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Listening again to the Exile On Badstreet podcast The Price Of Ridiculous pt. 2. Mention is made that there were strange circumstances regarding the departure of Al Perez from NWA/WCW, but they would discuss it when they got to a podcast on 1989. As that podcast has not yet happened, could somebody please fill me in on what happened?

Osaka would be the natural next step if I add Fairbanks , Alaska, to the AWA loop, just like Verne tried to do IRL.

The lineup for the upcoming holiday special cards has now been released. Once again, instead of the usual weekly broadcast of All-Star Wrestling and Super Cards, there will be 2 special editions of Super Cards, one of each card. Canada Day Spectacular from the Saddledome in Calgary, July 1st Cpl. Scott Hall vs. Jack Victory Kevin Sullivan & Dan Spivey vs. British Steel "The Tank" Mike Shaw vs. Chavo Guerrero (courtesy of Lutte Internationale) Nick Bockwinkel & Curt Hennig vs. Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskowski Ricky Steamboat vs. Al Perez AWA Southern Tag Title match : Leo Burke & Doug Somers © vs. Badd Company Sgt. Slaughter & Pvt. Mick Foley vs. Kendo Nagasaki & ? AWA World Tag Title match : The Varsity Club © vs. The British Bulldogs Independence Day Spectacular from the Hubert H. Humprey Metrodome in Minneapolis, July 4th Ivan Putski vs. Ed Wiskowski The Zambuie Express vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Da Crusher Greg Gagne vs. Jimmy Garvin (courtesy of USWA) The PYT Express vs. Memphis Vice Nick Bockwinkel vs. a mystery opponent Buzz Sawyer & Dave Schultz vs. The Moondogs Ricky Steamboat vs. Bob Roop Sgt. Slaughter, Cpl. Scott Hall & Pvt. Mick Foley vs. Kendo Nagasaki & ?? & ?? AWA World Title Match : either Paul Orndorff © vs. Lex Luger *or* Rick Rude © vs. Curt Hennig (dependent on the results of the loser leaves town match in Winnipeg the week before)

Badd Co are still one year into their careers at this point. I'm trying to play the Moondogs in Memphis "out of control crazies who hate everyone" mode, rather than WWF glorified jobber mode.

AWA Show from the International Amphitheater, Chicago, June 22nd The Moondogs vs. Badd Company The Moondogs won when they hit Tanaka with a double elbow smash to the head Steven Regal vs. Jack Victory Regal knocked out Victory with the Iron Fist Punch Takashi Ishikawa & Masahiro Chono vs. The PYT Express Chono pinned Brickhouse after a front kick to the chest Curt Hennig vs. Bob Roop Hennig got the victory after the Ax Lariat Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ed Wiskowski Bockwinkel made Wiskowski submit to a Figure Four Leglock AWA Southern Tag Title match : Doug Somers & Leo Burke vs. Memphis Vice Burke forced Bryant to give up to the Sleeper Hold to defend their belts Falls Count Anywhere match : One Man Gang vs. Ricky Steamboat Steamboat hit the top rope flying cross body press to the outside to send Gang crashing into the ringside barricade and get the pin

I was just looking this one up to try to remember who I drafted, and was amused to realize that, while I had traded away my first 2 picks, I still ended up with a lot of people from this draft on my roster

