gordi Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 I like the learned psychology in the Pillman vs Burke series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted June 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN / TSN for June 13th Col. Debeers vs. Greg Gagne Debeers was coming in with a heavily taped shoulder from an injury he sustained in a match with Sgt. Slaughter in Detroit. The veteran Gagne did everything he could to take advantage of that, wrenching the arm in a series of armwringers and peppering him with dropkicks. His luck ran out when he whipped Debeers into the corner and charged in, only to catch a face full of the Colonel’s boot. Several hard knees to the midsection and a second rope kneedrop, followed by a face first piledriver that dropped him right on his head, and that was the end of Gagne’s challenge. Pat Tanaka & The Razor Boys vs. Tom Zenk & Death Sentence While Tanaka and the Razor Boys have been dominant as Southern champion and World Tag champs, respectively, Zenk and Death Sentence have been presenting strong challenges to those titles. The Neighborhood Of Evil were incredibly aggressive in this match, with a plethora of double and triple teaming. The Sunshine Boys fought back hard, and were rallying when Paul Diamond had Jeff Gaylord trapped in a neutral corner and was standing on the second turnbuckle , raining punches down on his face. However, Tom Zenk took advantage of a ref distraction and grabbed Diamond by the hair and drove him, face first, on the corner post. Gaylord then covered him with his feet on the ropes, getting the one two three. Diamonds partners cried foul, but the decision stood. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Rocky Mountain Thunder Playboy After Dark have had some tough battles with the various members of the Cobra Corps, but after recent events, seem to be scared to death of big Leon White. They put a lot of effort into keeping him out of the ring, relentlessly double teaming Scorpio and trapping him in their corner. Several times it looked like Scorpio might be able to tag out, only for Rose and Somers to distract the ref or prevent the tag in some other way. White finally had enough and charged into the ring, and when the ref tried to send him out, White backhanded him and sent him flying into the corner. As White pummeled Rose and Somers, the ref eventually recovered enough to call for the DQ, but the former Colorado Buffalo didn’t seem to notice as he tore into the members of Playboy After Dark. It took both Too Cold Scorpio and Sgt. Slaughter to get White calmed down and out of the ring. Bill Dundee & Shane Douglas vs. Jake Roberts & Nord The Barbarian Dundee and Douglas have been gaining momentum of late, picking up some impressive victories over the Guerreros in singles action and even a tag victory over Roberts and Barbarian at a recent house show. The Snakepit, on the other hand, have experienced mounting frustration, not just with the loss to Dundee and Douglas but having failed to get a decisive victory over Piper’s Pit. This was a fast paced and competitive match, with the speed and enthusiasm of Dundee and Douglas providing a tough counter for the guile and power of Snake and Barbarian. After Roberts spent a long time in the ring trying to best his opposition, it looked like they would decisively take the lead when he tagged in the huge Barbarian, but out of nowhere, Dundee hit a running cross body press combined with a schoolboy trip from Douglas that scored the shocking pinfall. While Dundee and Douglas celebrated, Roberts just sat in the corner and stared blankly at Nord. AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match : British Steel © vs. The British Bullies The popular young team of Steven Regal and Norman Smiley pulled off an impressive upset last week by taking the Southern Tag straps away from Black Irish. This time, they would be defending against the incredibly tough tandem of David Taylor and Marty Jones, led by Sheikh Adnan Al-Kaissie. In spite of the considerable technical expertise of the Bullies, British Steel kept the momentum of the match in their favour for a long period of time before some interference by the Sheikh tipped it over to his men. Jones and Taylor than proceeded to start to work over Smiley, but they didn’t have much time to do it before someone charged into the ring and attacked them, leading to a DQ decision. It was Chris Adams, who hadn’t been seen since being beaten down and fired by the Sheikh and his men 2 weeks ago! He tore into his former compatriots, but 3 against 1 would prove to be too great odds to overcome, and British Steel, no fans of Adams, swiftly left the ring and abandoned him to his fate. The Syndicate pounded on him again and the Bullies held him up while the Sheikh looked to take him out for good with a chair shot to the head, but Adams stopped him with a boot to the midsection, then pulled himself free from the grasp of