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Wow... I would have loved seeing any of these house shows! It is going to be very interesting to see who comes out on top here as I just love your roster.

Nice job of bringing along your rookies in the openers... Hall and Yoko will quickly move up the ladder. I find your mixing in of heel vs heel matches fun with your TV title.... Mike Miller vs Sheik! Fantastics still trying to get over on the Long Riders is one of those feuds that you can get a couple of months out of!

Fun show here. I used to love when wrestling shows would show us a few highlights from their big shows like you did in the opening here. -I thought it was cool how officials rushed out to stop the brawl between Tully and Dream Machine. I have a bad habit of always going for the brawl. - Nice use of George Wells... he is really underrated. I saw him go toe to toe with Butch Reed in Mid-South and it looked like he deserved more of a push then he got. -Larry the Axe with Billy Robinson just seems so perfect! - I love the timing of you introducing your next big show. 3 weeks gives you a nice time to hype up all your feuds! -Ayala keeps pushing the top stars here in TNT... he might just get over one day! -Ratymus continues to be one of my favorite heels in the game!

And the empire that is the House of Humperdink continues to role!

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING: March 17, 1984: WGN TV: Salt Palace 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 we are just 7 days away from the ESPN Supershow in the Saddledome in Calgary which could change All-Star Wrestling as we know it with three big title matches. Tonight, we will set the tone for one of the biggest card in AWA history. Let’s get to the ring. STORYLINE #1: AWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE Non-Title Match: Bret Hart defeats Ciclon Negro with the Northern Lights Cloverleaf While Ciclon used a few questionable moves to take the momentum for a moment or two, Hart was in complete control. The interesting thing here was that Randy Savage and Bobby Heenan came out to opposite sides of the ring during the match. While it un-nerved Bret a bit, he was able to keep his focus and gain the victory. After the match, Savage and Heenan disappeared but there act here made Trongard again wonder if Savage had joined Heenan’s family as Bobby did say he had a new member who was going to turn Vern Gagne and Stu Hart’s world upside down. STORYLINE #2: THE YOUNG LIONS TOURNAMENT While we get a reminder that Eddie Gilbert and Keiji Mutoh will start the tournament on the ESPN show, we do see some action between other’s involved in the tournament. Match: Kendall Windham defeats Ricky Vaugh with the Bull Dog Match: Nicolai Volkoff & Nikita Koloff defeat Bart Batten & Marty Jannetty as Nikita hits Batten with the Russian Sickle. Trongard does his best to convince himself that Nikita is not the clear favorite to win this tournament, but he is not doing a great job. Match: Eddie Gilbert with Precious & Jimmy Garvin defeats Bubba Douglas with the Hot Shot. Precious seemed really excited after the match and gave Gilbert a big kiss. Jimmy Garvin seemed to look rather quizzically at this. STORYLINE #3: AWA WORLD TITLE We see a quick VTR of Hogan surviving against Ox Baker last week in the St. Paul Civic Center as Baker caught him with another vicious heart punch but somehow Hogan survived and rallied to hit the Ax Hammer followed by the leg drop! At the interview area with Okerlund, Hogan is fuming that Lawler sent Ox Baker after him and Okerlund is in agreement and warns Hulk to be careful as he reminds Hulkster that Lawler said that he has a lot of friends who can keep Hogan from even making it to the Saddledome! WHAM… It’s Ox Baker again but this time he has help and it is none other than Bob Sweetan! This beating is even worse than last week as Hogan is hit with another Heart Punch by Baker and that is followed up by a piledriver by Bob Sweetan. Baker and Sweetan leave smiling as Okerlund is screaming for someone to get a doctor. Hogan is stretchered out as we see the camera catching some of the fans with actual tears in their eyes at the horrific scene. Okerlund is heard screaming that enough is enough and Lawler needs to be a real man and meet Hogan in the ring and to stop sending his goons after Hogan. By the end of the show, we get word that Hogan has vowed to be in the Saddledome next week for his title match against Lawler but Rod Trongard isn’t sure if that is possible. STORYLINE #4: AWA WORLD TAG TEAMT TITLE Both the Road Warriors and Patera and Blackwell win squash matches and give big screaming interviews about what they are going to do to each other next Saturday in Calgary. All Trongard can predict about this one is that it is going to be a War! STORYLINE #5: The Harts vs The Commonwealth Connection This one seems to be getting real personal. In recent weeks, we have seen Leduc, Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith call Stu Hart a sell out for giving up on Stampede Wrestling and join the AWA. They have also made no bones about their believe that the Hart boys and Jim Neidhart don’t stand a chance in their match on ESPN against the Commonwealth. It is obvious from tonight that the Hart’s have taken serious offense to those comments as we get a frantic Trongard rushing with some camera man to the parking lot where we see a brawl between the two teams. This goes on for some time and all 6 men take some damage before a nearly two dozen jobbers and AWA officials come out to come it down. STORYLINE #6: The Mongolian Stomper vs Bad News Allen Nothing but a few interviews to hype up the Loser Leave Town-Steel Cage Match set for the ESPN show between these two dangerous men. OTHER MATCHES MATCH: Sweet Brown Sugar defeats Larry Cheatem with a Missile Dropkick as he made a successful All-Star debut. MATCH: Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan defeats Jules Strongbow with the piledriver. After the match, Heenan says his man deserves a title shot and after Rude beats Rick Martel in Calgary, he better get one. When asked by Gene Oakerlund if Randy Savage had joined his family Heenan said that all of the Humanoids would just have to wait and find out. MATCH: Greg Gagne & Brad Rheingans defeated Verlon Biggs & Jim Jameson with Rheingans hit the belly to back suplex

