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Enjoyed the show. I am really digging how big a role Wendell Cooley is playing here. I like the way the belts move around as the fans are always on the edge of their seats.

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Love how you bring us all together with talent from all the territories. Florida and the House of Humperdink... Could anything else be hotter. Excited for Sweet Brown Sugar. He was one of my favorites

Magnum vs Gordy and JYD vs OMG on TV.... sign me up Looking forward to Hercules... one of the more underrated stars! Interested to see where you go with all your big roster changes. World Class is awesome to read

Great show on the Island! Excited to see the Rock n Roll Express with the belts. Texas Red on the verge on something big! It doesn't matter where the show is... Rose runs AWA Pacific!

Free Agency has a few new names. If you make any moves, please limit it to 1 per 24 hours for the next 3 days to allow everyone a chance

THE CORRAL: CALGARY: April 25, 1984 1. Young Lions Tournament Match: Marty Jannety vs Kendell Windham ends in a 10 minute draw 2. Young Lions Tournament Match: Ricky Vaughn defeats Bart Batten with the Superplex 3. Jos Leduc defeats Keiji Mutoh after the ref was knocked down and Davey Boy Smith interfered allowing Leduc to put Mutoh into the Bearhug. 4. Sweet Brown Sugar & Koko Ware beat Bob Sweetan and Ox Baker when Koko escaped the double team and the action went bonzo gonzo with all 4 men in the ring and the fan favorites hit double top rope dropkicks on both opponents. 5. AWA Light Heavyweight Title Match: Dynamite Kid vs Bruce Hart: Dynamite Kid retains after a thrilling fast paced match that saw Kid lose his temper and hit Hart over the back with a chair giving Hart the DQ victory. The crowd went wild thinking Hart was the new champ only to be left depressed when they were reminded of the rule. 6. Rick Rude vs Randy Savage: In a true war, we see Savage prevail with the Top Rope Elbow Drop. 7. Nicolai Volkoff & Nikita Koloff vs Sgt. Slaughter & Jim “the Anvil” Neidhart: Think brawl with no boundaries and you would only begin to describe this one that ended in a DCO as both teams were more interested in hurting their opponents then winning the match. Sarge and Nikita had a great exchange but nobody came out on top as the two just traded blows until Volkoff finally came over and took Sarge’s knees out from him 8. AWA North American Title Match: Bret Hart vs Rick Martel: The Calgary crowd once again leaves wondering when the Heenan family will be forced to fight a fair fight. Martel looked to be on the verge of victory until Curt Hennig got involved. This distracted the ref long enough for Heenan to soak a towel with some ether and wrap it around Martel allowing for the easy pin for Hart. 9. Dr. Death & Manny Fernandez vs The Sheiks (Blackwell & Patera) with Sheik Adnan-Al Kassie: The crowd was in awe of the power moves here in this match that saw Dr. Death hit the Oklahoma Stampede on Patera for the win. 10. AWA WORLD TITLE MARCH: Hulk Hogan vs Bad News Allen: It was the worst night in wrestling history for the crowd… almost. After a violent war that so no man give an inch. The two men were battling in the corner when Hulk accidently shoved the ref. As Hogan went to check on the ref, Bad News came up from behind and hit Hogan with the “loaded” black glove. Hogan went down like a sack of potatoes and Allen covered him for the pin attempt. As the ref staggered to his feet, he called for the bell! Allen was jumping around the ring celebrating his World Championship win when all of a sudden, the announcer explains that the winner was indeed Bad News Allen but it was by DQ as Hogan shoved the ref. The crowd remembered from earlier in the show that the belt does not transfer on a DQ. Allen was as mad as ever and nailed Hogan with a few stomps to the head of Hogan before storming off with the AWA TITLE as Hogan was still out cold.

AWA BREAKING NEWS: The mission is complete. Verne Gagne has control of the wrestling business in the United States. First, Verne was able to put the NWA out of business but that only meant that the war was down to two! It was Verne vs Vince and many people would have put their money on Vince and his Northeast powerhouse WWF but it was not to be. Verne really was organized from the get go with his plan as he controlled the major TV stations and through a network of cooperation never seen before in the Wrestling World, the AWA worked as one. Vince had no choice left but to bring the World Wrestling Federation and the WOR Superstation to the AWA and now in less then 5 months, Verne has done it. Complete control of the American Wrestling scene but he will not stop there. It is on to Montreal, Toronto, Mexico and Japan!