Taylor and Jones. He grabbed the chair and swung it wildly, sending the Syndicate scurrying back to the locker room. Adams was able to make it out this time, but how much longer can he hold out, with no friends to back him up? AWA American Title Match : Dan Spivey © vs. Jerry Blackwell Spivey , similar to Col. Debeers, was going into the match with a heavily taped arm, and that provided a particularly tempting target for the Crusher. Blackwell went after the damaged arm mercilessly with slams and arm bars, and Spivey was clearly in a lot of pain for much of this match. The determined American champ kept battling back, and was able to send Blackwell out of the ring with a left armed Spivey Bomber. Blackwell landed hard and was not able to get back into the ring in time, leading to a countout victory by the champ. Even after the match, Blackwell and his partner, Ken Patera, kept attacking Spivey. Patera held Spivey down with his arm outstretched, and Blackwell looked to do a running splash on it, which might well have done irreparable damage to it. Luckily for Spivey, his partner, Mike Rotundo, rushed to the ring and prevented the blow from landing, but the ordeal had still taken a heavy toll on the American champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 The Neighborhood of Evil is such a cool name, I think it's the first time I noticed it. If there's one guy you don't wanna rile up, it's Big Leon White. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers better get ready! I don't know why but looking at Jake Roberts & Nord the Barbarian's partnership, I can't help but think about Jake's partnership with The Undertaker in 1991. The dynamic is so similar but yet well adapted to that era. Thank God for Spiveymania that Mike Rotundo was there to thwart Patera & Blackwell. Ken Patera, to me, is the biggest threat to both Spivey & Ricky Steamboat's title. Such a dangerous man that you can't never look past! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordi Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Pat Tanaka & The Razor Boys vs. Tom Zenk & Death Sentence was a really good lower-card six-man match. White is transforming... it's almost time! I don't know if that is where you are heading with this, but heel Jake vs face Nord would be one of those matches where the face can get sympathy despite his size advantage. Even more so if Jake brings back-up. It would also work if Jake played a "devil-on-his-shoulder" role with Nord, bringing out his dark side... which is perhaps what SirEd was hinting at. The Chris Adams story-line is pretty darned compelling. Nice main event. More pain and punishment await Big Dan in Japan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Strong showing by DeBeers. Neighborhood of Evil continues their winning ways. Zenk is on such a roll here, I think it's only a matter of time before he's wearing gold. I'm loving the morphing of Leon White. It's only a matter of time now. Oh man, I'm sensing the Snake coming out in Jake. Adams is going to need some help real soon. How much more can Spivey take? However, he keeps beating the odds and running wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted June 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 AWA show from the Cow Palace, San Francisco, June 14th (as shown on ESPN / TSN Super Cards) Death Sentence vs. The Youngbloods Death Sentence finished off Wellington with the Execution AWA Six Man Tag Team Title Match : The Guerreros © vs. Nick Bockwinkel, Masa Saito and Larry Zybyszko Larry savate kicked Mando into a Saito Suplex to get the win. Bock, Saito and Larry Z are the new AWA Six Man Tag Team Champs. Falls Count Anywhere Match : Sabu vs. Cactus Jack Cactus pulled up the mats from ringside and hit a Russian Legsweep on the concrete for the victory Dan Spivey & Mike Rotundo vs. Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell Patera pinned Rotundo after a shoulder breaker Bill Dundee & Shane Douglas vs. Jake Roberts & Nord The Barbarian In a shocking turn of events, Roberts and Nord ambushed their opponents before the match and Roberts hit the DDT on Douglas on the exposed concrete at ringside. From there, Dundee put in a valiant effort trying to fight off both men, but it was too much , and Nord hit him with a kneedrop from the top rope to end the match. After the match ended, Roberts hit Dundee with the DDT for good measure. AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match : British Steel © vs. Black Irish Cameron was attempting a running power slam on Smiley, but Smiley broke out of it with a slide down his back and caught Cameron with a rollup for the one two three AWA Canadian Title Match : Ron Garvin © vs. Marty Jones Garvin won by DQ when he was attacked by David Taylor. Sheikh and the Bullies then beat down Garvin before Chris Adams charged to the ring, swinging a chair, and ran them off AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Brian Pillman