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Thanks for the kind words. I consider this particular set of shows the end of Chapter 1 of the AWA and the start of Chapter 2.

AWA show at the Mecca, Milwaukee, December 16th Loser Leaves Town Match : "Wildman" Jack Armstrong vs. "The Russian Menace" Boris Zukhov These two had a lot of intense battles of late but this would be where it all ends, as the loser would be gone from the AWA. These two knocked each other all over the ring with big clubbing blows and it looked like it go either way. Zukhov had Armstrong set up for the kill with his Hammer & Sickle finisher when he whipped Armstrong into the turnbuckle and came in with the lariat, but Armstrong ducked at the last second and came back at him with his own running clothesline. However, Zukhov had scouted this move from getting caught by it in a previous match and countered it in turn with a big boot to the midsection before grabbing him in a Russian Bearhug. Zukhov wore Armstrong down and the Wildman seemed to be fading fast as the ref raised his arm and dropped it twice. At the very last moment, when it looked like Armstrong’s arm would drop for the third and final time, he kept his arm up and got an eye poke on Zukhov that caught him off guard and caused the startled Russian to drop him. Armstrong threw himself back against the rope and came back with a desperation clothesline that leveled Zukhov and led to the pinfall, sending the Russian Menace out of the AWA. Tito Santana vs. Col. Buck Robley Robley came out very upset at Santana injuring his Second In Command, Maj. Cal Manson, after a recent match, and came out gunning for revenge. He tried to bully the Mexican firebrand with punches and kicks and using his bulk to beat Santana down, but Tito hung in and came back with dropkicks and clotheslines. Robley wound up the lariat to try to take Santana out, but Santana got the Mexican Hammer in first to get the victory. Gauntlet Loser Leaves Town Match Part 1 : Mr. Olympia vs. Rick Patterson Patterson came out with Eddie Mansfield and the rest of the Minnesota Heartbreakers in tow, but the ref stepped in and demanded, as per the terms of the contract, that they leave ringside. In the confusion, Mr. Olympia took advantage of the distraction by climbing the top turnbuckle and, when Patterson finally turned to face him, Olympia came off with a flying dropkick and got the quick pin. Just like that, the Heartbreakers had lost their biggest man. Part 2 Mr. Olympia vs. Rocky Brewer Brewer, clearly thrown by just how easily his partner had been beaten, came in and tried to take down Olympia with clotheslines and slams. But when he tried to get a powerslam on Olympia, the masked man reversed it and hit a nasty leaping belly-to-belly piledriver that knocked Brewer out. Two down, two to go. Part 3 Mr. Olympia vs. Tom Stanton Stanton tried to take advantage of Olympia’s tiredness after wrestling 2 matches in a row by charging the ring, knocking him down and putting the boots to him. Eddie Mansfield could be seen at the back of the arena, frantically watching the match and hoping Stanton would take Olympia out before he had to face him. Stanton got in a number of very hard kicks on the felled Olympia and clearly did some damage, but his luck ultimately ran out when he went for a kick and Olympia caught his foot and took him down to the ground. He put Stanton in the Powerlock (figure four) and try though he might, the last of the Minnesota Heartbreakers, could not escape. He had to submit and the last of the Minnesota Heartbreakers was gone. Part 4 Mr. Olympia vs. Eddie Mansfield The moment the bell rang for the end of the previous match, Mansfield charged the ring, not waiting for Olympia to release the Powerlock on Stanton to give a big elbow drop to the popular masked man. He seized advantage of Olympia’s exhausted condition and ferociously attacked him. He took him down with several clotheslines and it seemed like Olympia’s miraculous run would end after Mansfield hit him with the powerslam. Olympia was able to kick out, though, and looked like he caught a second wind when he was able to shake off all of Mansfield’s punches. Mansfield started to panic when Olympia started throwing back punches of his own, followed by a big dropkick that sent him flying to ringside. Mansfield looked at the fired up Mr. Olympia in the ring, then fled to the back, never to be seen for the rest of the night. Grudge Match : Da Crusher vs. Ivan Putski This match had been building for a while, ever since Putski had betrayed his former friend and joined forces with Ed Wiskowski. Putski was joined at ringside by his partner in the Brotherhood Of Poland as well as his manager, Precious, and her main squeeze, “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin. Crusher, in turn, was joined by his new