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING: April 21, 1984: WGN TV: Sales Pavillion Before we get to Rod Trongard we see a video clip from the Denver Auditorium where Randy Savage was attacked by the entire Heenan Family inside of a steel cage as Bret Hart retained the AWA North American Title. From coast to coast, continent to continent and border to border, we welcome you to AWA All-Star Wrestling coming to you from the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. I am Rod Trongard along with Gene Okerlund. Well folks, you just saw the disgusting act of Bobby Heenan and his fellow goons as they attacked Randy Savage. Gene Okerlund: Let’s add to it by letting everyone know that Well tried some questionable tactics later that same night as he summoned Curt Hennig and Bret Hart to the ring during Hulk Hogan’s title defense against Rick Rude. Rod Trongard: Thank God Rick Martel and Randy Savage made the save there or we might be talking about Bobby Heenan’s Family holding both singles titles here in the AWA! Hogan, Savage and Martel come to the interview desk and all are sick and tired of Heenan’s Family sticking their noses where they don’t belong and they hyped up that later tonight they will face Heenan’s men in a 6 Man Tag Match. COMMERCIAL MATCH: YOUNG LIONS TOURNAMENT Davey Boy Smith with Jos Leduc vs Keiji Mutoh Davey Boy Smith defeats Keiji Mutoh with a powerslam following some interference from Luduc. As Smith and Leduc celebrated, Mutoh recovered enough to spray the mysterious green mist into the eyes of Leduc before getting with a Superkick to DBS. Mutoh lost the match but left the Commonwealth Connection sprawled all over the floor. (Once again, Mutoh’s martial arts and aerial tactics wow the crowd!) MATCH: Eddie Gilbert with Baby Doll defeats Ricky Vaughn with the Hot Shot Baby Doll and Gilbert continue to strut around bragging about how they are the Hottest Couple in all of wrestling and soon Gilbert will be the Young Lion of the Year! STANDINGS: Eddie Gilbert 3-0: 6 Points Bart Batten: 0-4: 0 Points Nikita Koloff 2-0: 4 Points Marty Jannety 1-2: 2 Points Davey Boy Smith 3-0: 4 Points Kendall Windham 1-1: 2 Points Keiji Mutoh 2-1: 4 Points Ricky Vaughn 0-4: O Points COMMERCIAL MATCH: The Shieks destroy The Lumberjacks as Blackwell hits the Airplane Spin on LJ #1 and then follows it up with the Big Splash. As the Sheiks are getting their hands raised, Dr. Death and Many Fernandez hit the ring and the brawl is on. While this is a bit of a heel move, the crowd seems to love it. This one takes the locker room to break up and once the Sheiks have left the ring, Okerlund wants to hear from Dr. Death and Many Fernadez on what that was all about! Dr. Death: We have been saying for weeks that we deserve the World Title shots and that the Sheiks should move to the back on the line. Tonight, we just wanted to prove to everyone around here that the Sheiks aint nothing! Many Fernandez: Sheiks… Road Warriors… Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith… It doesn’t matter to us. We know we are the best team in All-Star Wrestling and deserve a World Title shot. Rod Trongard interrupts with a huge announcement that the Sheiks are fuming in the back and just went to Verne Gagne and demanded a tag match against Williams and Fernandez for this week in Calgary. Dr. Death and the Ragin Bull smile as they know they could be moving up the ladder real quick! MATCH: Bruce Hart surprises Ciclon Negro with his speed and catches him in a roll up for the three count In a quick interview, we find out it will be Bruce Hart vs Dynamite Kid for the AWA Light Heavyweight Title this week in Calgary in a 2-3 Falls Match! COMMERCIAL MATCH: Bad News Allen crushes Verlon Biggs with Loaded Black Glove At the interview desk, we see a video tape of how last week’s TV show ended when Allen attacked Hulk Hogan from behind and nailed him with that gloved right hand. Gene Okerland holds no punches here as he blatanently asks Allen about the glove and if it is loaded? Bad News: Okerlund… you better watch your mouth. I have told all you people around here that I am unbeatable. Why would I put something in this glove? I mean I have been knocking people out since I was in high school and it is going to feel so good to knock that chump Hogan out this week in Calgary and take the AWA World Title! MATCH: Sweet Brown Sugar & Koko Ware defeat Bill White and Cal Hutchinson with a Double Dropkick We get some confusion at the post match interview as Sugar & Ware were really being humble about their recent success when for no good reason at all the interview is interrupted by Bob Sweetan and Ox Baker. When Okerlund let’s them know that they are not scheduled to be on tonight’s show, they don’t understand and wonder how that could be while two losers like Sugar and Ware are on TV week after week. Sweetan and Baker continue with this line of thinking and even throw in some racial innuendos which set Sugar and Ware off. We get some pushing and shoving but no major eruption occurs. COMMERCIAL MATCH: Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart vs Nicolai Volkoff This one gets some serious attention from the fans. Volkoff starts it off by coming out waving the Russian flag and asking the fans to stand as he sings the Russian National Anthem but that is quickly stopped as Neidhart rushes out to a loud ovation from the patriotic Canadian crowd and the brawl is under way. We get about 6 minutes of back and forth action until Neidhart gets on a roll. Just as he goes for the scoop slam, Nikita Koloff hits the ring. Neidhart wasn’t ready for the attack but Sgt. Slaughter was and he was only seconds behind. Slaughter catches Koloff from behind with a Cannon to the back of the head and Koloff stumbles through the middle ropes out onto the floor. Even though the match ended without a winner, the crowd loves it as Neidhart and Sarge and in control of the ring. COMMERCIAL MAIN EVENT: Rick Martel, Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan vs The Heenan Family (Rude, Hennig, Bret Hart) This one begins with a lot of finger pointing as Trongard recaps all that has been going on here. From Savage defeating Heenan himself to Hennig leaving Rick Martel to face the Sheiks all by himself to the attack by Heenan’s men against Hogan. We get a few minutes for each person to wrestle from the top here but it soon breaks down into a wild bonzo-gonzo mess with all 6 men scattered over the arena. As the ref completely looses control, Heenan comes in as Hogan and Rude are squared off in the center of the ring as cracks Hogan with a chair to the back. Hogan completely No Sells the chair shot and turns to Heenan. Heenan nearly craps himself here as Hogan is about to take him out! Rod Trongard: Oh No… Not again! Bad News Allen is in the ring. Hogan with a Big Boot to Heenan. He turns just as Allen is about to hit with that black glove. Hogan somehow blocks it! WHAM… Allen nails Hogan with the Ghetto Blaster! Even after Hogan first stopped the attack, Allen regrouped and crushed him anyway. Allen showing some amazing strength, scoops Hogan out and slams him over the top rope out onto the floor. For the second week in a row, Allen gets the best of Hogan. As the screen fades to black, Trongard wonders if Hogan can possible defeat Bad News this week in Calgary!

