. Iaukea runs in the ring and hurls the Ref out. Kamala picks up Steamboat and gives him another two hand choke slam. Iaukea stomps on Steamboat then backs off as Kamala swings off the ropes and hits a big splash! Wrestlers from the back run into the ring to stop the madness. Iaukea leads Kamala out to thundering boos. Winner of the Match by DQ and still AWA World Champion- Ricky Steamboat

Dusek presents Jumbo with the title and Tojo follows with a heated promo. You defiantly have something going here. Texas better be on high alert if Akbar is bringing Devastation Inc back. I wish Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin had a spot in the tournament LOL. The teams are set for the tournament. In a short amount of time you've put together a stacked tag roster. WOW! What an ending as Dory brings in brother TERRY FUNK!! This is big time! The Funks are back together in Texas! To the tournament, Sunny and Cocoa get things going with a battle royal win and entrance into the tourney. ACDC is my favorite band of all time so of course I was pulling for Radiance. Oh man, I knew Sunny and Cocoa were in trouble as soon as the Moondogs came out with KEVIN SULLIVAN! Fort Bragg Brotherhood win a big one for America. Rough day for Zaibatsu. Al Perez's push continues with a nice win over Smirnoff. Finals are set with Tribal Nation and the Moondogs. Great choices. 2 ACDC songs in one night...YES! Poor Kendall is going to need some serious back up dealing with Brooks and now Smirnoff. Tribal Nation manage to overcome Sullivan and take down the Moondogs. Feel good crowd pleasing moment. Nice to see Tribal Nation holding the gold. Exciting tournament! Heat filled segments and a big surprise with Sullivan. Excellent job!

I'm not sure if anybody can get the TV strap off Rhonda. Another classic 6-Woman tag match! Medusa and the monsters get the gold. This is one bad stable. I always liked Misty but Moretti is my girl. She's getting the push of a lifetime and now adds the dual titles to her resume. I know someway somehow Richter and Moretti will cross paths.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 5-7-86 "From coast to coast, border to border and continent to continent, welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling" Lance Russell: Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of AWA major league wrestling. Tremendous show lined up. Huge main event as The Bruise Brothers will defend the AWA world tag team titles against Curt Hennig and Brian Adias. Billy Jack Strong takes on Billy Jack Haynes. We all know Ox Baker will be in the corner of Haynes. After what went down last week, Steve O will go one on one with Ruthless Moretti. Soldat Ustinov will wrestle Tony Garea. The in ring debut of the Rock n Roll Express. Superstar Bill Dundee will be in the ring. AWA world champ Ricky Steamboat will be here to talk about his upcoming title defense against Kamala in Louisville this weekend. Well let's get to the action. "The Great" Greg Gagne with Bodyguard Duke Myers vs. Sam Smith Gagne draws the ire of the crowd as he arrogantly toys with his opponent. Duke even gets in some cheap shots just for the fun of it. Gagne nails Smith with a high dropkick and follows with the sleeper for the win. Resnick: Greg, you looked sharp in there tonight. Now, I have a feeling that there's some unfinished business between you and Brad Rheingans. Duke snatches the mic from Resnick and hands it to Greg. Gagne: Thanks Duker. Awwww poor little Bradley. I've lost track at how many times I've beaten him and the man is just a poor sport. Jeez Bradley, give it up. Cheers as Brad Rheingans comes out. Brad takes the mic from Greg. Duke steps in but Gagne smiles and motions for him to step back. Brad: Yea Greg, you're a big man. Yes, you've beaten me a few times, with a lot of help from your goon here, so since it's not a big deal, why don't we go at it one more time next week? Greg snatches the mic. Gagne: Wow, look at the guts on little Bradley. You must be a gluten for punishment. Ok, why not, I'll accept your challenge, well I wouldn't exactly call you a challenge. (Gagne laughs) Now run along before Duker gets mad. Brad grabs the mic. Brad: Oh yea, don't forget to bring him next week. Brad throws the mic at Greg and exits. Greg looks at Duke, shakes his head and they both laugh. Commercial Break Footage from last week is shown as Moretti puts Steve O down with his chain. "Ruthless" Moretti vs. Steve O Moretti swings his chain around before dropping it outside the ring. Steve O hits the ring and the Ref signals for the bell. Steve tackles Moretti and fires away with punches. Steve picks up Moretti, swings him to the ropes and back drops him. Moretti staggers up and Steve dropkicks him back down. Steve swings off the ropes and hits a jumping knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Steve swings Moretti into the