Posted February 20, 201114 yr comment_5465687 I enjoyed the early cat and mouse spot and Bill Irwin bumping for Curt. They do some more spots with the faces out smarting the heels and then they do an AWESOME strike exchange that Hennig wins with a sick running forearm. Fun spot with Irwin bumping big on a corner charge and Curt taking him back down. Curt does the double drop down spot and crawls Bill out of the ring which came across way better here than it did in their Winnipeg match I recently watched. Hennig with a really nice knuckle lock monkey flip into a pinning combination. Curt finally gets caught with a throat jab and goes FIP. Hennig took an insane spinning bump off of a clothesline. Wild Bill ends up missing a splash off the ropes after a few minutes and Hall gets the tag. Hennig gets tagged back in and hits a nice running dropkick. Hennig ends up hurled over the top behind the refs back. Hall gets thrown out but Hennig comes off the top with a dropkick for the pin. Scott Irwin runs in with his boot and murders Hennig who takes a huge bump. This could have used a longer FIP but Hennig was pretty great in this and I dug the finish.
March 30, 201114 yr comment_5468655 Long Riders vs. Hall & Hennig - Another solid tag match from the show. Hennig was really ace here esp. when he was facing off with Wild Bill. I was telling Dylan yesterday that Hennig was such a great babyface so he should never have been turned heel. The face in peril section wasn’t that hot since Scott Hog didn’t really seem to know what to do but Wild Bill made it fun. Nice run with the Hennig kick for the pin. Hell, this should have been a singles match between Wild Bill and Curt. The other two added nothing but it was good enough to move on as a mild nomination.
May 19, 201114 yr comment_5471389 AWA World Tag Titles: Scott Hall & Curt Hennig © vs. The Long Riders (Wild Bill & Scott Irwin) (4/20/86) Hall gets the Most Popular wrestler of the year award before the match. Funny seeing the Irwin's not in wrestling tights but that was the rules set in this match because of their boots being "illegal." Irwins are on defense early in the match with Curt & Bill having some fun exchanges. Curt would eventually get caught in the Irwin's corner and they worked him over bigtime. Hall would come in with the hot tag but didn't last long as Hennig came back in with a great dropkick and went to work on Bill before it turned into a 4-way brawl. Scott would chunk Curt over the top rope behind the ref's back then chunked Hall through the ropes to the floor and as this happened Hennig hit a dropkick off the top on Wild Bill to win the match. Scott Irwin would get the boot and nailed Curt after the bell before walking out. This was a pretty decent match and I think it's a low level at best.
