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AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING: February 17, 1984: WGN TV: Salt Palace, Salt Lake City 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. Today, we are coming to you from the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. STORYLINE #1: RANDY SAVAGE We get a video tape replay from last week where Savage violently attacked Bruce and Keith Hart in the parking lot and was screaming about how he wanted a North American title match against Bret Hart. We then get an interview with Bret Hart and Gene Okerlund. Bret Hart: Before I really get started, let me just say that I respect Verne Gagne and I respect his decision not to grant Randy Savage a shot at this here North American Title. But Savage listen closely… I hope you don’t think you can attack a member of the Hart family in a parking lot and there not be any repercussions. I will be coming for you whether it is a title match or in a dark alley. You better have eyes in the back of your head! Later we find out that this week in the Denver Audotorium, it will be Bret Hart vs Randy Savage in a Lights Out Match that was unsanctioned by the AWA! STORYLINE #2: THE YOUNG LIONS TOURNAMENT Verne Gagne is with Rod Trongard and says that the AWA continues to grow and sign new and exciting wrestlers each week and that includes the stars of tomorrow. He goes on to announce that the AWA will be starting a Round Robin tournament for all wrestlers under the age of 25 and the winner will be crowned the 2019 Young Lion of the year. He also announces that before the tournament starts, that a wrestling legend, Mr. Wrestling II has been brought in to help develop some of these Young Lions. Mr. Wrestling II comes in and announces that he might be getting a little bit older but is really excited with this role in the AWA and while he will continue to lace up the boots, he is going to put his heart and sole into helping the young guys here in All-Star Wrestling and that you will see some of these new young lions in the coming weeks. All of a sudden, Eddie Gilbert with Jimmy Garvin and Precious comes strutting out to the interview area. Hot Stuff Inc is laughing about how the over the hill Mr. Wrestling II is going to teach anyone and how it doesn’t matter because Eddie Gilbert is the best young thing to come to professional wrestling in a long time and that he is going to be the obvious winner of the Young Lions tournament. Mr. Wrestling II: One thing I can’t stand from a young boy is arrogance! And one thing I know I can teach is respect! SMACK!.... Mr. Wrestling II smacks Gilbert so hard that Gilbert goes down. Mr. Wrestling II heads to the ring and we get an impromptu match MATCH: Eddie Gilbert vs Mr. Wrestling II Gilbert rushed in a little too quick and Mr. Wrestling II caught him in the gut. A few seconds later, Wrestling II catches Gilbert with a Million Dollar Knee lift and Gilbert goes down. Before the ref can complete the three count, Garvin hits the ring but he is met with the same fate with II connecting with another Million Dollar Knee Lift. As the ref calls for the bell and gives II the win by DQ, Wrestling II leaves the ring with Hot Stuff Inc. struggling to his feet. As the crowd goes wild, Trongard reminds us that maybe Eddie Gilbert could learn a thing or two from the legend Mr. Wrestling II Before our next match, we have a fuming Eddie Gilbert with Rod Trongard Eddie Gilbert: How dare you Wrestling II put your hands on me. You are just jealous of Hot Stuff Inc so you think you can prance in here and hide your old ugly face and get away with kicking someone so pretty as me. Well, look I got right back up and I am demanding a match for this week in Denver where I am sure you won’t last 5 minutes in the same ring as me. STORYLINE #3: THE RETURN OF HULK HOGAN AND THE AWA WORLD TITLE Gene Okerlund: Well fans, with me right now, fresh off his trip to Japan is none other than the former AWA World Champion… Hulk Hogan. How are you doing Hulk? Hulk Hogan: Well Mean Gene… let me tell ya… that was a bitter sweet trip to Japan. Fans in AWA Japan are awesome but I was going there to show what the champ is all about and then I had the belt robbed from me by the whole city of Memphis. That’s right… everyone saw my leg across the ropes as the Memphis referee counted three. We all know Jerry Lawler paid him well for that. Well Lawler, I am back and heard all you had to say about me when I was gone. The interesting thing is now that I am back, I am demanding my rematch! You have held onto something that is not yours. Hey Lawler…. What you gonna do when Hulkamania and the largest arms in the world run wild on you! STORYLINE #4: AWA WORLD TAG TEAMT TITLE MATCH: Curt Hennig (who is joined by Rick Martel) defeats Dream Machine (who is joined by Porkchop Cash as hits the German Suplex. Cash tried a few times to get involved but Martel quickly put an end to that. As Hennig and Martel join Okerlund, we find out that Curt is so happy to be back and that he can’t wait to get back in the ring with his partner here and win the tag titles that he believes should be theirs before the attack by the Sheiks on Hennig’s leg. Okerlund reminds them that this week in Denver it will be Martel and Hennig together against the Bruise Brothers (Cash and Dream Machine) and Martel and Hennig are both confident that this will be nothing more then a stepping stone to a title shot. MATCH: King Konga with Paul Ellering crushed Verlon Biggs with the Diving Headbut While Konga continues to impress, the interviews by Paul Ellering continue to focus on the Road Warriors. Tonight, Ellering takes a different road then calling out the AWA Champions. (The Sheiks) Instead, the focus was on Rick Martel