Gotta maintain that kayfabe

Breaking news from the AWA : Hot on the heels events the recent AWA Milwaukee show as well as All-Star Wrestling, there has been a big announcement regarding next week's show from Winnipeg. There will be a double main event for that show. Loser Leaves Town Cage Match : One Man Gang vs. Ricky Steamboat AWA World Title Loser Leaves Town Cage Match : Paul Orndorff © vs. Rick Rude With the stipulations of the World title match, this puts the main event of the upcoming July 4th spectacular from the Metrodome in question. It has been announced that there will be 2 possible main events for that show. Should Paul Orndorff win and remain in the AWA, the main event of the Metrodome show will be : AWA World Title Match : Paul Orndorff © vs. Lex Luger Should Rick Rude win and remain in the AWA, the main event will be : AWA World Title Match : Rick Rude © vs. Curt Hennig Obviously, this should make for an exciting show, no matter what the main will be. The main event for the July 1st Canada Day show from Calgary has also been announced : AWA World Tag Title Match : The Varsity Club © vs. The British Bulldogs The Bulldogs made their AWA debut less than a month before in Calgary and have taken the tag division by storm. This should make for an absolute barn burner. There has been 2 more matches announced, one for each show. Calgary : Sgt. Slaughter & Pvt. Mick Foley vs. Kendo Nagasaki & ? Minneapolis : Sgt. Slaughter, Cpl. Scott Hall & Pvt. Mick Foley vs. Kendo Nagasaki & ? & ? There has been wild speculation on who Kendo's mystery partners will be. Sheik Adnan Kaissie has declared that he has spent big money to bring in the best talent in the world to help rid him of the Cobra Corps.

AWA show from the Mecca, Milwaukee , June 21st (As shown on ESPN/TSN Super Cards) The Moondogs vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dave Schultz In a crazy brawl, both teams ended up being disqualified. Curt Hennig, Greg Gagne & Al Perez (accompanied by Nick Bockwinkel) vs. Ed Wiskowski, Doug Somers & Leo Burke Perez caught Somers in a German Suplex to get the win for his team Dan Spivey vs. Da Crusher Crusher nailed Spivey with a running Bolo punch and scored the victory AWA World Tag Title match : The Varsity Club © vs. Takashi Ishikawa & Masahiro Chono In a brilliant technical matchup, Steiner finally pinned Chono with a belly to back suplex to defend their belts Sgt. Slaughter, Cpl. Scott Hall & Pvt. Mick Foley vs. Kendo Nagasaki & The Zambuie Express After Nagasaki took advantage of a ref distraction to spray the green mist in the face of Foley, Kareem Muhammad side slammed the Private to score the win AWA World Title Texas Death Match : Paul Orndorff © vs. Rick Rude Rude was able to get the Rude Awakening on Orndorff no less than 3 times to get the pin, but the Champ would just not stay down for the 10 count. Getting frustrated, Rude brought a folded metal chair in to finish him off, but Orndorff was able to strip him of the chair, then hit the pile driver on the chair to put Rude down for good.