Pillman got his rematch in what many say was the best match of the night. Pillman hit a top rope sunset flip, but Tanaka rolled through it and got the pinfall to retain his title. Both men shook hands and embraced after the match AWA World Title Match : Ricky Steamboat vs. ?? ?? Steamboat looked determined as he readied himself to face his mystery opponent, while Piper looked like the proverbial cat that ate the canary. He then introduced the challenger … Bam Bam Bigelow! What ensued was a crazy match with Steamboat breaking out every trick in his book to contain the huge Bigelow, until Bigelow headbutted the ref in the face for the DQ. Both men kept fighting long after the match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordi Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Another top-to-bottom excellent card. John Nord's dark side coming out and Bigelow's surprise appearance were real highlights. Those two guys are going to get the opportunities they deserve in this version of the mid-80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 The Guerreros awesome title reign comes to an end. Bock, Larry Z and Saito will be tough to beat. Cactus prevails over Sabu in another crazy match. This is one of those feuds where both men will come out stars. Patera and Blackwell have been looking strong lately. Jake is going full on heel, with his guidance, Nord could become a serious force. If Chris Adams is looking for allies, Ron Garvin is a good guy to have on your side. Tanaka and Pillman alone is worth the price of admission. The fans in San Fran get a nice surprise in Bam Bam Bigelow and get a great world title match. Looking forward to seeing where that goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 I must say that I certainly didn't expect the Guerreros to drop the belt in San Francisco. Like spaldoni said, the trio of Bockwinkel, Saito & Larry Z will be awfully tough to dethrone....That's IF the egos of Bock and Zbyszko don't get in the way! Bam Bam Bigelow, returning from Japan with some serious momentum, sure made for some formidable competition against Ricky Steamboat. And with Roddy Piper in tow, you never know what's gonna happen next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Six man tag with the Neighborhood was a good way to warm the fans up after the opener. White going nuts definitely has some implications for Rose and Somers that they should be scared of. I wonder how long Nord lasts as a Snake ally. Great, GREAT tag match, but I was more interested in the Adams story. Which is saying something. Spivey continues to shine despite the injury. I wonder who takes advantage eventually. Seriously? That 6-man title is your second match?? Your roster is too stacked my friend. Sabu and Cactus is a perfect change of pace follow-up match for that. Patera and Blackwell with a really big tag win. Jake is back with a vengeance and I'm not sure I would want to be in his way. British Steel continues to roll and I love seeing them get that exposure this early. Two excellent title matches with complete opposite endings, very nice. Bigelow showing up in the main was awesome. I love how you are using him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted June 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 AWA show from the Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, June 15th Chris Adams vs. Chavo Guerrero Adams won with a Superkick Leo Burke vs. Brian Pillman Pillman was going for the Air Pillman, but Burke spotted it and tackled him through the ropes to the outside. Both men ended up counted out of the ring. The Can-Am Express vs. The British Bullies A hot technical bout that Jones won by pinning Lafon with a takeover suplex The Great Kabuki vs. Nick Bockwinkel Bock was attempting a figure four leglock, which Kabuki countered with a small package, but Bock in turn countered with his own small package to get the one two three Tom Zenk vs. Too Cold Scorpio Scorpio was going for a top rope splash, but Zenk crotched him on the top rope, and followed up with a superplex for the win AWA Canadian Title Match : Ron Garvin © vs. Buzz Sawyer A hard hitting bout that ended when Garvin put Sawyer away with a piledriver AWA World Tag Team Title Match : The Razor Boys © vs. Black Irish Perez and Finlay were engaging in dueling suplex attempts when Perez was ultimately able to hit the German Suplex to retain their titles 2/3 Falls Match : Ricky Steamboat, Sgt. Slaughter & Leon White vs. Buddy Rose, Doug Somers & Col. Debeers 1st Fall : Steamboat pinned Somers after a top rope flying cross body press 2nd Fall : White was going for an avalanche on Rose in the corner, but Rose ducked out of the way, then caught him in a roll up with a fistful of tights for the pinfall 3rd Fall : Rose was attempting the Inside Out Backbreaker on White, but White jackhammered him in the face with an elbow smash, then hit a chokeslam to win the match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 AWA is such a strong territory on every level. You freaking opened with Adams vs. a Guerrero! Burke/Pillman has been a blast to see play out. Then you go and top that match with the Can Am tag match. I seriously need to see Kabuki in some kind of team to take on the 6-man champs now. Scorpio could probably drag something good out of Zenk. On a card full of dream matches, Ronnie Garvin vs. Buzz Sawyer...great work there! World tag title match would have been really good, but the rest of this card overshadows it for me. Crazy great main with the unexpected team of Steamer, Sarge and White! Speaking of teams that could challenge for the 6-man titles.