and Curt Hennig who seem to be pushing for a title shot. Paul Ellering: Hey Martel and Heenig…. You snooze, you lose. While Curt was home nursing a hang nail, the Road Warriors took your place as the #1 threat for the titles and I am warning you not to get in our way or you will both be at home…. For a long time! STORYLINE #5: THE AWA LIGH HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: With Dynamite Kid off defending his title in the AWA Pacific, we get a nice tag team match between 4 of the better light heavyweights to remind everyone of the talent in the division. MATCH: Steve Regal & Hiro Saito vs Keith Hart & Bruce Hart This is the second time in two weeks that Regal is trying to get a win over the Harts as last week he beat Bruce in singles action. This is another great techhnical match that AWA viewers how come to appreciate in this Light Heavyweight division but it all went wild around the 8-minute mark as Regal tried to turn this into a brawl. The Harts were more then ready for the challenge and this one ended in a 10-minute brawl. This was a new side of the light heavyweight division and Trongard warns that Dynamite Kid better be on his toes if he is lucky enough to return with the belt. STORYLINE #6: THE MONGOLIAN STOMPER SEARCHING FOR REVENGE ON BAD NEWS ALLEN MATCH: The Mongolian Stomper defeats Cal Munson with the Sleeper While at the interview desk, Stomper is shown a video from Bad News Allen who is currently serving a 90 suspension for his role in the Calgary Riot! Bad News Allen: Hey Stomper… I hear you want a piece of me. I hear you are angry for me nearly killing your kid. I hear you say you are going to get revenge. Well guess what Stomper… Words are cheap! I will be back on March 3rd and we will see what you got. I bet you end up in a hospital bed next to that son of yours who I hear is still easting though a straw! HAHAHHAHAHAHH Stomper can’t even answer and goes wild as he tossing the table and chairs all over the Salt Palace in a fit of rage. OTHER MATCHES: MATCH: Jules Strongbow & Tom Zenk vs The Assassins (Roger Smith & Don Bass) Last week was the first time we saw the second Assassin appear on All-Star Wrestling as they tricked not only Jules Strongbow but also the ref as they did a little quick switch-a-roo for the victory. Tom Zenk decided to step up and help out Jules as they try for a little revenge. All seemed to be going good for the fan favorites until the action went a little crazy with all 4 men in the ring at the same time. Strongbow and Assassin #2 ended up on the floor and the ref gave them a little too much attention and Assassin #1 loaded up his mask and clocked Zenk with a headbut for the win. Trongard wonders if the Assassins are just going to cheat their way to the top or will someone stop them when all of a sudden Wahoo McDaniel joins Jules Strongbow and he is fuming about the tactics of the Assassins. He challenges them to a tag match in the Denver Auditorium where he guarantees that they will learn some respect! MATCH: Brad Rheingans vs Jonathan Boyd Rheingans and his tag team partner, Greg Gagne have been feuding with the Commonwealth Connection (Leduc and Boyd) for a while now and tonight we get a singles-match out of it. Rheingans used his Olympic style and skill to keep Boyd off guard while landing some big power moves. The end came with a Cradle Suplex and the crowd got what they wanted. Immediately after the 3 count, the show cut to a commercial break. This is because they did not want the fans at home to notice that the Suplex might not have been executed perfectly and Boyd was injured. The crowd at the show in the Salt Palace did see Boyd get some medical attention. We will have to keep an eye on this situation. MATCH: Dick Murdoch defeats Steve O with the Brainbuster Steve O was making his return to the AWA and it did not go as planned. Murdoch, one of the toughest in all of wrestling, just went to work and made this a brawl instead of a wrestling match and after a few big right hands he finished off the youngster with a Brainbuster. MATCH: Rick Rude defeats Greg Gagne with the Piledriver Rude has been on fire here of late and it doesn’t seem to matter who his competition has been but he needed some help here from Bobby Heenan who tripped up Gagne allowing Rude to hit the piledriver. As Rude walked towards the locker room, Macho Man Savage hit the ring and came off the top rope for an elbow drop on the already down and out Greg Gagne. As the show was going off the air, Trongard was sure after what we just saw that Savage and Heenan are connected! The Denver Auditorium: February 21, 1984 Rick Rude defeated Brain Blair with the Piledriver Mongolian Stomper defeated Hiro Saito with the Sleeper Wahoo McDaniel & Jules Strongbow defeat the Assassins with Wahoo gong on the War Dance on Assassin #1 Mr. Wrestling II defeats Eddie Gilbert by DQ as Precious hit Wrestling II over the head with a loaded purse. As Jimmy Garvin and Eddie Gilbert tried to rip the mask off of Mr. Wrestling II, two unknown wrestlers hit the ring and gave it pretty good to Hot Stuff Inc before they high tailed it back to the locker room Dick Murdoch defeated Brad Rheingans with the Brain Buster Rick Martel & Curt Hennig defeated The Bruise Brothers pretty easily as they continue their push back to the top of the tag team title division. LIGHS OUT MATCH: Bret Hart vs Randy Savage: In a wild knock down brawl, two of the best in the business had no interest in getting a win but instead they just wanted to hurt each other. After 30 minutes, the brawl ended in a draw but we still needed the entire locker room to empty to get them apart. While the crowd wanted a win by Hart, they will not leave upset as this match will stay etched in their minds forever!