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN/TSN for June 21st The PYT Express vs. Memphis Vice The PYTs have been seeing a lot of the two AWA newcomers lately, but it hasn’t been a good experience for them. For all of the skill, experience and ruthlessness that Koko and Brickhouse bring to the ring, it has just seemed that they can’t get the job done against Bryant and Winston, and their frustration is beginning to show. For their part, Memphis Vice seemed to have gained a lot of confidence from their victories over the PYTs. Every time Koko and Brickhouse would break out a double team or underhanded move, Bryant and Winston would fire back with a double team move of their own that sent the more experienced team reeling. Koko thought he would be able to put away Jerry Bryant for good with the brain buster, but he had failed to notice that Bryant had been able to make a blind tag out to Big Lou Winston. As he was about to pick up Bryant, Koko was caught in a schoolboy rollup by Winston that got the one two three for Memphis Vice. As Bryant and Winston celebrated in the ring, Koko and Brickhouse argued all of the way back to the locker room. The British Bulldogs vs. Dan Spivey & Kevin Sullivan Davey Boy and Dynamite have come seemingly out of nowhere to join the ranks of the contenders for the AWA World Tag Titles, currently held by Mike Rotundo and Rick Steiner. This time, though, they would be facing the other half of the Varsity Club, who were determined to to cut off the Bulldogs challenge before it even got to the champs. Sullivan left much of the heavy lifting to Spivey, just working in the occasional cheap shot here and there, and for a while, the Georgia Bulldog was able to make headway against the British Bulldogs. Then, all of a sudden, the British Bulldogs seemed to kick into another gear, exploding out of the blocks with a big double clothesline on Spivey and then putting him through a series of brutal stretches and power moves. When Davey Boy caught him coming off the ropes with a lightning quick power slam, it was lights out for Spivey. Rotundo and Steiner must be concerned about this impressive new challenge to their belts. Sheikh Adnan Kaissie vs. Pvt. Mick Foley Ever since Foley signed up with the Cobra Corps, Sheikh Kaissie has made a mission of trying to run him out of the AWA, and this time out, he would be personally getting his hands dirty. Although Kaissie is primarily a manager these days, he has a wealth of experience as both an amateur and professional wrestler, and proceeded to work over the youn rookie with a painful series of moves and holds before locking him in an abdominal stretch. He snarled at Foley to give up, but Foley refused to break, showing the benefit of his toughness training at the hands of Sgt. Slaughter. Kaissie switched tactics and whipped Foley into the ropes, but Foley came back with a running discus clothesline that flattened Kaissie. At this point, Kendo Nagasaki and the Zambuie Express charged towards the ring to try to interfere, but found themselves intercepted by Sgt. Slaughter, Cpl. Scott Hall and Wahoo McDaniel. Foley swiftly capitalized on his advantage by hitting a running senton and hooking the leg to get shocking pinfall. Pvt. Foley was clearly overjoyed at his first singles victory in the AWA, and the crowd cheered him in celebration. Al Perez vs. Ed Wiskowski One of the more surprising stories in the AWA of late has been Al Perez dispatching members of Playboy After Dark and moving into contention for Buddy Rose’s AWA Southern Title. The fans have started to rally behind Perez in his quest for the belt, and Perez has shown a real change of heart towards the fans and shown appreciation for their support. With Rose currently in Japan, Wiskowski’s mission was clearly to neutralize the threat of Perez for good before the Playboy’s return. The Polish Prince used his size and power to try to bully and break down Perez, but the Latin Heartthrob used his considerable technical expertise to get out of danger and applied a series of arm submissions to counteract Wiskowski’s strength. Wiskowski tried to hit the face first piledriver, but his arm had been too badly damaged to cinch it in, and Perez swiftly turned it around into a German Suplex to get the victory. That German Suplex has been the key to Perez’s winning streak against Playboy After Dark, and Rose had best learn to either counter it or fear it. One Man Gang vs. Ricky Steamboat Steamboat has been caught in the crossfire of the Sinister Syndicate’s war with his good friend, Paul Orndorff. The Big 747 in particular has caused a lot of damage to the Dragon, and Steamboat is determined to settle the score with One Man Gang. This match was out of control from the start, with Gang throwing wild punches and Steamboat firing back with karate chops and kicks. The match swiftly spilled to the outside of the ring, with both men continuing to brawl long after the ref had counted both of them out. Looks like no ring is enough to contain these two.

If you want to use a slot that way, I think that should be fine.

If I had Windham and Hart on my roster, I'd probably never run any other match.

AWA show at the Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, June 15th Pvt. Mick Foley vs. Sheikh Adnan Kaissie Foley got the win with a running senton Ricky Steamboat vs. Al Perez In a highly technical matchup, Perez was going for a German Suplex, but Steamboat blocked it, and countered with a single leg roll up for the win. After the match, both men shook hands. The Zambuie Express vs. Sgt. Slaughter & Cpl. Scott Hall The Zambuies hit a side slam / elbow drop combo on Hall to score the win. Wahoo McDaniel vs. Buzz Sawyer In a bloody match, McDaniel got the victory with a running overhead chop. Curt Hennig vs. Ed Wiskowski Hennig blocked a face first piledriver attempt and countered with a cradle suplex to get the pinfall. AWA Southern Title 2/3 falls match : Buddy Rose © vs. Nick Bockwinkel Rose won the first fall by countout. Bockwinkel won the second fall with a small package. Bockwinkel won the third fall and the match by DQ when Rose slugged the ref. Rose retained the title.