Wow... I enjoyed every minute of that show. I am truly jealous as my love is World Class and Mid-South and you have them both now. Between the Russians, Dr.D, Magnum TA, the VOnErichs and all the rest, you are have the makings of a great promotion. I found your format very easy to read and fun to follow. Looking forward to the next show.

Nice set of house shows here. JYD is doing a nice job as the lead babyface!

Great show! Love your roster as we have some really big names in search of the Atlantic HW title! Humperdink with Sullivan vs Rhodes is classic. Steamboat.... Orndorff... Valentine.... So many options here. Great interview segments which really made the show for me.

Great card in Birmingham... You are getting so much out of your Alabama Title Angle which is perfect! I wonder what Mr. Olympia has in store for Rogers You have Southern Wrestling down pat with all your feuds and run-ins! So much fun to read

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I love your roster as there are so many choices. I like Dusty and Wahoo teaming and they could be huge! Can Valentine stay on this role! If so, he is going to on top of the AWA!

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FLAIR.... BRODY... HANSEN! Now that is a triangle of talent! You are going to have a lot of fun with them. And the Alabama title keeps it revolving door going which is great for all the fans to follow.

Now that was Georgia Wrastlin at its best! -Armstrongs vs Andersons... two of the biggest wrestling names in the South. This is going to be fun! -Wildfire leaves one home in Memphis and returns to his other in Georgia. He is golden where ever he goes. Wildfire with Dibiase... so many possibilities. - 2 Hacksaws!!!!... something must give and I can't wait to find out what -Irwins vs Fantastics... opposites for sure but will be an awesome watch -Lanny getting a little time here which is cool. I always wonder what he would have been like on his own.

All-Star adds Bubba Douglas

I really enjoy how you are able to use the TV show to set up the upcoming cards. Very realistic. -Hansen and Brody both after Flair! Woooo, Natch better watch his back! -JYD is huge is Southeast and could be a star for as long as he wants to be.

Nice start to ACCW! Some great names to watch here and Orndorff vs Valentine is the perfect place to get started! Thanks for jumping in

As well the TV cameras should have been rolling. Whatg a night in Nashville as the fans are treated to 12 big matches. -I think Quick Draw should get a Lt. HW tiitle match -Brown vs Wilhoit is a nice undercard feud going. The Guerreros and the Sheepherders is a wild brawl every time. They are both big team and whoever eventually takes this feud may be in line for a title shot. -Surprised Jumbo got the clean win but Jumbo is Jumbo and could some day win the World Title. Is this the beginning of the end of Robinson? I bet not and Jumbo better be readt. All of your title matches were really even and could have gone either way which is a nice way to keep the fans on the edge of their seats. -Same could be said for Funk and Idol... looking forward to Funk getting a title shot! TNT is ready for 2019 as that could have easily been a pay per view

All-Star sends Steve O, Steve Regal and Dream Machine to TNT for Bob Sweetan, Koko Ware and Sweet Brown Sugar

Nice card here. Paul Jones is on fire and all that is left is to see if he can take the belt off of Flair. Interested to see if the Rat Patrol can build on their non-title win and take down the Midnight Express.

