Really fun almost workrate tag with Steve Pardee being a weird highlight, Pardee does an awesome spinebuster counter to a Thez press. Buddy Rose was kingsized in this as well bumping and stooging like a champ. Everything kept moving fas, I don't know if this will make a final disc, but I enjoyed it enough to nominate

 

AWA Wrestling Classics on ESPN

Lots of fun, another one of those seemingly random matches that they came up with sometimes at the tv tapings.

Did Rose get Pardee this gig?

This was really fun and feels like it deserves a nomination. It's about 15 minutes with constant action. Buddy Rose is Buddy Rose here, bumping and stooging all over, doing a great kneedrop and feeding into Snuka's offense nicely. Snuka was WAY over with the crowd and every time he comes in the fans flip out. I have never seen Pardee before but he was a real standout in this one, doing some cool offense (he catches Somers in an awesome spinebuster while Somers attempted a Thesz Press), and works face-in-peril nicely (really snapping back off the top rope following a hot shot). This was a fun match, so I have no problem giving this a NOMINATION!

 

AWA on ESPN Classic 4/17/08, 5/27/86

Man Sherri is a great second as her rah-rah act for Rose is just wonderful. Rose is a huge @#!*% early, doing his cartwheel escape and spitting at someone off camera. Pardee wagging his @#!*% at Rose off of Rose's own monkey flip spot is apparent a staple of Rose/Pardee exchanges but it's something I find amusing everytime. The spinebuster out of Thesz press attempt was pretty sweet. I really like Zbyszko in this too as he has to be begged to come in at all, then comes in for ten seconds, tags out and then goes to @#!*% at Trongard while Snuka no sells shots to the head and kicks Roses's @#!*% . Pardee goes face in peril and this segment includes some cool cut off spots. I really loved Somers backing him into a corner to keep him away from his corner at one point and Rose cutting off access with a chop that he bumped huge for was pretty sweet to. Rose does a hope step taunt after hitting his back elbow which was great but Pardee ends up reversing a suplex and gets the tag to Rotundo. Heels bump all over the @#!*% place at this point and Buddy ends up tied up into the ropes which leads to a @#!*% great spot with Somers getting whipped into him and Rose taking his crazy backwards bump through the ropes. Snuka and Pardee hit some fun offense off the ropes but Pardee whiffs on a dropkick and the heels lock him into the corner and beat him senseless. Ref Scott LeDoux tries to temper @#!*% but the heels won't listen and he ends up back dropping Larry to the floor for a massive pop, DQing the heels right after. This was pretty god damned fun. Rotundo could have been replaced by anyone, but every body else in the match served a unique purpose and this seems like a pretty solid nomination to me.

Steve Pardee, Mike Rotundo, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka vs. "Playboy" Buddy Rose, "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, & "Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko (4/17/86)

 

What a heel team there damn and they are great here using all their patented tactics against a fun babyface team with Pardee especially shining. Pardee would get a look by WWF a couple of months later but he would fade away back into the Pacific Northwest after that. This was basically another really fun spotfest 6-man match from this era and I think this goes on easily.