Ok... you caught me stealing from my favorite 80's promotion. I had just watched the Hair vs Hair Cage match between Lawler and Idol where Wildfire was under the ring. Thought it was fun so I threw it in.

Dothan got a real treat here! Who is the 3rd Assassin? The Wheel Chair gimmick was awesome Flair and Hogan ended the only way it could with a DQ but would love to see a rematch here!

DENVER AUDITORIUM: April 18th, 1984 1. YOUNG LIONS TOURNAMENT: Davey Boy Smith defeats Kendall Windham with help from Dynamite Kid 2. YOUNG LIONS TOURNAMENT: Marty Jannety defeats Bart Batten with a top rope drop kick 3. Dynamite Kid & Jos Leduc defeated Bruce Hart & Jim Neidhart as Kid hit the top rope diving headbutt on Hart. 4. Sgt. Slaughter defeats The Turk with the Cobra Clutch 5. Nikita Koloff defeats Brad Rheingans with the Russian Sickle. The interesting part here was that Nikita made his way to the ring as Slaughter was leaving the ring. The two had to be separated by a whole heard of security. 6. Bad News Allen defeated Crusher with the Ghetto Blaster in a pretty good brawl 7. Dr. Death Steve Williams & Manny Fernandez defeats Bob Sweetan & Ox Baker when Fernandez hit a powerslam on Sweetan 8. AWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE MATCH: STEEL CAGE: Bret Hart defeated Randy Savage as Curt Hennig and Rick Rude hid under the ring all evening and then came out during the match and Heenan’s Family triple teamed Savage in this NO DQ Match until Savage was a bloody mess. As Savage was nearly unconscious, Hart locked in the Northern Lights Cloverleaf and the ref called for the bell. 9. AWA WORLD TAG TITLE MATCH: Road Warriors defeat the Sheiks as the Warriors hit the Doomsday Device on Patera 10. AWA WORLD TITLE MARCH: Hulk Hogan defeated Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan as Savage and Rick Martel stopped Hennig and Bret Hart from interfering and Hogan hit the Ax Bomber.