corner and charges but Moretti moves. Moretti regroups. Moretti swings Steve to the ropes and goes for a clothesline but Steve ducks, swings back off the ropes and hits a flying crossbody but Moretti catches him and powerslams him over 1..2..3! Moretti rolls out of the ring and grabs his chain. He gets back in the ring and starts choking Steve with it. Several officials run in. Moretti smiles then releases. Moretti threatens the officials with his chain before leaving. The smile never leaves Moretti's face. Commercial Break Footage from the USWA's last event The Happening is shown of Giant Haystacks brutally attacking El Canek. Canek suffered broken ribs and a concussion. Because of this, Canek had to vacate his UWA title. Resnick: Fans, with me right now is Jose Lothario. Jose, I understand you have another update on El Canek. Jose: Yes, very good news. El Canek has been training and is getting better and stronger everyday. Right now he has only one thing on his mind and that's Giant Haystacks. I am pleading with Mr. Jarrett and Mr. Gagne and the entire AWA committee, to give him this match. Anytime, anyplace. El Canek will be ready. Resnick: Ok, once again the challenge has been made. I will hope to get an answer from the committee at some point. Let's get back to the action. Cabin Fever (Manny Fernandez and Grizzly Boone) vs. Todd Rooney and Gary Williams Boone holds Rooney up and slams him down. Boone tags in Manny. Boone swings Rooney to the ropes and Manny puts him down with the flying burrito for the win! Cabin Fever cut a promo on the Highwaymen and say if they want another beating then come with it! Commercial Break Lance Russell: Fans, I have a couple of incredible announcements to make. On Saturday, July 3rd, live from the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, the AWA will present our next blockbuster closed circuit event, WrestleRock 86. Not only will you see an outstanding night of action and a top notch fireworks show but you'll also get to see the one and only rock n roll legend himself Chuck Berry perform a set after the show. Wow, I can't think of a better way to spend Independence Day than that. My goodness that's going to be a lot of fun. Next up, Memorial Day weekend at the Mid South Coliseum, there will be a one night 8-man tournament. The winner of that tournament will get a world title shot at WrestleRock. Listen to this, Wahoo McDaniel is coming in for the tournament. I'm going to announce the opening round match ups next week. Not only is Wahoo coming in for the tournament but my special guest at this time is as well. Please welcome out Nick Bockwinkel. Bockwinkel looks like a million bucks as he comes out wearing a suit. Lance: Nick, it's a pleasure. I can't think of anybody more deserving to be in a tournament for a chance at the AWA world title. Bock: Well of course there's nobody more deserving. My resume and credentials prove I am more than qualified. You see a man such as myself doesn't have to earn anything. I come into a wrestling organization and I'm immediately thrusted into the title picture. This tournament is merely a formality. I will indeed be victorious and I will indeed be wrestling for the world title at WrestleRock. Good day Lance. Lance: Ok, things already heating up for that big tournament. We'll be right back. Commercial Break Billy Jack Strong vs. Billy Jack Haynes w/Ox Baker Haynes came to the AWA and immediately attacked Strong, claiming he stole the Billy Jack name. Ox promised he will take Haynes to the top. Strong says Billy Jack is his name and he's up for the fight. The match is a solid hard hitting affair as both men show off their power. Haynes is aggressive with scoop slams and vicious kicks and knee drops. Strong battles back and shows off his strength with a variety of suplexes. They end up in a hard hitting exchange and brawl to the outside and to a double c.o. The bell is ringing. Ox nails Strong from behind. Haynes rams Strong into the steel post. Strong is bleeding as Haynes clamps on the full nelson! Haynes swings Strong around then tosses him. Haynes picks up Strong and holds him while Ox puts String down with his heart punch! After Ox and Haynes leave, Medics attend to Strong. Commercial Break The Cartel vs. Trent Watkins and Neil Jordan Cartel are extremely vicious tonight as they basically torture their opponents. They end the match with a double rib breaker on Jordan. Watkins goes in to help his partner but the Cartel beat him down and hurl him out of the ring. Resnick: That was quite a display of violence by the Cartel. I'm not so sure you can do that to the Superflys. Estrada puts a cigar in his mouth. Santana lights it. Estrada blows smoke in Resnick's face. Estrada holds up the cigar, then puts it out in his hand. Cartel smirk and leave. Commercial Break Soldat Ustinov vs. Tony Garea Soldat prepares for TV champ Scott Casey by taking it to Garea. Soldat chokes Garea on the top rope and snaps him back. Soldat grinds Garea's face on the mat then stomps away. Soldat hops on the middle ropes and comes down with a big boot to the chest. The fans boo as Soldat goes to the ropes and calls them weak Americans. Soldat lifts Garea up for a body slam but Garea cradles him 1..2..3!!!!! Huge pop! Garea rolls out of the ring as Soldat goes crazy with anger. Resnick: (Smiling) I can't believe it. This could change things for next week's TV title match. Unbelievable. Soldat continues to have a meltdown into the commercial. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing pink 'Beauty Shop' sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome to the number one rated segment in wrestling, the Beauty Shop. I'm so excited I just can't contain it. Ladies and Gentlemen and I use that term very very loosely. Returning to the AWA, please welcome out Les Thornton and Tony "Simply the Best" St. Clair! Thundering boos as Thornton comes out waving the Union Jack Flag. St. Clair follows wearing slacks and a Union Jack themed jacket. Thornton and St. Clair kiss Brenda's hand. Britton: Oh my, I can't tell you how nice it is to be in the presence of real gentlemen. On that note, let me remind these idiots just who Tony St. Clair is. This great man held the TV title for nearly a year. Never lost that title by the way. This great man has never been pinned in the United States. This great man just finished a European tour and yes he was undefeated. This great man is the greatest wrestler walking the face of the earth. No denying that. Thornton: Brenda, very elegantly put. You speak nothing but the truth. Now before I get to Sir St. Clair, let me first address Jose Lothario's ridiculous challenge. If El Canek has a death wish then Giant Haystacks would be more than happy to grant him just that. Ok, as you can see, myself and Sir Tony St. Clair are back in the AWA. Britton: Sir? Was he knighted as well? Wow, he is a true man isn't he? Thornton: Without a doubt. I personally have knighted him because he richly deserves it after all he's done for the great UK. Brenda, you get all the scoops so this one's for you. Sir St. Clair will be competing in the upcoming tournament. He will win it but that's only the beginning. I couldn't think of a more fitting date for Sir St. Clair to win the AWA world title then on Independence Day. Oh what a glorious day that will be. St. Clair: I have defeated each and every so called American technician that's stepped foot in the ring with me. Actually, I've defeated every wrestling technician in the world that's stepped foot in the ring with me. I am a wrestling machine, a world renowned grappler, a born champion. I will get my shot and I will win the AWA world title. Why? Because I'm simply the best! Britton: Once again, you get the hottest scoops here. My money's on Sir St. Clair. Until next week toooodles. Commercial Break The Rock n Roll Express vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez The fans have been waiting for this and explode as Ricky and Robert come down the aisle. Woman are hugging them and guys are high fiving them. It's all RnR as they show off their chemistry and teamwork. The fans are into it every second. RnR give them what they want as they win the match with the double dropkick! Resnick: Alright, Ricky, Robert welcome to the AWA. Robert: Great to be hear and we never get tired of hearing these cheers. Ricky: You said it brother! RnR is here in the AWA and we've got an open contract and ready to take on the best the AWA has to offer. A man dressed like a butler comes up and gives a giftbox to Resnick. Resnick and the RnR Express curiously look at it. Resnick: (reads the card) Greetings and welcome. A gift to ze Rock N Roll Express. Please enjoy. (Resnick hands the gift to Ricky) Well I guess this is for you guys. Ricky and Robert shrug their shoulders and open it. They pull out a bottle of champagne. They're even more puzzled because the bottle is empty. They smile and shake their heads then give one last shout out to the fans. Commercial Break "Superstar" Bill Dundee vs. William Hillman Lot's of boos as Dundee works over Hillman and finishes him off with the Bombs Away! Resnick: Bill, this weekend in the Louisville Gardens, you go one on one with The King. Dundee: The King? He's a fool and that fool don't stand a chance against the Superstar baby! I came here with one goal and that's to put an end to all this King nonsense. Lawler! You're going down and baby you aint coming back up. Can you imagine life without that fool around here? Boy I sure can. (Dundee smiles and relishes in that thought) Commercial Break Footage from last week is shown as Kamala attacks Colon, splashing him on the concrete several times. Colon is stretchered out. Iaukea cuts a sinister promo on Steamboat afterwards. Resnick: Please