friend, “The Hands Of Stone” Ron Garvin. A lot of bad feelings came to the fore as both men slugged it out, inside and outside of the ring , in a ferocious brawl. At one point, both men hit huge punches on each other at the same time and crashed to the mat, seemingly having knocked each other out. Wiskowski and Jimmy Garvin tried to go in and attack Crusher, but the Gorgeous one’s brother was there to block their way. Precious then snuck into the ring, aerosol can in hand, looking to spray Crusher in the eyes as he recovered. But then, out of nowhere, a stocky , bearded man came from the crowd, leaped over the barricade and entered the ring, grabbing Precious over his shoulder and carrying her, kicking and screaming, out of the ring. As Jimmy Garvin and Wiskowski chased them out of the arena, Crusher recovered enough to hit a running Bolo Punch on Putski to get the win. Jerry Lawler (courtesy of CWA from Memphis) vs. Lord Humongous Lord Humongous had been on a serious path of destruction lately, brutally wrecking his past several opponents. The King was not about to be intimidated by the much bigger masked man, jabbing and ducking his attacks and even taking him to the mat with a dropkick. However, reflexes took over and Lawler hit a running fistdrop on Humongous’ head … and his fist impacted hard on the big man’s hockey mask , clearly hurting his hand. Lawler struggle to get his offense going after that, losing his punching power with his damaged hand and clearly overpowered by the huge man. The King looked like he would be able to rally as he staggered Humongous with a pair of dropkicks, but when he went to the well for a third time, Humongous caught him with a side slam and drove his back down hard into his knee. Humongous got the one two three and the shocking victory over the Memphis icon. AWA American title match : Iceman Parsons © vs. Ken Patera Parsons had barely escaped with his American title around his waist in several recent matches with Patera. In another match between a faster, smaller man against a much larger, powerful opponent, the battle went back and forth with it seeming at different points that either man could take the victory. Parsons looked like he might once again get out of the match with his championship intact when he ascended the top rope to hit the Rumper Stumper, but Patera still had enough left in the tank to charge into the corner with a clothesline to send Iceman falling to the mat. Patera then hoisted Parsons over his shoulder, ram him into the corner turnbuckle , then hard down into the mat with a power slam. One … two … three? Ken Patera is the new AWA American champion! AWA World Tag title Bunkhouse match : The Road Warriors © vs. The Wild Bills The champions came to the ring wearing jeans, t-shirts and weightlifting belts, while the Wild Bills wore leather chaps over their jeans and came with bullropes and cowbells in tow. Needless to say, this was a chaotic brawl, with the Warriors throttling the Bills with their weightlifting belts and the Bills in turn choking the Warriors with their bullropes. All four men were busted open at various points in the match and were a bloody mess by the end of it. The Bills gradually wore down the champs and were trying to polish Hawk off by Haynes hitting a back suplex combined with a top rope clothesline by Irwin. Animal managed to come in to the rescue by clipping Haynes from behind before he could get Hawk up for the suplex, and Irwin went sailing overhead and down hard into the mat. Animal and Hawk hit a cowbell assisted double fist drop on the battered Haynes and successfully defended their belts. Return AWA World Title match : Hulk Hogan © vs. Ted Dibiase (courtesy of Mid-South) This would be Hogan’s first match back after returning from his tour of Japan, and he chose a tough contender in the form of top Mid South star Ted Dibiase. Dibiase had taken him to the time limit in a past match and was clearly out to prove that it was no fluke in his second shot at the title. This very intense match was made even more dramatic by the arrival part way through at ringside of the newly crowned American champion, Ken Patera, who proceeded to stare down Hogan. When Dibiase clotheslined Hogan out of the ring, Patera stood imposingly over the champ. Hogan didn’t even wait for Patera to make the first move as he leapt to his feet and started throwing punches at him. The two continued to throw down as the ref counted Hogan out of the ring and gave the win (but not the title) to Dibiase. Events took an even more drastic turn when Hogan was attacked from behind by … “Crusher” Jerry Blackwell? Blackwell had not been seen in the area for some time but was making his return in the most dramatic way possible, he and Patera beating down Hogan until they were cleared off by security, Dibiase laughing in the ring all the while.