I love all your hard work and I think your results have everything moving in the right direction. I like the idea of having the Mid-South guys wrestling towards the main events in this part of your loop. Would you move the World Class guys into those spots in Texas?

Flair vs Hogan is huge! Snake and the DDT being banned was awesome! Cooley vs Garvin is a fun read Giant Haystacks is a perfect Monster Heel But RPG and his mic skills might be the highlight of the show!

Great shows here as you continue to have all the pieces moving smoothly in the right direction. Your TV shows and House show loops seem to be spot on as to what Georgia was back in the day.

ALL-STAR WRESTLING TRADE BLOCK Hulk Hogan Buck Robley Crusher Bruce Hart Keith Hart

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING: April 14, 1984: WGN TV: Winnipeg Arena From coast to coast, continent to continent and border to border, we welcome you to AWA All-Star Wrestling coming to you from the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. I am Rod Trongard and joining me in the interview area is Gene Okerlund. What a show we have for you tonight. Let’s get ready our first match. STORY LINE #1: AWA WORLD TITLE MATCH: Bad News Allen defeats Tony Torres with the Ghetto Blaster At the interview desk, Bad News is real serious about how bad he is going to hurt Hulk Hogan on April 25th on Calgary as he takes the AWA World title. As the interview goes on, Bad News just keeps punching his right hand, which is covered in a black glove, into his left hand. As the interview ends, we find out that it will be Hulk Hogan in a rare TV match tonight where he will defend the World Title against Ox Baker. Later in the show in the Main Event: MATCH: AWA WORLD TITLE MATCH Hulk Hogan vs Ox Baker with Bob Sweetan Ox is waiting in the ring for Hogan who is slapping hands with the fans on his way to the squared circle. Ox wastes no time as he attacks the champ before the bell. This allows Ox to control the first 3 or 4 minutes before Hogan begins his adrenaline-lead comeback. Hogan blocked the Heart Punch which Trongard told us would have given Ox the title if he connected with it. From here, we know what is coming as Hogan hits Ox with the big right hand followed by the Big Boot. The Hulkster hits the ropes and is going for the big leg drop. Rod Trongard: Oh no… Here we go. Sweetan trips Hogan and is in the ring. Hogan just turns his attention to Mr. Piledriver who he just beat in the St. Paul Civic Center. Hogan knocks Sweetan down with the Big Fist followed by another big boot. As Hogan goes for the legdrop, Trongard warns us all that Bad News Allen is coming to the ring. The crowd is booing as loud as they can but this means nothing to Allen. WHAM…. Hogan Leg drop on Sweetan and he is down… WHAM…. Bad News connects with that right hand covered by the black glove to Hogan as the champ turned around! Hogan simply crumbles and is out cold. The show ends as Bad News is standing with one foot across the chest of Hogan as he is making the belt sign around his waist. Trongard wishes us all a good night as he wonders what is up with that black glove! STORY LINE #2: YOUNG LIONS TOURNAMENT MATCH: Young Lions Tournament Nikita Koloff destroys Ricky Vaughn with the Russian Sickle It takes all of 30 seconds for Nikita to connect with the Russian Sickle and gain the victory. Nikita and Nicolia Volkoff with Gene Okerland: Volkoff: Sgt. Slaughter thinks he can stick his nose into our business. Well Mister Sargent Slaughter… I warn you that you will not survive a war with us just like your stupid President… Ronald Reagan would not win a war with Mother Russia. While the interview was going on, Nikita Koloff kept contorting his face into wild positions as he flexed his huge traps. MATCH: Keiji Mutoh defeats Marty Jannetty with the Moonsault (Once again, Mutoh’s martial arts and aerial tactics wow the crowd!) MATCH: Eddie Gilbert with Baby Doll defeats Bart Batten with the Hot Shot Baby Doll gave Batten a huge smack prior to the match and when asked about it at the interview desk after the match Baby Doll responded, “Look at me and then look at him. I am the Perfect 10 and he doesn’t deserve to be in my presence and then that disgusting loser had the nerve to look at me. He got what he deserved! She also hyped up the fact that Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert is in first place in the Young Lions Cup. STANDINGS: Eddie Gilbert 2-0: 2 Points Bart Batten: 0-2: 0 Points Nikita Koloff 2-0: 4 Points Marty Jannety 0-2: 0 Points Davey Boy Smith 1-0: 2 Points Kendall Windham 1-0: 2 Points Keiji Mutoh 2-1: 4 Points Ricky Vaughn 0-3: O Points ANGLE 3: THE AWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE: MATCH: Dr. Death Steve Williams & Manny Fernandez crush Tom Stone & Micky Brady as Williams hits the Oklahoma Stampede on Stone At the interview desk, Williams & Fernandez hype up the fact that no matter what the Sheiks say, they are the team who deserves a title shot against the Road Warriors. Sheik Adnan Al Kassie, Patera & Blackwell interrupt the interview and just like last week, we have a tense situation between these two teams. Unlike last week though, this one erupts into a brawl! Even though it was 3-2, Dr, Death and Fernandez held there own as Rod Trongard quickly took us to break. Later in the show, Paul Ellering, Animal and Hawk come to the interview desk where they make it clear to both the Sheiks and Williams and Fernandez that it makes no difference to them which team they face as they are in the business of hurting people and both teams will make great victims. STORYLINE #4: THE HEENAN FAMILY MATCH: Rick Rude with Heenan defeats Sweet Brown Sugar as Heenan tripped Sugar allowing Rude to connect with a Piledriver. At the interview desk, Heenan is fuming that Savage dared to put his hands on Heenan last week in St. Paul and then showed the video of all of Heenan’s Family (Rude, Hennig and Bret Hart) attacking Savage! Bobby Heenan: Let all of the humanoids in tv land know and all of the jealous wrestlers around here know that nobody can outsmart the Family and were ever you see one of us, you will see the rest of us! Verne Gagne comes out and explains that he is sick and tired of Heenan and his family attacking whenever they have the numbers advantage. He goes on to explain that Bret Hart seemed to enjoy attacking Randy Savage last week. When Hart agrees, Verne says that is great as this week in the Denver Auditorium it will be Bret Hart vs Randy Savage for the AWA North American title. Hart is fuming at this announcement but Verne said he was not done as he needs to make sure the Heenan family is controlled so the match will be a No DQ Steel Cage Match! As we go to break, you can tell the Family is real mad! OTHER MATCHES: Sgt. Slaughter defeated Ciclon Negro with the Cobra Clutch Dynamite Kid defeated Buck Zumhofe with a powerslam in an AWA Light Heavyweight Title Match Rick Martel defeated Jos Leduc by DQ as Davey Boy Smith interfered.