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 This is probably the first time I witness a 2 out of 3 Falls Match in a 6-Men environment other than lucha libre. I thought this was perfectly used to put Leon White over as that big unstoppable hoss as he played a big part in that match. Very well done overall. Also enjoyed the finish to Kabuki vs Bockwinkel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted June 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 AWA show from McArthur Court, Eugene, June 16th The Can-Am Express vs. The British Bullies Taylor was attempting the British Suplex on Furnas, but Furnas powered out with a bridge that got the one two three Falls Count Anywhere Match : Cactus Jack vs. Sabu Cactus won with a piledriver on the concrete Bill Dundee vs. Tom Zenk Dundee hit a running cross body bress, but Zenk rolled through with a fistful of tights to get the win Chris Adams vs. Sheikh Adnan Al-Kaissie Adams won with the Superkick Death Sentence vs. The Sheepherders Both teams brawled to a double DQ finish Brian Pillman vs. Leo Burke Pillman faked going for the Air Pillman, and when Burke ducked, Pillman wound up hitting him with a top rope missile dropkick for the pinfall Jake Roberts & Nord The Barbarian vs. The Youngbloods Nord hit a running Bombs Away kneedrop on Blackman for the victory Sgt. Slaughter vs. Col. Debeers Sarge won by countout after he hit the Slaughter Cannon on Debeers sending him flying out of the ring Larry Zybyszko vs. The Great Kabuki Kabuki got the win with a thrust kick to the jaw Mike Rotundo & Dan Spivey vs. Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera Blackwell crushed Rotundo with a power slam for the win Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Rocky Mountain Thunder White knocked out Rose with a spinning back fist AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs. Fit Finlay Both men went to a 30 minute time limit draw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowBlowPodcast Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 I like the rub Vader is getting here early on and the 6-man 2/3 falls is something that will pop up on WWF tv sometime soon. Overall pretty good loop here and I have got some high hopes for Larry Z and Sarge coming out of the show in Eugene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Another couple of stacked cards! Burke and Pillman continue to be one of my favorite feuds as both men continue to trade wins. Loved that finish with Bockwinkel going over Kabuki. Zenk continues his winning ways, this time over Scorpio. Outside of his loss to Martel, I don't think Zenk has lost a match since his heel turn. Razor Boys are establishing themselves as fighting champions. Garvin and Sawyer must of been a great hard hitting brawl. The 6 man main event was awesome. Steamboat gets to shine but I'm sure the fans were talking about Leon White. Jack is starting to get the best of Sabu, but it took a piledriver on the concrete to put Sabu down. That must of been a feel good win for Adams as he super kicks Adnan down. Snake Pit seems to be back on track. Death Sentence and Sheepherders get my money every time. Sarge and DeBeers continue their hot feud. Kabuki rebounds from his loss to Bockwinkel with a win over Larry Z. Blackwell and Patera continue their roll with a big win over Spivey and Rotunda. Tanaka and Finley looked like they put on a classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordi Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Yet another couple of variations of the Leo Burke vs. Brian Pillman finish. Pillman is getting a masterclass sin laying out matches here. Awesome stuff. Cactus is getting more and more violent in his matches with Sabu. Count me among the people lining up to steal that 2/3 falls 6-man idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Cactus and Sabu are putting together a Hell of a feud. Zenk gets a big win and Adams gets one with meaning. Great match for Death Sentence to be in for their style. Pillman and Burke continue to be very entertaining. Slaughter knocking DeBeers out of the ring would have been satisfying for the fans. Zbysko and Kabuki would be a sneaky good match. White is becoming an absolute beast. Tanaka and Finlay would have been a fun