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AWA All-Star Wrestling , December 9th Lord Humongous vs. Tony Russo Lord Humongous has been keeping a relatively low profile since his title matches against Hulk Hogan. Today, he gave a reminder as to why he got a title shot in the first place. He brutally dismantled the Wild Italian, hitting a devastating series of power moves before putting him away with the modified Cobra Clutch. The Wild Bills vs. The Latin Lovers The Wild Bills are gearing up for a match with another fast paced team in the Fantastics and gave an indication of their approach with a furious assault on the well liked Latin Lovers. Valentino and Cruz did their best to hang with the former tag champs but when the Bills hit a brutal double lariat on Cruz, that was all she wrote. Da Crusher vs. Bill Rathke AWA legend Da Crusher clearly had the crowd on his side as he took on journeyman “Big” Bill Rathke, and spent much of his time playing good-naturedly to the fans before knocking Rathke out with a running Bolo punch. Paul Orndorff vs. Stan Stasiak “Mr. Wonderful” has been on quite the tear as of late while he heads towards the ultimate show down with AWA stalwart Greg Gagne, and this time out was facing former World champ Stan Stasiak. Stasiak put up some of the stiffest opposition Orndorff has faced yet, resisting Orndorff’s attempts to injure his arm and take the Heart Punch out of the equation, all the while firing back with big haymakers. He tried to get Orndorff in position for the Heart Punch with a lariat, but Orndorff ducked and hit his own lariat. One piledriver later and “Mr. Wonderful” had gotten another win. Iceman Parsons & “Wildman” Jack Armstrong vs. Boris Zukhov & Mike George The American champ Parsons and his good friend “The Wildman” have been having their share of troubles with Sheikh Kaissie’s men, with Parsons targeted by Ken Patera for his title and Armstrong feuding with Boris Zukhov. The threat of Patera interfering hung over this match, but for the time being, the Olympic strongman seemed to be waiting for his ideal shot, and Parsons got the win for his team when he hit a top rope Rumper Stumper on Zukhov. Eddie Mansfield vs. Mr. Olympia These few have been feuding for quite some time, and for once it seemed like there would be a level playing field with the threat of sanctions in case the Minnesota Heartbreakers interfered. This seemed to play in Olympia’s favor, as he took all of his long time frustration out on Mansfield, dominating him with slams and dropkicks. It looked like he would finally get a decisive victory over the Continental Lover when he got Mansfield in the Sleeper hold … but sure enough, the Minnesota Heartbreakers came running in from the back to attack Olympia, leading to the DQ. The Latin Lovers came out swinging chairs to run them off, and the AWA officials were seen in intense discussion as to what measures would be taken on Mansfield and the Heartbreakers.

Isn't his proper name Jonathan F*cking Boyd?

Eddie Mansfield is back to the AWA.

And 2 of the 3 of those are not rookies but experienced wrestlers returning to action after a lay off.

So I can take Putski now? I am taking Putski now Stampede is up.

Awesome, always love these.

I remembered that my turn came after a double pick, I completely spaced that it was on the other end of the snake next to Stampede.

I'd be willing to support a one off exemption for Gino. It's only one month, after all.

Frick, sorry, jumped my spot ... please don't take Ivan Putski, folks

Wow, that went quick. Welcome home, Ivan Putski.

Hmmm, active is active. I'd vote to allow it.

Going from Online World Of Wrestling : Stampede Wrestling May 30, 1986: Owen Hart officially debuted in his father’s Stampede Wrestling promotion It says he had a few one off appearances before that, filling in under a mask, but I believe we go from when they start full time. AWA takes back Mike Boyette.

Stampede now gets back to back picks.

AWA show at the Met Center, Bloomington, December 2nd The Latin Lovers vs. The Minnesota Heartbreakers The Latin Lovers won with the Love Missile on Rocky Brewer. The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs. The Brotherhood Of Poland The RnRs come in making a guest appearance from the Memphis territory bringing a lot of excitement and an impressive resume, including a victory over none other than the AWA tag champion Road Warriors. They showed they are definitely worthy of the hype as they dazzled the crowds and stymied the bigger team with their rapid fire, double team moves, getting a shocking victory with a double dropkick on Putski. Mr. Olympia & Tony Atlas vs. Eddie Mansfield & Rick Patterson Mr. Olympia brought in a second “Mr. Olympia”, none other than Tony Atlas, to continue his campaign against Mansfield and the Minnesota Heartbreakers and got the victory when Atlas hit the running splash on Patterson Wahoo McDaniel & Samu vs. Lord Humongous & Apocalypse Samu teamed with Mid-South’s legendary Wahoo McDaniel against the two masked men of Col. Robley’s Army and the match went to a double count out with both teams brawling outside the ring Iceman Parsons & Jerry Lawler vs. Ken Patera & Mike George The Memphis legend made a return appearance to the AWA teaming with the American champ and got the win when he hit the flying fistdrop on Mike George Greg Gagne & The Fantastics vs. Paul Orndorff, Super Destroyer & Jimmy Garvin Gagne was teaming with the popular Mid South tandem of The Fantastics in his efforts to defeat Orndorff and crew and Rodgers and Fulton did not disappoint, going fist and fire with Orndorff, Super D and Garvin. Orndorff ultimately went to the gutter, tripping Gagne from the outside as her tried to suplex Super Destroyer from the ring apron into the ring and held down Greg’s leg to get the dirty victory for his team. AWA World Tag Titles Match : The Road Warriors © vs. The Wild Bills Yet another epic match between these two teams. It looked like the match could end at several points, including when Billy Jack just barely kicked out from a Hawk top rope clothesline, and when Irwin and Haynes side suplex/second rope elbow drop on Hawk got a 2.99999 count that was just barely broken up by Animal. Ultimately, Irwin had Animal set up on the top rope for a superplex, but Animal resisted and fought back with big forearm shots until he knocked Irwin to the mat. He and Hawk then hit a double top rope flying shoulder tackle that finally put an end to the match.