Love that Sullivan and Dusty is really getting going! One of the best feuds of all time

I enjoyed the idea that each town got the same card as it seems very realistic. Humongous was big in Southeast at this time and it just seems real that he sent Graham on his way. Even with Flair on the card, the Fullers still rule Alabama as they get the main event. Just the way it goes in a family run business.

Great development of Texas Red. The way you described the Heart Punch makes him a real threat in AWA Pacific. Piper vs Jellyroll.... Awesome work here as you are getting so much out of this angle. I could just picture Larry Z's face after his loss to Big Jim. Larry was so good at whining!

Just look at the names... Steamboat, Dusty, Brisco, Orndorff, Valentine.... the possibilities are endless and you have done a great job getting us all hooked on ACCW Wrestling. And lots not forget the havoc Sullivan and Humperdink can cause any time you want to stir the pot. Valentine has been huge for you and I can't wait to see what you have planned next

Great Main Event! Race vs Bockwinkle with a clean win... I wish I had seen something like this when I was a kid. Decimation is quickly becoming one of my favorite teams in the game! Family Feud with Lawler and HTM is awesome! Atlas and Ayala are quickly becoming the real deal and should be in line for an AWA title shot. Imagine the power in the ring if the do meet the Road Warriors. The Real Deal might just be what the Fab Ones need to put them over the top! Looking forward to your work with Hogan vs Idol! It is funny to me that Idol was so talented on the mic for a southern promotion that he really needed a title to get huge reactions from the crowd but Hogan to me is the opposite as Hogan needed that title

I really enjoyed this show as you gave us such huge matches but with the way you did your finishes, you kept everybody looking strong!

You show just seems so realistic to what I would expect from Southeast in 1984. Can't wait to see the huge events down the road as Brody is in for a war!

Great shows and you have everything running nice and smoothly. Love your big, long tag matches at the end of your shows as you can really spread out the losses to keep everyone hot. Also like the fact that you send everyone home happy with the babyfaces getting many of the wins