Great start to the fed and good job of establishing your new heels.

AWA All-Star Wrestling for the weekend of December 16th Tito Santana vs. Maj. Cal Manson This was the first appearance in the AWA for the popular Mexican firebrand. Manson, the Second In Command of the army , had his “Commanding Officer”, Col. Buck Robley, in his corner. Robley grew more frantic at ringside as Santana easily dominated Manson, showing the fans why he had established himself as one of the top wrestlers in the world. After Santana had hit the Mexican Hammer (flying forearm) and gotten the pin, Robley charged the ring and attacked Santana. Santana fought back and soon dropkicked Robley out of the ring. By this point, Manson had recovered and grabbed a chair from ringside and looked to attack Santana, but Santana reflexively dropkicked him and hit the chair, sending the chair hard into Manson’s own head. This knocked Manson out cold and he had to be helped from ringside. Lord Humongous vs. Dominic Denucci Lord Humongous had been dominating most of his opposition since his recent return, and looked like he was trying to make an example of Denucci. He badly battered Denucci with slams and power moves before sending him into the ropes, catching him in a sideslam then driving Denucci’s back down hard into Humongous’ own knee to polish him off. Interview Segment : Mean Gene is in the ring. Gene : Folks, my next guest has been having a lot of trouble lately with Eddie Mansfield and the Minnesota Heartbreakers. Here to give his comments on that situation is Mr. Olympia! Olympia comes out to the cheers of the fans. Gene : Mr. Olympia, Mansfield and the Heartbreakers had been given warning that sanctions would be taken if any of them were to continue interfering in your matches, and after their attack on you last week, the AWA officials were looking to issue fines and possible suspensions for them. However, I’ve gotten word that you intervened and requested that no measures be taken against them. What gives? Olympia : Let me tell you, Mean Gene, there’s a lot more to that story. Yes, I did request that they neither fine nor suspend Mansfield and his crew, and they granted me that request. But that is because I wanted something else to be done with them. What’s going to happen is a special match at the Milwaukee show. I’m going to take on all of the Minnesota Heartbreakers *and* Mansfield, one at a time. If I beat one of them, that guy is out of the AWA. If any of them beat me, I’m gone. That is the only way I get those idiots out of my, err, mask, once and for all. Gene : All four of them in one night, Mr. Olympia? Good grief! Don’t you think you’ve bitten off a bit more than you can chew? Olympia : Gene, I am so sick of them messing in my business, I will do whatever it takes to put a stop to this. That is why I have put a special condition in the contract : if any one of them interferes at all during the course of the match, they will *all* be banned from the AWA at once. I am confident that I can outlast all of them, and in Milwaukee, one war or another, this comes to an end. Ken Patera vs. Vinnie Valentino Although Valentino has had wrestled in singles matches before, there was no trace of his partner in the Latin Lovers, Javier Cruz, at all in the building tonight. This seemed to throw off Valentino, who had a hard time getting his offense out of first gear with the powerful Patera, and an attempt to get the win with a running crossbody was caught and turned into a shoulder breaker that got the win for the former Olympian. Ron Garvin vs. Ed Wiskowski The Man with the Hands Of Stone was also making his debut in the AWA, taking on one half of the Brotherhood of Poland, and