AWA show from the Cow Palace, San Francisco, June 14th (As shown on ESPN/TSN Super Cards) Dave Schultz & Buzz Sawyer vs. Takashi Ishikawa & Masahiro Chono Ishikawa and Chono won by DQ when Sawyer attacked Chono with a chain Curt Hennig vs. Leo Burke Hennig pinned Burke after the Ax Lariat The PYT Express vs. Badd Company Tanaka hit a spinning thrust kick on Koko to get the pinfall The Varsity Club (Mike Rotundo, Rick Steiner, Dan Spivey & Kevin Sullivan) vs. The British Bulldogs & British Steel Davey Boy Smith Gorilla Pressed Dynamite Kid onto Kevin Sullivan to get the victory for their team AWA Southern Title match : Buddy Rose © vs. Nick Bockwinkel Both men went to a 30 minute time limit draw. AWA American Title match : Lex Luger © vs. Ivan Putski Luger hit a running forearm smash to the side of Putski’s head to successfully defend his title. Paul Orndorff & Ricky Steamboat vs. Rick Rude & One Man Gang Gang ambushed Steamboat when the ref was distracted to set him up for the Rude Awakening, which got the win for the Syndicate.

AWA All-Star Wrestling for June 14th “Pretty Boy” Doug Somers vs. Al Perez Seemingly out of nowhere, Al Perez has made a bit of a comeback and gotten some wins over members of Playboy After Dark. Somers was clearly determined to end the streak here, as he relentlessly went after Perez with punches and elbow smashes. At one point , Somers had Perez trapped in the corner and came in with a big elbow smash, only for Perez to duck out of the way at the last second and send Somers to crash elbow first into the turnbuckle. Perez then hit a German Suplex on Somers and hit the one two three. After the match, Perez pointed to his waist, indicating he had his eyes on the AWA Southern Title, currently held by “Playboy” Buddy Rose, but he might have to wait in line to get at him. Memphis Vice vs. The Moondogs This would be the first proper AWA match for the Moondogs, after interfering in the match between Memphis Vice and Buck Robley’s Army last week in Bloomington. It would be difficult to call this properly a match, as it was nothing but a knock down, drag out brawl with the members of Memphis Vice doing their best to hang in with their bigger, meaner opponents. The ref eventually gave up any attempt to maintain control and declared the match a no-contest, but both sides kept slugging it out long after the closing bell, with Buzz Sawyer and Dave Schultz joining in on the festivities towards the end. The British Bulldogs vs. The PYT Express Another team having their first match on All-Star Wrestling was the exciting new pairing from England, Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid. They really got the fans revved up as they dominated the Express with ease, tossing them around the ring in a thrilling diplay of double team and power moves. Davey Boy hit the running power slam on Koko to set him up for a flying headbutt by Dynamite to get the win. Looks like the Varsity Club had best keep an eye out for this new threat to their World Title. Rick Rude vs. Paul Diamond Rude is currently gunning for Paul Orndorff’s World Title, and looked to be sending a message in this match with one half of Badd Company. There seemed to be an added edge of viciousness to his attacks on Diamond, mixed in with grandstanding poses and hip swivels at Sunshine, who was clearly unimpressed with Rude as she cheered on her man. It looked like this might cost Rude the match as Diamond caught him in a roll up as he was posing, but Rude kicked out and immediately hit a nasty Rude Awakening to get the pin. This was not enough, though, as he hit a second one out of spite, and might have gone for a third had not Sunshine and Pat Tanaka rushed to the ring to protect the badly hurt Diamond. No DQ match : Sgt. Slaughter, Cpl. Scott Hall & Wahoo McDaniel vs. The Zambuie Express & Kendo Nagasaki The Sinister Syndicate seemed full of confidence as the no DQ stipulation looked like it would play right into their hands, but Sarge gave the impression that he had an ace up his sleeve as his team came out to the ring, and he asked for the ringside microphone. He then said he was proud to introduce the latest recruit into the Cobra Corps … Private Mick Foley! The crowd cheered as the cammoflage clad Foley came out the ring waving an American flag, his shaggy locks shorn into a high and tight haircut. The Syndicate didn’t seem to take Pvt. Foley seriously as he cheered his new mentor on from ringside. Perhaps they should have, as after a lengthy brawl, Shiekh Kaissie was about to throw the kendo stick in to Nagasaki, only to be tackled to the ground by Foley. Nagasaki then found himself on the business end of the Corporal Punshment by Scott Hall to give the victory to the Cobra Corps. The members of the winning team hoisted Foley on their shoulders after their match, and Mick seemed overjoyed that he had finally found a place he belonged.

