Posted July 23, 200817 yr comment_5433227 A fun poor man's Flair v. Wahoo with nasty chops by both guys, and a cool roll of dimes of finish with Wahoo bleeding buckets, more of a set up to a great match then a great match, but worth a nomination. AWA Classics on ESPN
May 22, 201114 yr comment_5471598 This may be the least of their matches that I've seen, but it was a real good time nonetheless. I think Hennig puts over Wahoo's dangerous chops better than anybody in the AWA. Hennig ends up cheating to win, smacking Wahoo with a roll of dimes, then getting into the ring and punching him a few more times for good measure for the win. After the match Wahoo is bleeding everywhere and all the babyfaces come out to stretcher him out. I assume this set up some of their other matches as it seemed like the beginning of a feud. NOMINATE! AWA on ESPN Classic 7/9/08, All-Star Wrestling 1987
June 21, 201114 yr comment_5474636 Man I love Hennig from this era. He takes a god damned head bump off of a shoulder block, floats over only to get chopped, then ends up getting chopped while standing on the apron all in a quick sequence. One thing I really like about Hennig from this era is that while he can be chicken @#!*% he comes off as a tough @#!*% who isn't afraid to get in the tough guys faces and take their best shots and he definitely does that here. This is slow moving but still keeps my interest largely due to Hennig's facial expressions, body language and bumps. Hennig mounting a rapid fire attack on Wahoo's leg was a pleasant surprise. Man the @#!*% strikes in this from both guys were really badass. Hennig's foreign object shot finish fit in very well with his character and the storyline based around how he won the belt. It also allowed Wahoo to bleed which is always a plus. This wasn't a great match but it was a good one.
May 6, 201213 yr comment_5501943 AWA World Heavyweight Title: Curt Hennig © vs. "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel (9/12/87) Zbyszko is on commentary here. Wahoo has Curt rattled to start here as he uses his hard hitting offense to send Curt pinballing around and when Curt tries to go outside he eats punishment on the apron as well. Curt goes toe for toe with Wahoo though and keeps coming back for more so you gotta give him that. Curt would eventually go on offense by working over Wahoo's left leg and he takes it to Wahoo here for a bit but Wahoo was a tough bastard and he fought back which pissed off Curt enough to drop to the floor where he broke out the roll of dimes and he jacked Wahoo's jaw with them. Wahoo juices and Curt would cover him to win the match. They sold this very well as Wahoo would get stretchered out by the other faces. Really solid match and this moves forward easily.