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UPDATED ALL-STAR TRADING BLOCK Abdullah the Butcher Mongolian Stomper Road Warriors Mr. Wrestling II Bruce Hart Keith Hart Crusher Tom Zenk

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING: February 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. Well fans, before we get to the ring action tonight, we must go back to last week’s brutal attack by Randy Savage on Greg Gagne. VTR of the attack by Savage! After the interview Randy Savage storms the set and is as amped up as anyone you have ever seen. When Trongard tries to get to the bottom of the unprovoked attack on Gagne, Savage goes off! Randy Savage: Oh yeah! Listen up Trongard. This is all a set up to hurt keep my family. Oh yeah! We all know what that sleaze Jerry Jarrett did to my Dad, Angelo Poffo, down in Memphis. He tried to run us out of business! So what does Jarrett do when that doesn’t work, he joins with two other pieces of trash… Verne Gagne and Stu Hart! First thing they try to do is split us up! While I am here to take out anyone related to Verne Gagne or Stu Hart! Oh Yeah!! And before long… that North American Title that Bret Hart is walking around with will be mine! Trongard wants to know if he is Bobby Heenan’s new “family” member that Heenan said would destroy both Verne Gagne and Stu Hart for not giving his men title shots but we never get a clear answer. Savage starts ranting that he wants Bret Hart right now and he is like a caged animal. He is so crazed that before we go to break, Trongard calls for security which ends up with Savage beating on a couple of goons as he almost destroys the set! COMMERCIAL MATCH: Rick Martel defeats Verlon Biggs with the Boston Crab. Martel is joined by his injured tag team partner, Curt Hennig who is excited to be getting closer to returning as his injured knee is feeling better. Hennig gives a lot of credit to Martel who had to wrestle the Sheiks all alone on the ESPN Supercard a few weeks back and that he can’t wait to get back in action and get revenge on Adnan Al Kassie and his group of traitors. MATCH: Jules Strongbow vs The Assassin (Roger Smith A pretty even match here that follows the basic outline of babyfaces on top early, heel gains momentum with some dirty tactics followed by the babyfaces making the comeback. It is here that we go a little crazy as another masked man comes out and starts to cheer on the other masked man. At one point the action spilled out onto the floor with Strongbow recovering quicker and getting back into the ring. The Assassin was slow to get up but this allowed the other masked man to roll into the ring without the ref knowing. This “fresh” Assassin surprised Strongbow and a knee to the gut followed by a suplex for the win. COMMERCIAL MATCH: The Crusher defeats The Turk Ali Bey The Crusher joins Okerlund for a quick interview: Crusher: I told you guys last week that I might not be as good as I once was but I am as good once as I ever was and Superstar Graham found that out last week in our Chicago Street fight in the Rosemont Horizon and so did all the little “dollies” down on Halstead Street as we partied till mornin! MATCH: Steve Regal vs Bruce Hart Another great technical match that AWA viewers how come to appreciate in this Light Heavyweight division. Trongard lets us know that the winner here will get a shot at Dynamite Kid and his title this week in St. Paul. Regal came out with a fancy jacket and headband and was dancing to so music and interacting with the fans. Hart, also a fan favorite came in more subdued as he meant business. The match started and ended with a handshake but nothing else about it was friendly as these two put it all on the line. We started with some faced paced chain wrestling and the bumping, selling and reversals continued throughout. The end came when Hart landed wrong after missing a cross body block and he seemed to hurt his shoulder. Regal took advantage of this and went to work with the win coming by submission with the Surf Board. Regal was all over the place in this match and Trongard explained that is why we call him Mr. Electricity. COMMERCIAL When we come out of break, chaos is going on. Trongard is speaking at a frantic pace about an attack in the parking lot as Gene Okerlund and a cameraman are trying to rush to the scene. As we get some footage of what is going on back there, we see Randy Savage tossing Bruce Hart into car after car. Hart is in real danger when all of a sudden, Keith Hart rushes out. Unfortunately, he suffers the same fate as his brother and all the microphone can hear is Savage screaming that he wants Bret Hart. It takes about 5 guys to finally stop Randy Savage when out of nowhere comes Bret Hart and the fight is back on. This one is more even and takes more guys from the back to break it up. Rod Trongard: My God, I can’t believe what I have just scene. We will need to hear from Verne Gagne about this wild scene. I mean who does this Randy Savage think he is? He can’t just come in here beating people up and trying to permantely hurt members of the Gagne and Hart families. Verne Gagne comes out shaking his head and takes the microphone and he is as mad as you have ever scene him. Verne Gagne: I DON’T CARE WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE MR. RANDY SAVAGE AND I DON’T CARE WHO YOUR FATHER IS. THIS IS THE AWA. THE GREATEST