The AWA brings back Mike George into the fold.

AWA All-Star Wrestling for December 2nd Eddie Mansfield vs. Javier Cruz Eddie Mansfield didn’t seem happy not being allowed to have the Minnesota Heartbreakers at his back for this match, but he seemed determined to take his frustration out on Javier Cruz. The popular Latin Lover fought hard to keep up with the Continental Lover, but Mansfield seemed to have an extra edge of viciousness to his moves. Any attempts at high flying moves were immediately shut down by Mansfield, and ultimately a powerslam on Cruz signaled the end of the match. Apocalypse & Maj. Cal Manson vs. Samu & Moose Cholak Any semblance of control in the match went out the window in the first minute, when Samu and the masked Apocalypse brawled their way out of the ring to ringside and didn’t return to the ring for the rest of the match. The left the big Moose in the ring to dominate Manson, and he swiftly dispatched the second in command of the Army with a running splash. Ken Patera vs. “Wildman” Jack Armstrong Armstrong had been on a hot streak against Sheikh Kaissie’s men of late, and hoped to extend it with this match. He certainly had his work cut out for him against the formidable strongman Patera, especially when Boris Zukhov joined Patera at ringside to provide distraction. It was still all Patera could do to contain the out of control offense of the Wildman. When Armstrong looked to be winding up for the big Running Clothesline, it seemed like he might just be able to pull off the upset. But Zukhov made his presence felt by snagging Armstrong’s leg as he came off the ropes, tripping him and sending him crashing face first into the mat , where Patera capitalized with a brutal elbow drop to the back of Armstrong’s head. One shoulder breaker later and he had put an end, for now, to the challenge of the Wildman. Road Warrior Hawk vs. “Wild” Bill Irwin Both the Road Warriors and the Wild Bills were gearing up for their big tag title rematch, and both men had their tag partners in their corner for this singles match. As could be expected, this was an intense match with Irwin looking to inflict as much punishment before the big title match and Hawk determined to pay back every shot with two more. Hawk was setting up Irwin to finish him off with a big flying clothesline, but as he was about to come off the ropes, Billy Jack Haynes yanked down the top rope and Hawk tumbled to the outside. As the ref called for the DQ on Irwin, the two teams brawled into the commercial break. Mr. Olympia vs. Tom Stanton Olympia seemed to have noted the aggression early in the show by Eddie Mansfield and had, in turn, cranked up the violence of his own attack. He never gave Stanton a chance to breath, hitting him with an array of lightning quick power moves before putting him in the Powerlock (figure four leg lock) for the win. Greg Gagne & Da Crusher vs. Paul Orndorff & Super Destroyer In his ongoing war with Mr. Wonderful and the Super Destroyer, Gagne has to go to various different places for help. This time , he teamed with his old friend Da Crusher. Gagne and the scrappy veteran really took it to the villainous pair, slugging it out with both of them. But just when it seemed like they would finally get the win, with Crusher setting up Super D for a big power slam, Orndorff, taking advantage of the ref escorting Gagne out of the ring, viciously clipped Crusher from behind, sending Super Destroyer crashing down on top of Crusher and stealing the win.

Damned good choices by Mephis. Jackson was on my extended list, although I don't think I would have ultimately found a place for him.

Just moving the free agent discussion out of the draft picks thread, so perhaps the rule should be, you can't draft anyone in free agent status if you have sent them to free agency? I understand wanting to have a rules patch to avoid people gaming the system, but I think that the free agents should be in the mix for the new promoters who are trying to create their new rosters.

That's a good point, Boon. LowBlow, could you possibly copy the current free agent list into the first page of the thread, so people have a clear view of who is available?

AWA takes Mike Shaw.

Yeah, that sounds fine.

I know that Boris Zhukov had that kind of affect on people! The answer is actually Skip Young.

AWA takes George Wells.

No, there are a few other people who can take his place for me. Believe it or not, somebody was recently drafted that has made me restructure what is left of my table.

It had been a thought, but the main person I wanted to pair with her was grabbed early on.