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING: March 10, 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 Winnipeg Arena. I am Rod Trongard and joining me will be Gene Okerlund. STORYLINE #1: AWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE We get video tape highlights from the Rosemont Horizon and the wild finish were Savage and Bad News Allen defeated Stomper and Bret Hart. Match: Randy Savage destroys Bart Batten with the end coming with Top Rope Elbow Drop Savage continues his “savage” attack on Barton until the crowd explodes as Bret Hart hits the ring. It seems like this is exactly what Savage wanted and he doesn’t back down an inch. This brawl continues until Rod Trongard takes us to commercial break to try and calm the situation down. When we come back, Bret Hart is with Gene Okerlund and he is asking Verne Gagne to come on out. Bret Hart: Verne… I understand you make the matches but enough is enough. Each week Randy Savage comes out here and hurts someone and he says that he will keep doing it until he gets a North American Title shot. It is time for someone to put him in his place and that person he is me! Give Savage the title shot and I will put an end to all this nonsense. Verne Gagne: I am not usually one to give into someone’s demands but if you want Savage in the ring, that is fine by me and the way he has been acting, I hope you teach him some respect. It is now official…. It will be Bret Hart vs Randy Savage on March 28th at the Saddledome on the ESPN Prime Time show. Hart thanks Verne and is really pumped up that this match will take place in Calgary in front of his hometown fans! STORYLINE #2: THE YOUNG LIONS TOURNAMENT Verne Gagne comes out and announces that the Young Lions Round Robin Tournament will officially begin in Calgary on March 23 and the first match will be between Eddie Gilbert and Keiji Mutoh. Verne also announces that the other competitors in the competition will be Davey Boy Smith, Marty Jannetty, Ricky Vaughn, Bart Batten and Kendall Windham. As Rod Trongard is amazed at the talent in this competition, the crowd begins to boo as a large man waving a Russian flag comes to the podium and he is followed by a true physical monster who is wearing a Russian singlet. Trongard is shocked and wonders what Nikolai Volkoff is doing here and who the monster is with him. Volkoff demands that the AWA lives up to its opening where he quotes Trongard and his “From coast to coast, continent to continent and border to border saying and demands a spot for his nephew, Nikita Koloff in the Young Lions Tournament. Verne Gagne: This an open tournament and as long as you can prove he is 25 or younger and we get to see him in the ring today and he can prove he knows his way around the squared circle, he is in. Trongard shakes his head in a nervous manner as he feels that this Russian just might be the real dea! MATCH: Nikita Koloff with Uncle Nikolai vs Tom Stone This match might have lasted 15 seconds as Nikita came out with a forearm to the back followed by an Irish Whip….. WHAM… the first of many Russian Sickles has landed and Stone is out! Trongard is in awe and wonders if we have just seen the winner of the Young Lions Tournament! STORYLINE #3: AWA WORLD TITLE Jerry Lawler is at the interview desk and he is having a good old laugh at Verne Gagne forcing him to meet Hulk Hogan for the AWA title on March 23 in Calgary Jerry Lawler: Oh Vern… you old coot. You think you have the King right where you want him. Well don’t forget a King has an entire kingdom at his beck and call and I would be surprised if Hulk Hogan even makes it to the Saddledome in Calgary. Okerland reminds Lawler that first he has to get by Curt Hennig in the St. Paul Civic Center. Lawler just smirks like that is not even a contest. Later in the show, Hogan is with Okerland hyping up the title match with an in- ring interview when out of nowhere comes none other than 6’4, 315 pound Ox Baker. He clobbers Hogan from behind with a few big taped fist haymakers that has the Hulkster in trouble. Baker whips Hogan into the ropes and nails him with a massive Heart Punch while Trongard is screaming on the mic that Baker needs to be stopped as he has actualy killed a man in the ring with that move. Hogan is down and in a bad way when Rick Martel and Curt Hennig hit the ring and chase Baker away. It takes a long time for Hogan to get to his feet but he is in some trouble. Okerland is still there and somehow Hogan musters the words