AWA Show from Cobo Hall, Detroit, June 8th Mike Shaw vs. Jerry Bryant Shaw pinned Bryant with a power slam Leo Burke vs. Al Perez Burke went for a sleeper hold, but Perez countered with a German Suplex for the victory Badd Company vs. Kevin Sullivan & Dan Spivey Badd Company combined a schoolboy trip by Tanaka with a flying back body press by Diamond on Spivey to get a shocking pinfall Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jack Victory Bockwinkel hit a piledriver on Victory to get the win Sgt. Slaughter & Cpl. Scott Hall vs. Zambuie Express Sheikh Adnan Kaissie tripped Hall from the outside to set him up for an elbow smash to the back of the head by Muhammad to give the victory to the Zambuie Express Wahoo McDaniel vs. Bob Roop After a lengthy and intense fight, Wahoo caught Roop with a running overhead chop to finally score the pinfall AWA American Title match : Lex Luger © vs. Curt Hennig Both men went to a 20 minute time limit draw

AWA show from the Met Centre , Bloomington, June 7th (as shown on ESPN/TSN Super Cards) Memphis Vice vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dave Schultz The match was declared a no contest when two men charged out to the ring and attacked Memphis Vice … then attacked Sawyer and Schultz. It was Spot and Rex, the Moondogs! The rowdy pair had not been seen in the AWA before, and they were certainly making an impact in their first appearance. Sawyer and Schultz ducked out of the ring and left Memphis Vice to take a brutal beating at the hands of the Moondogs until security was able to clear the ring. Ivan Putski vs. Kendo Nagasaki Nagasaki pinned Putski after a thrust kick to the jaw. Nick Bockwinkel & Greg Gagne vs. Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskowski Bockwinkel got the win for his team after an inside cradle on Wiskowski The British Bulldogs vs. The PYT Express Davey Boy Smith powerslammed Koko to set him up for a flying headbutt by Dynamite Kid to get the victory One Man Gang vs. Ricky Steamboat Early in the match, Gang had taken the turnbuckle padding off one of the corners. Later on, Steamboat had Gang locked in a sleeper, and Gang tried to drive Steamboat back into that corner, only for Steamboat to release the sleeper at the last moment and Gang went back first into the exposed turnbuckle. Steamboat then swiftly went up top and hit the Flying Cross Body Press for the win. AWA World Tag Title match : The Varsity Club © vs. Takashi Ishikawa & Masahiro Chono In a match that went right up to the time limit, Steiner hit a belly to belly suplex on Chono at the last moment to successfully defend their belts. AWA World Title Match : Paul Orndorff © vs. Rick Rude Rude grabbed a fistful of trunks to get Orndorff in a small package , but Orndorff grabbed a fistful of Rude’s trunks to reverse it and score the pinfall.

The Foley story is about to have the payoff. This is how I was planning to have the Bulldogs make their TV debut, but when I realized that they would be available for the June 1st show, I had them make an early appearance as a treat for the Calgary house show fans.