match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted June 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN / TSN for June 20th Fit Finlay vs. Bradley Kleihege Although they may have recently lost the AWA Southern Tag Team titles, the members of Black Irish are just as dangerous as ever, both individually and as a team. The rookie Kleihege tried to get in some quick offense at the start against the Belfast Brawler, but when he botched a leapfrog by landing on the back of Finlay’s neck, this brought out the rage in the Irishman. Finlay battered the rookie’s face with brutal punches and clobbered him with incredibly hard clotheslines befor finishing him off with a piledriver that dropped Kleihege right on his head. Clearly, Finlay is not somebody to be messed with. The Can-Am Express vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Masa Saito Bock and Saito (along with Larry Z) recently won the Six Man Tag Team Titles from the Guerreros recently, and Larry was with them at rinside, title belt worn prominently around his waist, as they took on the up and coming Can-Am Express . Furnas and Lafon put up a game effort, but in the end, the experience of their opponents turned out to be just too much for them, as Saito was able to make Lafon give up to the Jailhouse Lock. You would have thought that Larry had won the match, all by himself, the way he was crowing after the match. Interview : Ken Resnick stands in the ring Resnick : Ladies and gentlemen , my next guest has a lot to answer for after his most recent actions … Jake “The Snake” Roberts! The crowd explodes into boos as Roberts makes his way to the ring, followed by Nord The Barbarian and Cactus Jack. Cactus starts pacing around the ring while Nord stands impassively behind Roberts. Resnick : Jake Roberts, many people are appalled at your recent attack on young Shane Douglas before your match with him and Bill Dundee last week, giving him the DDT on the concrete. What gives? Roberts : Simply a message, Resnick. Nothing more, nothing less. The Snakepit has been taken for granted lately. There’s been a loss of focus. Losing to Dundee and Douglas was a wake up call for the Snakepit. And now the Snakepit has given our own wakeup call to the AWA. Look past us, and it could be the last mistake you ever make. Resnick : But surely, you should be saving your anger for Roddy Piper and his men, who have been giving you so much trouble for the past while! Roberts : Oh, Piper’s time will come, don’t worry about that. But Piper has taught me a vital lesson. Perhaps I should thank him. I’m not going, but the lesson was learned. I’ve been trying too hard to walk both sides of the path, to compromise. All the while, Piper has just been skating past me, without a care for anyone but himself. Well, the time has come to stop treating my enemies like they were worth saving. Four simple words, Resnick : No More Half Measures. From now on, you will never know where and when the Snakepit will strike. The only warning you will get … will be the realization that it is too late. With that, Roberts swiftly grabbed Ken Resnick … and drilled his head into the mat with a DDT! The crowd member’s mouths hung open in shock as the members of the Snakepit left the unconscious body of Resnick lying in the middle of the ring. AWA World Tag Team Title Match : The Razor Boys © vs. Death Sentence The team of Jeff Gaylord and Maxx Payne have been brutalizing their way through the opposition and have torn a path right to a World Tag Title shot. They went right at it, savagely attacking the champs, but Diamond and Perez have faced incredibly tough challenges to their belts, and fought back just as hard. The match was just starting to fully get in gear when the Sheepherders charged to the ring and assaulted both sides, leading to the match being thrown out . All was chaos until AWA security was finally able to clear the ring. Tom Zenk vs. Steve Blackman Zenk has been on an impressive roll ever since turning his back on the Can-Am Express, and brought that momentum into his match with one half of the Youngbloods. Blackman was able to give Zenk a tough challenge, catching him off guard at several points with his martial arts kicks and takedowns into submission holds. But ultimately, Zenk was able to hit the Superkick and put Blackman down for good. After the match, Zenk was pointing at his waist, indicating that he was through with the preliminaries and wanted to challenge for one of the various AWA title belts. The Cobra Corps vs. Buddy Rose, Doug Somers & Col. Debeers This match never got out of the starting blocks. As the Corps were on their way to the ring, they were ambushed from behind by all four members of Playboy After Dark, including Leo Burke, who were wielding chairs. They took out Sarge first, but Debeers really went to town on Leon White, blasting him with several vicious chairshots before driving him hard headfirst into the ring steps. He left White in a mangled heap