WRESTLING ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD TODAY AND WE WILL NOT BE BULLIED BY YOU. YOU SAY YOU WANT A TITLE SHOT WITH BRET HART…. THEN EARN ONE YOU COWARD! COME TO ALL-STAR WRESTLING AND ACTUALLY START TO WIN SOME REAL MATCHES. UNTIL THEN, YOU WILL GET NOTHING. AND FOR YOUR ACTIONS THE LAST TWO WEEKS, YOU WILL BE HEAVILY FINED. ONE MORE STUNT LIKE THAT AND YOU WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM THE AWA! Rod Trongard: Well thank you Mr. Gagne. For your sake Mr. Savage, I hope you heed this man’s warning. He means business! Let’s get back to the ring. MATCH: King Konga with Paul Ellering crushed Larry Cheatum with the Diving Headbut In the interview area, we find out that it will actually be a Manager vs Manager Match in the Civic Center as Paul Ellering will face Sheik Adnan Al Kassie. If Ellering wins, his Road Warriors will get another title show vs Blackwell and Patera for the AWA World Tag Team Titles! In the interview, Ellering goes from his normally calm self to a ragging lunatic and rips his shirt off showing a surprisingly great physique. Okerlund warns the Sheik that he may be in trouble in St. Paul. COMMERCIAL MATCH: Dick Murdoch defeats Tom Zenk with the Brainbuster Zenk is young and an obvious physical specimen but Murdoch is one of the toughtest in all of wrestling. He just went to work and made this a brawl instead of a wrestling match and after a few big right hands he finished off the youngster with a Brainbuster. During the match, Trongard let us know that Murdoch defeated Wahoo McDaniel last week in the Rosemont Horizon in a real slugfest that could have gone either way and has now earned a North American Title shot this week in the St. Paul Civic Center against Bret Hart. When asked by Okerlund about his match with Wahoo and the upcoming title shot against Bret Hart, Murdoch gave one of his great promos. Dick Murdoch: Gene, I will tell you one thing… Wahoo is one tough Injun but he is not West Texas tough. The only people who thought he had a chance with me were people who were as drunk as he was on Snake juice! And let me tell you another thing Wahoo… you better start worrying about Dick Murdoch and focus on how to survive getting scalped if you ever get in the ring with me again. Now as far as Bret Hart goes… We hear all of the stories of the training that goes on in Stu Hart’s Dungeon and how his boys can do it all. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I West Texas we fight for fun. We like pain and like to cause pain. We weren’t taught how to survive in a wrestling ring. We were taught how to be the only one who survives. Come this Thursday in the St. Paul Civic Center, I will be the one walking out with the North American Title and Bret Hart will be the one bleeding all over the stretcher they are taking him out on. MATCH: Rick Rude defeats Hiro Saito with the Piledriver Rude has been on fire here of late and it doesn’t seem to matter who his competition has been. He was very good on his own but throw in Heenan and it looks like he might have gold around his waist in the near future. Saito was good and continues to look like he is on the verge of breaking out but Rude was just a little to powerful her tonight. When Heenan and Rude joined Okerlund, Mean Gene wanted to know if the star he had just signed last week was indeed Randy “Macho Man” Savage. Heenan seemd a little frustrated that the focus was not on how great Rick Rude just looked. COMMERCIAL MATCH: Greg Gagne & Brad Rheingans vs The Commonwealth (Leduc and Boyd) This week Greg has his normal partner back and it makes a world of difference. Last week he took on the Commonwealth with Bruce Hart and their lack of size just could not handle Leduc’s power. This week, Rheingans is more than strong enough and we get a great match that nearly goes this distance. Neither team wants a draw as they both want to move up the ranks and maybe secure a future tag team title match. Leduc and Boyd begin to use some real dirty tactics and Rheingans is in trouble. It is amazing how good Greg Gagne can be in tag matches and each time the Commonwealth went for a cover, he made a perfectly times safe. In the end, this backfired as the ref was forcing him out of the ring and Boyd caught Rheingans with the flag pole he had carried to the ring. This gave the victory to the Commonwealth and they stomped around waving the flag of the British Commonwealth to a chorus of boos. The St. Paul Civic Center: February 14, 1984 Mongolian Stomper defeats Don Bass with the Sleeper. Crowd is really digging the fan favorite Stomper. Eddie Gilbert with Precious defeats Tom Zenk with help from the loaded purse followed by a Hot Shot Greg Gagne & Brad Rheingans defeat The Commonwealth Connection (Leduc and Boyd) by DQ as Leduc went crazy and hit Gagne over the head with the flagpole. Fortunately for the fan favorites the ref saw it all. The crowd was fuming at the violent attack on their boy Greg. AWA Light Heavyweight Title Match: Dynamite Kid defeats Mr. Electricity Steve Regal MANAGER VS MANAGER MATCH: Paul Ellering defeats Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie with a Piledriver to secure the Road Warriors a future title shot. AWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE MATCH: Bret Hart vs Dick Murdoch: This match ends in a Double Count out with a big brawl on the arena floor.