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN/TSN for June 7th Doug Somers vs. Greg Gagne Somers was joined at ringside by “Playboy” Buddy Rose , his chief in Playboy After Dark, while Gagne was accompanied by Nick Bockwinkel , which made for an odd pairing. Regardless, Bockwinkel cheered on the son of his greatest rival, who weathered out a furious assault from Somers to use his considerable technical prowess to gain control of the match. At this point, Rose looked like he would attempt to interfere in the match, but suddenly found Bockwinkel standing in front of him, staring him down. Rose froze in his tracks, and Somers was sufficiently distracted by this that he failed to spot Gagne lining him up for a precision dropkick to the face which got him the win. Rose was clearly furious after the match. AWA World Tag Team Title match : The Varsity Club © vs. British Steel The young British team were not only out for the title belts but seeking revenge against Rotundo, who had turned his back on them in joining the Varsity Club. Regal and Smiley put up a gallant effort but ultimately found themselves overwhelmed by the size and power of Rotundo and Steiner, and when Rotundo pinned Smiley after the Syracuse Drop, that seemed to be the end of that. But clearly the Varsity Club had not gotten enough sadistic pleasure yet, as all four members (including Dan Spivey and Kevin Sullivan) continued to beat down Regal, determined to make him regret daring to challenge them. Da Crusher and Badd Company rushed out to the ring to try to make the save, but were greeted with the Golden Spike or a chair shot that ended their rescue attempt. But suddenly, two muscular men in Union Jack capes charged out and started cleaning house. It was the British Bulldogs, Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid! The crowd had heard whispers that they had showed up at the recent Calgary show, but this was there first appearance on AWA TV, and they made the most of it , tossing the members of the Varsity Club out of the ring with shocking ease. Sullivan’s men beat a hasty retreat to the locker room as the Bulldogs helped their British countrymen to their feet. Ed Wiskowski vs. Nick Bockwinkel Another match in Bockwinkel’s feud with Playboy After Dark, with the powerful Polish Prince trying to do as much damage as he could to the former champ. Buddy Rose had clearly run out of patience, as the match didn’t go two minutes before Rose dashed into the ring and attacked Bockwinkel from behind , leading to an automatic DQ. The Playboy and the Prince both continued to beat on Nick until Curt Hennig and Greg Gagne ran out, leading to them fleeing to the locker room. These cowardly tactics don’t seem to be having much effect on Bockwinkel, who stood laughing in the ring, daring them to come back out. Ricky Steamboat vs. Bob Roop Steamboat has lately interposed himself between the Sinister Syndicate and their attacks on the World Champ, Paul Orndorff. This time out, he was facing the hit man of the Syndicate, Bob Roop, who relentlessly went after Steamboat’s arm to set him up for the shoulder breaker. No matter what Steamboat did to counter this, Roop kept on tearing away at the arm. It looked like he would finally get Steamboat in position for the shoulder breaker, but Steamboat slid out of it, and countered with a belly to back suplex that just barely got the three count. Steamboat came out the victory, but clearly had taken a lot of damage in doing so. Sgt. Slaughter, Cpl. Scott Hall & Wahoo McDaniel vs. ??? The Cobra Corps were scheduled to take on the Sinister Syndicate, but with the news that they had run Botswana Beast and Lord Humongous out of the AWA, they came out with no clue as to which members they would actually face. The answer came when Sheikh Adnan Kaissie came out to the ring followed by Elijah Akeem, Kareem Muhammad, Kendo Nagasaki … and Mick Foley? The shaggy newcomer, in his never ending quest to join some group, trailed along behind them, wearing a burnoose. While Nagasaki and the Zambuie Express seemed confused and annoyed by his presence, Shiekh Kaissie welcomed him, putting an arm around Foley and encouraging him to watch the match with him. The match was as crazy as one could imagine, with intense brawling that only officially came to an end when Nagasaki thrust kicked the ref in the jaw for the DQ. Kaissie then told Foley to rush into the ring, but Foley soon found himself getting the green mist to the eyes, courtesy of Nagasaki. Kaissie’s seeming friendliness was revealed as a ruse to make an example of Foley, as he directed Nagasaki and the Zambuie Express to savagely attack. It took a lot of effort on the part of Sarge and his partners to finally get the battered Foley clear of the Syndicate, and the Cobra Corps gingerly assisted the dazed rookie to get medical attention.