he came out accompanied by none other than Da Crusher. Wiskowski brought his partner, Ivan Putski, out with him and to say that the presence of the two former friends was a distraction would be understatement. As the big “Polish Prince” did battle in the ring with the cagey veteran, Crusher and Pustki jawed with each other until they finally came to blows. Wiskowski looked to take advantage of the ref being distracted by this by reaching into his trunks and pulling out a set of brass knucks. Before he could use this unfair advantage, however, Garvin caught him right on the point of the jaw with a massive, lightning quick punch that put his light out. Garvin got the pinfall on Wiskowski as the Prince’s partner and his manager, Precious, looked on in slack jawed astonishment at how much the Hands Of Stone deserved his nickname. Interview Segment : Mean Gene is once again in the ring. Gene : Folks, my next guest is just returning from a very successful tour of Japan and is clearly looking forward to being back here in the good ole USA. Ladies and gentlemen, the AWA World Champion … Hulk Hogan! “Eye Of The Tiger” plays over the arena PA as the Hulkster , World Title belt wrapped around his waist, makes his way to the ring, taking time to give high fives to the clearly adoring fans. Mean Gene : Hulkster, it’s been a while since we have gotten to see you in person but word got back to us of the great matches you have been having in Japan. Hogan : Well, y’know, Mean Gene … after that dirty attack by Riki Choshu before I left, I was determined to show them why I was the AWA champ and not to be messed with . But I stood tall and came out of that tour still the champion of the world. The Japanese fans were amazing and very appreciative of the matches I had, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t glad to be back here in the AWA among my friends and fans. Mean Gene : Hulk, it was a bit surprising to see that your first opponent after your return will be Mid South star Ted Dibiase, especially after the grueling match you two had just over a month ago in the Twin Cities. Any thoughts? Hogan : Let me tell you, Mean Gene … if the Hulkster is anything, he is a fighting champion. Dibiase took he to the limit in one of the toughest matches of my life, and if he wants another shot, I say sign me up! I duck no challengers and won’t be satisfied until I prove that I am the undisputed champion of the world! Samu vs. Apocalypse These two had been waging war with each other over the past several weeks and it would reach a climax tonight. The masked man came out with his manager, Col. Buck Robley, with both men dressed in full camouflage colors and Robley wearing a military helmet. Samu and Apocalypse tore into each other, with the balance of power going back and forth and both men were bloody by the end of it. When Apocalypse caught a crossbody attempt by Samu and turned it into a back breaker, then applied the Camel Clutch, it looked like that was it for “Samoan Dynamite” . But Samu gritted his teeth and refused to give in, and managed to slowly make his way over to the ropes, causing the ref to break up the hold. While the ref was checking on Samu, Robley jumped on the ring apron and looked to throw his helmet in to Apocalypse, but Tito Santana came to ringside and chased off the Colonel. Apocalypse left the ring to recover the dropped helmet, but by the time he got back in, Samu had recovered and greeted him with a big thrust kick to the face. Wisely choosing to spare his damaged back and forego both the Dynamite Drop and the Dynamite Dive, he instead gave Apocalypse a sharp DDT on top of the helmet, finally getting the victory over the masked man.