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All-star selects Brian Blair and releases Hiro Saito

Great series of House shows! I liked your use of Terry Daniels here against the Foreign Enemies!

All-Star also retires from the draft

All-Star selects Keiji Mutoh and releases Sonny Two Rivers

All-Star takes Lance VonErich but he will be used as Ricky Vaughn. Also to stay within our roster limits of 46, I will drop MX-1

Very interesting show. Austin with the upset win over Thorton. Les Thorton is a man who seems to get no love in these games even though he was technically very good but I think he had trouble winning over the crowd and was not a great heel. I am excited about Hacksaw as the national champ but I still think Roberts did more then even out the sides against the Koloffs. Brad vs Arn would be an awesome match... two of the best in-ring guys I have ever seen. Dibiase calls out all the heels as he says he is not one to shy away from breaking the rules. Interested to see which side of the fence he falls on.

All-star selects Marty Jannety. Rain is up next

All-Star selects Nikita Koloff. Cpt. Redneck is up for two picks back to back

1984 DRAFT IS UNDERWAY! The draft order is as follows: RD 1: RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 Spaldoni : Kendall Windham Cpt. Redneck: Shawn Michaels Rain: John Nord Cpt. Redneck: Yokozuna Rain: Steve Simpson Rain: Jushin Liger Kevin: Marty Jannety Kevin: Lance Vonerich Kevin: Keiji Mutoh Cpt. Redneck Kevin: Nikita Koloff Rain: Undertakaer Cpt Redneck: Jim Power Rain: Steve Doll Cpt. Redneck: Scott Hall Spaldoni: Dan Spivey Rounds 3 and 4 will follow the same order as one and two as will 5 and 6. DRAFT RULES: 1. Remember all wrestlers drafted are rookies. Due a little research on them and treat them the way they actually were in 1984. 2. Draft will start as soon as Spaldoni makes his first pick. You can drop out any time you wish. 3. Please try to make picks in a timely fashion. (24 hours at most) 4. Rookies do not need to be saved with an exemption 5. All undrafted rookies will be added to free agent list 6. Roster size is now 46. If you draft someone and it puts you at 47, you must release someone at the same time. Al Perez: Blue Demon Jr. Dan Spivey Jim Powers John Nord Jushin Liger Keiji Mutoh Kendell Windham Marty Jannetty Mike Thor Nancy Benoit Nikita Koloff Miss. Elizabeth Scott Hall Shawn Michaels Steve Simpson Steve Doll Tom Zenk Undertaker William Vaughn (Lance VonErich) Yokozuna