I'm a fan of both guys and enjoy how you have used them. I had Gama before but you are getting more out of him than I did.

Going to use my new open spot to pluck Kendo Nagasaki. That is Sakurada and not Pete Thornley, right?

AWA show from the Saddledome, Calgary, June 1st Steven Regal vs. Mick Foley Regal won with an Oklahoma Roll Takashi Ishikawa & Masahiro Chono vs. Badd Company Ishikawa pinned Diamond after a lariat Mike Shaw vs. Da Crusher Shaw hit a running splash to get the victory The PYT Express vs. The Fabulous Ones As noted, the PYTs were supposed to be taking on the Fabs, but Keirn and Lane’s exit from the AWA as of the previous show meant that this match was up in the air. Both the PYTs and the fans were anxious to find out who would be the opponents, but the fans were overjoyed (certainly more so than the PYTs) when the announcer introduced …… Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid, the British Bulldogs! The crowd exploded as the Bulldogs stormed the ring and made short work of the PYTs, with Dave Boy powerslamming Brickhouse followed by Dynamite hitting a top rope headbutt for the victory. Ricky Steamboat vs. Rick Rude Steamboat hit the top rope flying cross body press, but Rude grabbed the tights and reversed it with a rollover for the pinfall AWA Southern Title 2/3 Falls Match : Buddy Rose © vs. Curt Hennig Rose won the first pinfall with the Inside Out Backbreaker. Hennig got the second with a cradle suplex. The two continued fighting in the third fall until the 45 minute time limit, leading to a draw result. Rose retained his title.

AWA show from the Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, May 31st (as shown on ESPN/TSN Super Cards) Buzz Sawyer & Dave Schultz vs. Memphis Vice Sawyer and Schultz pinned Winston after a double bulldog Al Perez vs. Norman Smiley Smiley tried to put the Norman Conquest on Perez, but Perez blocked it and turned it around into a German Suplex for the win Nick Bockwinkel & Curt Hennig vs. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers After an intense match, Hennig ducked under a clothesline by Rose and then hit the Ax Lariat on Rose to send him into a belly to back suplex by Bockwinkel who got the pin on the Southern champ. No DQ Match : Sgt. Slaughter & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Botswana Beast & Lord Humongous Beast and Humongous were accompanied to the ring by Sheik Adnan Kaissie while Sarge and Wahoo were accompanied by Cpl. Scott Hall. It looked like there was still a lot of static between Sarge and Wahoo, as Wahoo kept in his corner throughout the match and did not lift one finger to try to tag in or help Sarge in anyway. The Syndicate took advantage of this, working over Sarge while his partner did nothing to help him. Cpl. Hall kept pleading with Wahoo throughout the match, but the big Chief would not budge. This started to turn around late in the match when Humongous and Beast threw all decorum out of the match and started relentlessly double teaming Sarge, with Humongous bloodying him with hockey mask assisted headbutts while Beast held him down. This seemed to get Wahoo madder and madder, but he reached the breaking point when Sheikh Kaissie got in on the fun and started slapping the big drill sergeant while he was down. This clearly hit the chief’s berserk button , as he roared and charged into the ring, going to town with massive chops on Beast’s head that left him bloodied and bruised. Humongous tried to break it up, but he was felled by a mighty kick from Wahoo, who then started stretching the masked man’s legs seven ways to Sunday before applying an Indian Leglock that forced Humongous to give up. When he finally let Humongous go, he helped Sarge to his feet and, after an anxious pause, embraced his partner, all ill feeling having been worked out. Cpl Hall raised both of their arms in victory to celebrate the win. AWA World Tag Team Title Loser-Leaves-Town match : The Varsity Club © vs. The Fabulous Ones Keirn was setting Rotundo up for a piledriver, but Rotundo powered out with a Fireman’s carry into a Samoan Drop for the win. The Fabulous Ones are now gone from the AWA AWA Canadian Title match : Rick Martel © vs. Leo Burke In an extremely tough match, Burke managed to get Martel in the Sleeper, but Martel kept driving him back first into the corner until Burke released it. Martel then wrapped Burke up with a double leg cradle to get the pinfall. AWA World Title match : Paul Orndorff © vs. Lex Luger Orndorff stunned Luger with a knee shot to the side of the head when they were brawling outside the ring, then made it back into the ring in time to win by countout.

