Hennig was so great at working opening exchanges at this point that you could plug him against anyone at this stage and it would work. Snow was no exception and the opening stuff was really solid with Hennig's bump off the dropkick being the high point. Hennig ends up coming back into the ring and dropping into an amateur posture demanding Snow go to the mat with him. Hennig has to scramble outside to the floor as the crowd pops and Slater (who is in Hennig's corner) flips his @#!*% . Snow drops into the downed position and naturally Hennig kicks him in the ribs and takes over. I really liked Hennig standing on the back of his head and twisting his face into the mat. Hennig goes to a Boston Crab which was a cool deviation. Snow's initial comeback was a little flat but Hennig took another great dropkick and I liked the spot with Snow escaping the "slam jam" by barely getting a foot on the rope. Hennig ends up whipping Snow into the ref hard as @#!*% . Then he ends up countering with a huge crotch shot on the ropes and "steals a win" when the ref is revived. Probably the weakest Hennig title match I've seen so far, but still good enough to toss on the dock.

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Curt Hennig © vs. "Jammin" Mitch Snow (10/30/87)

 

Dick Slater is working as Hennig's enforcer here which was for a very short run. The early part of the match was fun as Snow had Hennig flustered using his quickness and athletic ability to his advantage. Curt tries to intimidate him but Mitch stands tall so Curt drops to an amateur stance with Snow riding him all the way to the ropes sending Curt to the floor which got the fans going. Hennig comes back in and starts roughhousing Snow as he dropped in an amateur stance and Curt just kicked him in the ribs. Curt works him over a bit using a reverse chinlock and a Boston Crab which he didn't use a whole lot before Snow makes an uninspiring comeback although he hit a sweet dropkick on Curt who took it like a man. Snow had Curt pinned with the Jam Slam but Hennig got the bottom rope and Curt was now desperate so he throws Mitch into Gary DeRusha. Mitch keeps going though until Curt crotches him on the top rope and pins him to win. Fun little match and Curt was great here so I'll pass this on as a low-end pick.