Great job of using your tv show to sell some tickets for your big show of the week. I have a feeling Buck Zumhofe is in some trouble with Bruiser Brody coming after him. What an awesome job with your tag team division. You managed to get two feuds going with one simple match. The Nightmares vs Soul Patrol for the title might actually be second of the fans wish list as the Fab Ones vs Schultz and Sweetan would be a main event anywhere in the country. I still need to learn how to do this. I focus too much on titles while you use titles to sell tickets. It is like you get double the bang for your buck the way you are doing it. Nice win for Wildfire as Adrian Street keeps the belt hot but you know we all want Tommy vs Tully. I enjoyed your Bockwinkle/Lawler interview. I always found Lawler on the mic great for two reasons. First, his one liners were funny as hell but secondly and more importantly, he always came off so confident and it didn't matter who he was facing next and you captured this nicely. Can't wait for Louisville!

Nice card... As if the Spoiler is not tough enough, add a little help from Mr. Hito and Gamma Singh and he might be unstoppable. I admit I knew very little of Leo Burke before this but I am started to really like his toughness and I am excited to see how his title reign goes. McGhee over Oliver is HUGE! Can;t wait to see what is next for both of these guys. Cool match intro with the Battle of the Flowers! Haha Valiant and Big Jim are a lot of fun. Interested to see if they are championship material down the road Even though Adams was attacked by the Rose Army, the heels seem to be having some difficulty in getting the main event wins of late. I bet they are planning some sort of revenge as we speak!

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Great card and I love CanCon. It hasn't take you long to captivate us with your creative writing style. Your roster is set with some of my favorites including Billy Jack, Rip Oliver and now Ronnie Garvin. Still hope you decide to call in Dynamite Kid for a few Light Heavyweight title matches. It seems of late that those with the gold rings have been taking a beating. First by Piper and now by the Hands of Stone!