welcome out the AWA world champion, Ricky Steamboat. Massive cheers as a serious Steamboat gives a wave. Resnick: Ricky, you've got a title defense this weekend in Louisville against the Ugandan Monster Kamala. After what went down last weekend, a lot must be running through your mind. Steamboat: (pauses) I consider Carlos a good friend and what Kamala did last week made me sick! Look, I don't know what kind of twisted game Iaukea is playing but trust me I'm ready for Louisville. I can handle a monster and if Iaukea wants to stick his face in my business, well I'll take great pleasure in putting him in his place! I will slay the beast and both of them will pay for what they did to Carlos. Ken, I'm heading to Louisville with this here title and rest assured I'm walking out with it! Commercial Break Lance: Fans, before we get to our world tag team title bout, I've been told that after what transpired earlier, next week Scott Casey will defend the TV title against Tony Garea. Also the entire Paul Jones army, Rip Oliver, Matt Borne and Baron Von Raschke will take on Ron Garvin, Bobby Jaggers and The Spoiler. Brad Rheingans goes one on one with Greg Gagne. National Champ Rocky Johnson will be in action as will Austin Idol and the Golden Boys. Jerry Jarrett will be here in response to the challenge made by El Canek to Giant Haystacks. I'll announce the first round Memorial weekend tournament match ups. Ok, big world tag title match when we return. Commercial Break AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Bruise Brothers (c) vs. Curt Hennig and Brian Adias Hennig and Adias get a nice pop as they enter the ring. "Boogie Fever" plays over the speakers as the Bruise Brothers come down the aisle. Bruise Brothers enter the ring as Hennig and Adias smile. All 4 men shake hands. The first few minutes is back and forth competitive action. Bruise Brothers rely on power while Hennig and Adias bust out their technical style. Hennig tags in Adias as he takes Snowman down with a drop toe hold. Adias swings off the ropes and drops an elbow on Snowman. Hennig and Adias use frequent tags and continue to work Snowman over. Tide turns when Adias goes for a dropkick but Snowman holds onto the rope. Adias crashes down in the canvas as Snowman tags in Cash. Bruise Brothers take control and work Adias over. Cash swings Adias to the ropes and back drops him then tags in Snowman. Adias staggers up and Snowman puts him down with a jumping headbutt 1..2..Kick Out. Snowman tags in Cash. Cash goes for a vertical suplex but Adias fights it and suplexes Cash. Adias rolls over and tags in Hennig. Hennig swings Cash to the ropes and nails him with a forearm blast. Hennig hops on the middle ropes. Cash staggers up and Hennig drops him with a double axehandle to the head 1..2..Kick Out. Hennig swings Cash to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Cash kicks him and tags in Snowman. Snowman and Hennig have a clean but hard hitting exchange. Snowman gets the better of it and scoop slams Hennig. Snowman tags in Cash. They swing Hennig to the ropes and put him down with a double back elbow smash. Cash covers 1..2..Adias runs in and pulls Cash off. Snowman comes in. Him and Adias have a stand off but nothing serious. As the Ref is guiding Snowman back to his corner, Cash slowly rises WHAM! Adias kicks Cash between his legs as hard as he can! The fans are in shock. Hennig quickly cradles Cash as the Ref turns around 1..2..3!!!! A confused Snowman quickly goes to help his partner. The Ref hands Hennig and Adias the AWA tag titles as the fans start to boo. Hennig and Adias hug and hold up the titles. Cash is clearly in serious pain as Snowman motions for help. Hennig and Adias walk over and look down at Cash. They tap Snowman on the shoulder and offer a handshake. Snowman is focused on Cash. Hennig reaches down and slaps Cash's hand. Adias does the same. Snowman pushes them away as Medics hit the ring. Hennig and Adias go to ringside. Snowman and the Medics help Cash out of there. Resnick: This is quite a scene. Porkchop Cash is in serious pain. I don't know what to think. We have new AWA world tag team champions. Curt Hennig and Brian Adias. Why? Just why did you have to resort to such a dirty tactic? Adias: We didn't do anything wrong. We scouted them well and won the titles. Simple as that. Hennig: Come on Resnick, you should be congratulating us. They're the ones who showed tasteless sportsmanship. They didn't even want to shake our hands afterwards. Man, what a couple of sore losers. Now Resnick, you better congratulate us. Adias: Yea, quit playing favorites and congratulate us. Resnick: (shaking his head in disbelief) Yea, nice job, congratulations. Hennig: Resnick, you suck! Hennig and Adias hold up the titles as the fans really give it to them. Winners of the Match and new AWA World Tag Team Champions- Curt Hennig and Brian Adias