Lineup for AWA show at the Mecca, Milwaukee Loser Leaves Town Match : "Wildman" Jack Armstrong vs. "The Russian Menace" Boris Zukhov Tito Santana vs. Col. Buck Robley A special match involving Mr. Olympia (more to come soon) Grudge Match : Da Crusher vs. Ivan Putski Jerry Lawler (courtesy of CWA from Memphis) vs. Lord Humongous AWA American title match : Iceman Parsons © vs. Ken Patera AWA World Tag title Bunkhouse match : The Road Warriors © vs. The Wild Bills Return AWA World Title match : Hulk Hogan © vs. Ted Dibiase (courtesy of Mid-South)

Lineup for AWA All-Star Wrestling for the weekend of December 16th Tito Santana vs. Maj. Cal Manson Lord Humongous vs. Dominic Denucci Ken Patera vs. Vinnie Valentino Ron Garvin vs. Ed Wiskowski Samu vs. Apocalypse Plus interviews with AWA World champion Hulk Hogan and Mr. Olympia

Screw you, Buzz Sawyer!

Awesome!

Working to get this up to date and straightened out. Have all of the current picks updated in the first post. Previous MACW and International had selections that I have removed, although International had selections that conflicted with other ones. Gene, do you want to take up those previous MACW bookings for Hansen? (12th to 14th) They are yours if you want them.

1) Ole Anderson still needs to be taken off the Big Time roster 2) Don Carson (Big Time) and Eddie Creachman (Florida) should be listed as managers

Nothing to do with anything, but it wasn't until I was looking over my roster in the database thread that I realized I had drafted three straight guys named Mike.

Sounds right by me, Gene ... if you loan someone out with nothing in return, work around it.

Here are my thoughts. The 36 wrestler cap applies to spots on your full time roster. Loans are aside from that, as are appearances by freelancers. I am sending Bob Smith to Southeastern for the next 3 weeks and in return he is sending me Dave Johnson for the same period. All good. I am sending Bob Smith to Southeastern for the next 3 weeks and taking nothing in return (or future considerations or whatever) and will be fine with the rest of my roster while he is gone. All good. I am sending Bob Smith to Southeastern for the next 3 weeks and taking nothing in return, but now I have a gap in my shows that I need to fill ... perhaps there should be an allowance to take on Steve Wilson from the Free Agent list on a temporary basis, with the understanding that the moment Bob Smith comes back, Steve Wilson is gone back to the Free Agent list. Makes sense? Too complicated?

Everyone in the red letters on my roster will be released to free agency. If it is alright with everyone, I would like a week or so with them on my roster to phase them out, before phasing in my new people . There are a couple of people on my roster that were picked up by other promoters. I have already discussed Lord Humongous. If it is alright with you, LBP, I would like to have this week with Boris Zukhov to send him off.

"Suit dummy" Another cracking show, good work.

I was wondering when the other shoe was going to drop with Miss Linda. Then again, when Street went, there wasn't that much likelihood of her being grabbed by someone else.

Damn, Stomper being picked up this late is a reminder that there is still a lot of good talent left in the draft.

In a move that will no doubt shock the world of wrestling, with their final pick the AWA selects ... "Mad Dog" Pierre Lefebvre. Now for Gene and Kevin to make their picks, and MACW and Stampede can be left to divide what is left of Gaul between them.

The AWA brings "Wildman" Jack Armstrong back into the fold.

Stampede will take "Golden" Moose Cholak.

It was more of an exhausted hand slap ... it's 83 Road Warriors and they just went 30 minutes, cut them some slack.

The AWA welcomes back Vinnie Valentino.

http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/31376-american-wrestling-association-results/page-8 Hey, kids, the AWA is now up to date! Big huge thanks to all of the various promoters who helped me through this Hogan-less time with their generous talent sharing. Looking forward to all kinds of excitement in the post-redistribution era. For those wondering about the mystery partners in the most recent house show. although both wrestlers were recently drafted by me, they were appearing as a part of an earlier talent arrangement with their original promoter that gave them to me for the month of December. The draft just ensured that they will be continuing with the AWA full time after that. Similar to that, the Super Destroyer's appearances have been a part of a similar talent arrangement.