All-Star Wrestling releases Superstar Graham and adds MX-1

AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING: February 3, 1984: WGN TV From coast to coast, continent to continent and border to border, we welcome you to AWA All-Star Wrestling coming to you from the Milwaukee Auditorium. I am Rod Trongard and joining me will be Gene Okerlund. Well fans, before we get to the in-ring action, we must go to the video tape from this past Thursday in the Mecca right here in Milwaukee as it was Jimmy Garvin vs Bret Hart for the vacant AWA North American Title. VTR of Bret Hart defeating Jimmy Garvin for the AWA North American Title. Gene Okerlund: Ladies and Gentleman, let me bring in the new North American champion… Congratulations Bret Hart. Bret Hart: Thank you Gene, it is a real honor for me to be the first AWA North American champion and I know there are a lot of great challengers and I look forward to defending this title every night all across the United States and Canada. Gene Okerlund: Well I can tell you that wrestlers from all over the sport want a shot at your title. In fact, it will be Wahoo McDaniel vs Dick Murdoch in the Rosemont Horizon this Thursday and you will face the winner in your first title defense February 14th in the St. Paul Civic Center. Bret Hart: That’s what I am talking about Gene. No time to celebrate. I know I will be in for the fight of my life and that is just the way I want it. COMMERCIAL Match: Mongolian Stomper defeats “The Turk” Ali Bey with the Sleeper Another match used to build Stomper as a fan favorite. Ali Bey does a nice job of antagonizing the crowd and using some questionable tactics that help get Stomper over with the crowd. In the post-match interview with Gene Okerlund, Stomper continues to talk about how he is out for revenge on Bad News Allen for the situation back in Calgary in December and that when Allen returns from suspension on March 3rd, he better have eyes in the back of his head. MATCH: Keith Hart & Hiro Saito vs The Bruise Brothers (Dream Machine & Porkchop Cash) Hart and Saito are quick and technically sound while the Bruise Brothers are all about brawling. These contrasting styles work here as all 4 men do a nice job of bumping and selling. In the end, Hart is doing a great job of playing the face in peril role and escapes to get a tag to Saito and we go bonzo gonzo for a while with all 4 men in the ring. As the ref loses control, the camera catches Dream Machine slipping something into his mask and nailing Saito with a headbut. Saito is basically out and the ref pays just enough attention to come over and make the 3 count. At the interview with Okerlund we find out that it was the Dream Machine who came out and helped Porkchop Cash last week in his match with Norvell Austin. Porkchop Cash: All is good now! No more teaming with losers like Norvell Austin. My main man Dream Machine is here and the Bruise Brothers are going to run wild in the AWA. Dream Machine: I saw my brother here being annoyed by that gnat Norvell Austin and decided it was time to get the Bruise Brothers back together again. And look what happened… 5 minutes after I get to town, Austin pack s his bags and hits the road. Well listen up… All the other tag teams better follow Austin or else your gonna fell a whole lot of pain. COMMERCIAL VTR: Jerry Lawler retains his title by DQ as he threw a fireball into the face of Rick Martel. Martel joins Gene Okerlund for an interview where he is wearing sunglasses due to a minor burn around his eyes. Martel let’s us know that he is ok but is still a little stunned that the AWA World Champion would stoop to such a low level. Okerlund adds that Hulk Hogan would never have resorted to such tactics. We also find out that Martel has been cleared by doctors and will be getting a rematch this week against Lawler for the AWA title in the Rosemont Horizon. MATCH: Abdullah the Butcher with Sheik Adnan Al Kassie vs King Konga with Paul Ellering For an Abdullah the Butcher, this is as clean as it gets which means extreme violence without the fork. King Konga responds to ever dirty blow with his own version of violence. After about 3-4 minutes of the rough and wild brawl, Heenan realizes that Butcher is not just going to run over Konga so he calls for the Sheiks (Blackwell and Patera) to hit the ring and attack. Ellering seemed ready for this and had the Road Warriors on stand by. What we get is a 4 on 4 brawl that can’t be stopped. Ellering and Al Kassie are is much onto the action as anyone else and it is apparent these two teams are fighting to become the most dominant force in the AWA. Later in the show, we find out these two stables will face each other this week in the Rosemont Horizon. COMMERCIAL MATCH: Crusher defeats Joe Stark after Stark tried some questionable tactics and Crusher just bet him Pillar to Post At the interview area with Gene Okerlund we find out that it will be a Chicago Street Fight between Crusher and Superstar Graham in the Rosemont Horizon this week. Da Crusher: All ya cute little Dollies down on Halstead Street get ready cause I will be coming down there to party all night after I rip Superstar Graham to shreads this week. I mean come on Gene, the Crusher in a Chicago Street Fight. Take that one to the bank! This might be the last we see of Superstar Graham around here. MATCH: Jimmy Garvin with Precious & Eddie Gilbert vs Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid This is the first time we have seen any of these men tag together but it seems to work. Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert seems to fit right in with the arrogant, peacock-strutting Jimmy Garvin while Precious now has another man by her side which allows her more screen time! Trongard hypes up recent matches between Gilbert and Dynamite Kid for the AWA Light Heavyweight Title and also that he has heard some negative comments by Garvin and Precious about the clean cut, British star, Davey Boy Smith. As for the match, it is full of twist and turns. Some nice chain wrestling between Gilbert and Davey Boy is followed by Dynamite getting himself trapped in the corner and suffering from some brutal double team moves. Garvin and Gilbert may be new but they seem to be on the same wave length. They both know just how to play it dirty while never really getting caught. As we get to all 4 men in the ring, a perfectly timed loaded purse by Precious to Dynamite Kid allows for Gilbert to get the three count! At the interview desk we find out that Precious and her men are now known as Hot Stuff Inc and that the AWA will never be the same. When Okerlund asks about the dirty tactics, all three seem confused. When Gene sends it back to Rod, he is in the ring with Dynamite Kid holding his head and Davey Boy fuming about how the AWA must examine the purse of that jezebel Precious. Verne Gagne comes out and looks straight into the camera and warns Hot Stuff Inc about their nonsense and offers Davey Boy and Dynamite a rematch this week in the Rosemont. COMMERCIAL MATCH: Dick Murdoch defeats Sonny Two Rivers with the Brain Buster The problem came when the tough, tobacco spitting man from West Texas decided one Brain Buster was not enough and delivered another. This is when Jules Strongbow decided to come out to try and protect his tag team partner but all he got was some big right hands followed by his own Brain Buster and in a matter a seconds, Murdoch had laid out both Indians. As Okerlund cautiously came in for the interview, Murdoch was screaming about everything and anything. First, he started by laughing at the Crusher and how tough Chicago is and all his “Dollies.” Murdoch told them all that the toughest come from West Texas and just take a look at them two Injuns laying in the ring if you have any doubts. Murdoch then turned his attention to Wahoo McDaniel. Murdoch says Wahoo may have played in the NFL but come this week in the Rosemont Horizon, he will be playing his last game of anything. He warns Bret Hart that he better run up to the Icebox he calls home and help old Stu in retirement as that North American Title is all his! Okerlund continues to hype up Murdoch and his toughness after Captain Redneck left the set as he sells this newcomer to the AWA fans as one tough SOB. Gene also hypes up Wahoo, his opponent in the #1 contender’s match for the North American title as he lets fans know it is going to be one slobber-knuckle in the Rosemont Horizon. MATCH: Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan vs Tom Zenk A battle of two of the younger stars in the AWA where Zenk shows some promise but in the end, the combo of Heenan and Rude prove to be two much for the up and comer. Rude is able to hit the top rope knee drop followed by the piledriver for the win. At the interview with Okerlund, Heenan is frustrated that it is not Rick Rude getting any of the title shots in the AWA but says that will change . He also says that he has signed a Mega Star to join his family and we will find out who that is very soon and how Verne Gagne and Stu Hart will be sorry for not giving the “Family” what it deserves. COMMERCIAL MATCH: Greg Gagne & Bruce Hart vs The Commonwealth (Jos Leduc & Jonathan Boyd) We find out that Bruce Hart is filling in for Brad Rheingans who could not be here today and this really made it hard on the fan favorites as they were just too undersized. While they gave it their all, the power and roughness of the Commonwealth proved too much and Leduc pinned Hart after a massive football tackle. When everyone though the match was over… Randy Savage hit the ring and just went wild on Greg Gagne and the already down and out Bruce Hart! The Commonwealth simply went back to the locker room as they were happy with their win. What Savage did here was one of the most violent things seen in All-Star wrestling history as Trongard wondered if this was the Mega Star Bobby Heenan was talking about. The Rosemont Horizon: February 7, 1984 Mongolian Stomper defeats The Assassin with the Sleeper as he continues to be built as a fan favorite. The Bruise Brothers (Porkchop Cash & Dream Machine) brutally beat Ton Stone and Verlon Biggs for the win AWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE #1 CONTENDERS Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs Dick Murdoch: These two are not very technical but they do a nice job of bumping and selling in this slugfest. In the end, Murdoch wins the battle with the Brain Buster. This could have gone wither way and in no shape or form has hurt the reputation of Wahoo. Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs Hot Stuff Inc. ( Garvin & Gilbert) with Precious: In a reversal from this week’s match on TV, Smith and Kid come out on top. A major reaon for this was that the ref caught Precious doing her shenanigans and sent her back to the locker room. The crowd loved this as they taunted her the entire way. In the end, Smith hit the powerslam on Garvin and the two Brits walk away with the victory. Chicago Street Fight: Da Crusher vs Superstar Graham: This was a rather short match as neither of these two old-timers can go very long in this type of match but as you would expect in Chicago, Crusher comes out on top! The Sheiks (Blackwell, Patera & Abdullah the Butcher) with Sheik Adnan Al Kassie vs The Road Warriors and King Konga with Paul Ellering: A brawl that leaves nothing on the table but a victor. This match ended in a DDQ as the 6 men brawled all over the ring and arena. Not sure what else could have been expected with these 6 but somehow they are going to have to settle this. AWA WORLD TITLE MATCH: Jerry Lawler vs Rick Martel: Martel claimed his eyesight was fine after last week’s fireball by Lawler but Martel seemed just a little off. In the end, Lawler wins this long battle with the piledriver.

Good use of your tv show tohype up future matches. I would have been all in on a show that had Tully vs Zumhofe and then you throw in Idol vs Ayala and the Super tag match with Lawler and Funk vs Race and Bockwinkle. WOW! I mean that is 4 of the all time greats in one ring and it was for free and all it really did was sell tickets for a future show. Why do we find it so easy to make great shows and keep our guys white hot but I grew up on squash match after squash match! Great show

Nice set of cards. I was surprised to see Roberts come in to attack Koloff. I guess I was unsure who the heel.

Great show as the fans got their monies worth here. The Rock n Roll Express seem to have a lot of enemies here in AWA Pacific and this could lead to a wild tag team division. The fans were fuming after that one but they all left happy after the Superkick by Adams and the Finger raise by Piper!