that he wants Ox Baker in the ring this week in the St. Paul Civic Center. Trongard takes us to break wondering if this is one of Lawler’s henchmen that he was talking about. STORYLINE #4: AWA WORLD TAG TEAMT TITLE MATCH: The Road Warriors with Paul Ellering destroy Buck Zumhofe & Brad Bartenwith the Doomsday Device MATCH: The Sheiks (Blackwell & Patera) with Adnan Al Kassie crush Tom Zenk & Steve O with the Full Nelson by Patera on Steve O Both matches were dominated by the winners as we see to the two top teams on a collision course for the AWA Tag titles in the Saddledome on March 23. This week in St. Paul we will get s little preview as the Road Warriors and Ellering will face the Patera, Blackwell and Sheik Adnan in the St. Paul Civic Center. STORYLINE #5: The Harts vs The Commonwealth Connection MATCH: Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid with Jos Leduc defeat Tony Torres & Okie Smith when Kid connected with a Diving Headbutt on Okie. At the interview with Okerlund, the Commonwealth Connection are real smug as Dynamite Kid showcases his AWA Light Heavyweight title and Davey Boy Smith is sure he will be crowned the 2019 Young Lions of the Year but as Jos Leduc points out, those two things are secondary to running the Harts out of the AWA and in their gauntlet match in Calgary, there will be nothing better then whopping the Harts in their own hometown! STORYLINE #6: The Mongolian Stomper vs Bad News Allen Match: Bad News Allen defeats Jules Strongbow with 3 massive headbutts followed by a piledriver At the post match interview Allen is all fired up about finally getting back into the ring after his suspension and he is yelling about how good it felt last week to finally get his hands on the Mongolian Stomper in the Rosemont Horizon! WHAM! Stomper attacks from behind and we are brawling over the interview area. Jobbers come out to break it up but they are getting tossed around like rag dolls. These two appear to have true hatred for each other. Verne Gagne comes out mid-brawl and takes the microphone and just his aura of power comes things down. Verne Gagne: Enough is enough! You two have already ruined one wrestling promotion with your nonsense. Now in the last two weeks alone security guards and police officers have been called in break you two apart. In fact, you two have both spent a few nights in jail because of it. That’s not how we do it here in the AWA. I will allow your match on March 23rd in the Calgary Saddledome to go off as planned with a few stipulations. 1. If either of the two of you lay a hand on the other before the match, you will be suspended from the AWA for life 2. To ensure the safety of the fans in the Saddledome, your match will be a Steel Cage Match. 3. To make sure that this is the end of the nonsense between the two of you, the loser will be out of AWA All-Star Wrestling Stomper and Bad News Allen simply look at Verne and neither seems upset. They both get what they want and that is the other inside of the ring in two weeks. Rod Trongard is hyping up this Loser Leaves Town Steel Cage Match throughout the show. OTHER MATCHES MATCH: The Turk defeats Ty Beaver with the Camel Clutch MATCH: Bruce Hart defeats Buck Zumhoefe with a backslide in a fast paced Light Heavyweight Battle. MATCH: Greg Gagne & Brad Rheingans defeated Marty Jannetty & Ricky Vaughn in a clean match where Gagne caught Vaughn with the Missile Drop Kick. Both youngsters looked good but the experience of Gagne and Rheingans caught up with them The St. Paul Civic Center: Chicago: March 14, 1984 Nikita Koloff vs Buck Zumhofe Bad News Allen vs Jules Strongbow AWA Light Heavyweight Title Match: Dynamite Kid vs Bruce Hart Jos Leduc vs Jim Neidhart Road Warriors & Ellering vs The Sheiks & Adnan Al Kassie Hulk Hogan vs Ok Baker AWA World Title Match: Jerry Lawler vs Curt Hennig

UPDATED ALL-STAR TRADING BLOCK Hulk Hogan Road Warriors

Great interview with the 4 families. I enjoyed the write up of the Piper/Zbyszko match. Very well done! Texas Red is going to be awesome! Hansen is a wild man and give him a cowbell and its lights out. I wonder what indefinite suspension means for his future

Great set of show! The Omni card was great but I wonder if Tito and Orndorff will be looking for work after No Showing a major card! I am on the same page as everyone else in the fact that I love Hacksaw Reed! Really nice job here!

I agree with you. Trying to figure out a better angle for him. If anyone has any ideas, feel free to PM me.