AWA All-Star Wrestling on EXPN/TSN for May 31st Sgt. Slaughter & Wahoo McDaniel vs. The PYT Express Sarge and Wahoo would be teaming up again this week, but it seemed that relations between the two veterans continued to be more than a little bit strained. The moment the bell rang, Wahoo charged into the ring and started whaling on Koko Ware. He blistered Koko with chops and kicks, also taking down Brickhouse with a vicious kick when he tried to enter the ring, all without ever letting Sarge get so much as a look in on the match. After getting the pinfall on Koko with a huge overhand chop, he left the ring, all without saying a word to his partner. Hopefully, these two one time friends can patch up their differences soon. Nick Bockwinkel, Curt Hennig & Rick Martel vs. Buddy Rose, Doug Somers & Leo Burke For this match with Playboy After Dark, Nick Bockwinkel brought in the Canadian champ Rick Martel to join him and Curt Hennig. This led to an exciting and fast paced match, with Playboy After Dark digging into their bag of dirty tricks every time the momentum went out of their hands and Burke focusing much of his aggression on Martel. In the end, Hennig and Bockwinkel were able to gain the upper hand long enough to slingshot Martel from the ring apron onto Somers to get the victory in this hard fought match. AWA World Tag Title match : The Varsity Club © vs. The Can-Am Express Zenk and LaFon have impressed a lot of people since returning from their tour of Japan, and they looked to be making the most of their title shot as they took the champs to the limit and got several near falls throughout the match . Ultimately, a mistimed cross body press by Zenk was caught by Steiner and turned into a crushing power slam that put an end to the Express’ title shot. The Varsity Club had best not get too cocky, as the announcement came out after the match that the upcoming title match between the Club and the Fabulous Ones would be a Loser Leaves Town match. AWA American Title match : Lex Luger © vs. Ivan Putski For the first time, Luger would be defending his title against someone whose power and physique rivaled his own in the popular Polish Powerhouse. Luger tried to intimidate Putski by flexing his biceps, but Putski did some poses of his own, and it was no surprise whose display gained the crowd’s favor more. This clearly annoyed Lex, and when Putski challenged him to lock knuckles in a test of strength, Lex refused. When Putski turned again to pose to the crowd, Lex swiftly ambushed from behind and rained down fists on his head. Luger tried to maintain his advantage throughout the match, but Putski just kept coming back at him, raring to go. Putski looked like he had Luger lined up for the Polish Hammer, but Sheikh Kaissie pulled down the ropes and sent him tumbling to the outside. Luger lost by DQ but kept his title, and he grabbed his belt and scrambled out of the ring with a petulant look on his face. AWA World Title Match : Paul Orndorff © vs. One Man Gang The Sinister Syndicate have been waging a campaign against the World champ consisting of pounding on him with all of their biggest members until he finally breaks, giving one of them the title. Well, he hasn’t broken so far, but it certainly wasn’t for lack of trying by the big 747. Gang attacked the champ with all of his big power moves, seeming to do some real damage against Mr. Wonderful, before setting him up for the front layout suplex. Orndorff still had enough left in the tank to counter with a big knee to the midsection that took the wind out of Gang’s sails. He then wrapped up OMG in a small package that just barely kept him down for the three count. How much longer can Orndorff’s luck prevail against the Syndicate? Only time will tell.

Interestingly, Adonis and Murdoch's attitudes post-match completely reflect what Barry Windham said about what it was like to work with them.