at ringside and joined the rest of his crew in the ring as they beat down Too Cold Scorpio, but this is where the story took an incredibly bizarre turn. While the four on one attack went on in the ring and Sarge was out of action, Roddy Piper, of all people, came to the ring, with the rest of Piper’s Pit in tow. He ordered Orton, Sawyer and Sabu to pick up the unconscious body of Leon White and drag him to the back with them, and none of them were seen for the rest of the night. What nefarious scheme is Piper up to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Loved the interview with Jake Roberts with Jake DDTing Ken Resnick afterwards. It looks like Roddy Piper is bringing out the worst in Jake Roberts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Great show! Roberts putting Resnick down with the DDT is a shocking moment. The Snakepit was dangerous before but after this, they move up to an insane level. The Sheepherders run in sets up a great three way feud. The Razor Boys have some serious threats gunning for the titles. Larry Z cracked me up and their 6 man title reign will be a lot of fun to watch. Zenk wants a title shot and with the roll he's been on, he deserves one. Wild ending to the show. I wonder what Piper is up to??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Each time you do an interview you leave me wanting more! Like FIt Finley here as he is one tough brawler who could match up with anyone. Douglas getting some early attention here is great. Could Larry Z. finally be happy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Poor Kleihege. Poor, poor bastard. Can-ams having a good showing against the veterans, nice! Larry taking all the credit will surely end well. I LOVE that interview with Jake. It even read like a damn Jake interview. Also, poor, poor Resnick. I can't wait to see what Jake has in store! Love the Sheepherders doing Sheepherder things. Piper nabbing White can only mean bad things for the rest of the AWA. Playboy After Dark gets a ton of heat here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted July 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 AWA Show from the Mecca, Milwaukee, June 20th (as shown on ESPN / TSN Super Cards) Greg Gagne vs. Fit Finlay Finlay won with the belly to belly piledriver Tom Zenk vs. The Great Kabuki Kabuki was going for the thrust kick, but Zenk ducked under it and caught him with a roll up (assisted by a fistful of tights) for the tainted pinfall Mike Rotundo vs. Kevin Sullivan Rotundo pinned Sullivan after the All-Star Rush Nord The Barbarian & Cactus Jack vs. The Youngbloods Cactus hit a Russian Legsweep on Blackman, followed by a running Bombs Away kneedrop by Nord to get the victory for the Snakepit Brian Pillman vs. Doug Somers Pillman won with a top rope flying dropkick Jake Roberts vs. Bill Dundee Roberts finished off Dundee with the DDT AWA World Tag Team Title Match : The Razor Boys © vs. The British Bullies When Sheikh Adnan Al-Kaissie started to interfere in the match, Chris Adams charged out and attacked the Bullies, leading to a DQ finish. The Razor Boys, still having not forgiven Adams for his past attack on Sunshine, left him alone in the ring where he took a lot of punishment from the other three men, until Ronnie Garvin rushed in and sent the Syndicate members flying with the Hands Of Stone Punch. Garvin then helped Adams out of the ring and to the back. AWA American Title Match : Dan Spivey © vs. Bob Orton Before the match started, Ken Patera and Jerry Blackwell attacked Spivey, doing more damage to his injured arm. Before it got to the point where the ref would call the match off, Roddy Piper, Buzz Sawyer and Sabu came out, wielding chairs, and told Patera and Blackwell to step away or face the consequences. Their interest was less in sportsmanship and rather making sure their man Orton got his shot at the title. The badly hurt Spivey put in a valiant effort but had taken too much damage, and Orton wound up hitting the Superplex to give him the American title, bringing the first gold into the hands of Piper’s Pit. AWA Southern Title Match : Pat Tanaka © vs Shiro Koshinaka Once again, Tanaka was defending his title against one of the exciting superstars of Japan. What took place was a thrilling bout that ended when Tanaka blocked a German Suplex attempt, then reversed it into a legsweep followed by a single leg grapevine in the middle of the ring that forced Koshinaka to give up the match. AWA World Title Match : Ricky Steamboat © vs. Sabu Steamboat certainly had his hands full with the out of control Sabu but ultimately was able to catch him in the top rope flying cross body press to successfully defend his title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Really digging the last 2 matches with two unlikely challengers. I think Koshinaka will have a nice run in the AWA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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