AWA show at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, December 9th Samu vs. Apocalypse After an intense bout , Samu was about to put Apocalypse away with the Dynamite Drop, Col. Buck Robley broke it up with a lariat to the back of the head, leading to a DQ The Wild Bills vs. The Fantastics The Wild Bills were clearly looking to bully the Fantastics like they had the Latin Lovers. The Fantastics had faced some tough competition in Mid South and weren’t about to be intimidated by the Bills. After a spectacular back and forth match, while the ref was escorting Billy Jack out of the ring, Bobby Fulton tried to take Irwin down with a sunset flip, but Irwin, cowbell in hand, blocked it by grabbing Fulton by the hair and was about to bring the cowbell down hard on his head. However, Tommy Rodgers came to the rescue with a spectacular dropkick on Irwin, and Fulton was able to roll through with the sunset flip. The ref got back just in time to count the pin and, despite the protests of Col. Buck Robley, the Fantastics got the win. Mr. Olympia, Tony Atlas & The Latin Lovers vs. Eddie Mansfield & The Minnesota Heartbreakers Once again, Mansfield did his best to avoid getting in the ring and left the Heartbreakers to get knocked across the mat by the opposition. Tony Atlas forced Tom Stanton to give up to a big bear hug, but Mansfield will soon have to pay the piper for his recent actions against Mr. Olympia . Wahoo McDaniel vs. Lord Humongous Both men were a bloody mess by the end of this match. Wahoo managed to get the hockey mask off Humongous and laid down some massive chops on his exposed head, but Humongous was not a one trick pony and used his massive power to hit some devastating slams on McDaniel. Humongous sought to polish him off with a lariat, but Wahoo ducked at the last moment and came back off the opposite rope with a Tomahawk chop to get the win. McDaniel got the victory , but both men looked like they had gone through the wringer. Greg Gagne & ? Vs. Paul Orndorff, Super Destroyer & Jimmy Garvin Orndorff and his partners were clearly confident as they came out to the ring, and were even more confident when Greg Gagne came out by himself. Their cocky smiles turned into frowns, however, when Gagne signaled to the back and brought out …. Jim Brunzell and Phil LaFon ! Brunzell had a long association with Gagne as part of the High Flyers and brought with him the Canadian sensation, Phil LaFon, with whom he had teamed in Quebec. This exciting new triad stymied the villains with their fast paced moves and technical wrestling, never losing their cool when their opponents tried to bring the match down into the dirt with cheap tactics. After an exciting match, a gasp went up from the crowd when LaFon hit the huge Super Destroyer with a cobra clutch suplex, and when Orndorff and Garvin tried to come in to break up the pin, they were met by precision dropkicks from Brunzell and Gagne. With this victory, it looked like Gagne had finally found the right allies to take on Orndorff’s crew, but time will tell how this pans out for them. Iceman Parsons, Jerry Lawler & "Wildman" Jack Armstrong vs. Ken Patera, Mike George & Boris Zukhov Parsons and Armstrong once again worked with Parsons’ friend , the King Of Memphis Jerry Lawler, to square off with Sheikh Kaissie’s men. The end came when Armstrong looked to finish off George with a bear hug, but Zukhov took advantage of the ref being distracted and hit a chain assisted clothesline to Armstrong’s back. He placed George on top of Armstrong and the Sheikh’s soldiers got the tainted win. AWA World Tag Titles Match : The Road Warriors © vs. The Rock 'n' Roll Express There was a lot of anticipation going into this match, both with the Express’ recent victory over the Brotherhood Of Poland and with the news that the Express had scored a victory over the Warriors in the Memphis territory. This match delivered on every level, with the Warriors devastating power evenly matched with the Express’ high flying expertise. The Express did hit their double dropkick finisher on Hawk, but were unable to capitalize as, when they got up, Animal levelled them with a double clothesline from behind. At one point, Animal got ready to put them away by hoisting Ricky Morton up on his shoulders for the Doomsday Device, but Hawk was unable to administer the top rope clothesline as Robert Gibson had grabbed onto his leg and would not let go, and Morton was able to counter with a victory roll. He got a two count before Hawk had kicked himself free of Gibson and broke it up with an elbow smash. As the match wound down, the Express were able to hit the drop toehold/elbowdrop combo that got them their earlier win, but Animal was able to kick out just in the nick of time. The two teams were still battling it out as the bell rang, signaling a 30 minute time limit draw, but were able to calm down enough afterwards to shake hands as a show of good sportsmanship.

26 countries, mate! (I think, I never could get the number right.)