Bockwinkel

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>AWA All Star Wrestling Card</p><p> </p><p> Match 1</p><p> Buck Zumhofe Vs. Mike Graham.</p><p> Winner Enters Number One Contender Battle Royale</p><p> </p><p> Match 2</p><p> AWA Television Championship</p><p> Jerry Lawler's Open Challenge</p><p> </p><p> Match 3</p><p> Jerry Blackwell Vs. Steve Regal</p><p> </p><p> Main Event</p><p> Winner Enters Number One Contender Battle Royale</p><p> Jesse Ventura Vs. Jim Brunzell</p><p> </p><p> Fan Interaction</p><p> What did you enjoy most on the previous episode?</p><p> What did you enjoy the least?</p><p> How do you think the show can improve?</p><p> What are you looking forward to the most this week?</p></div><p></p><p></p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>AWA Expands Roster, Beginning Youth Movement</p><p> </p><p> The AWA continues it's search and signing of younger talents and apparent "hidden gens" as potential future stars. Whilst this reporter would like to reveal to you exactly the names of stars added to the roster and those that are shortlisted for potential negotiations. The AWA has decided a tactic of anonymity</p><p> </p><p> "We are engaging in a strategy of testing our new signings on tour shows." Greg Gagne, owner and Head Booker claims. "We are essentially treating our Tour shows as B shows. Hosting them in territories we wish to expand into, whilst maintaining our presence in our region via All Star Wrestling. If we are confident in new talent immediately and feel like they will be a great presence, than we will introduce them quicker. Other talents we may keep on the back burner until we feel they are ready to be seen by our regular audience.*</p><p> </p><p> In short, the AWA has decided to keep their new signings a secret going forward. When they debut on television. That's when we will know their official presence on the roster.</p></div><p></p><p></p>

AWA All Star Wrestling January 1983 Episode One Final Show Rating: B-

AWA All Star Wrestling Match Card There's rumors of a NEW authority that will be taking over the match making for All Star Wresrtling. This yet to be announced General Manager has already started by outting together a tournament that will be taking place over the next four weeks of AWA Television. The Tournament will see SIXTEEN wrestlers competing over the next four weeks for the chance to be entered into a Battle Royale at the End of Month Show in January. This 8 Man Battle Royale will decide who will be the number one contender for Nick Bockwinkel's AWA Championship. There's no word as of yet whether Bockwinkel will be defending his championship this month as the focus shifts on to the Number One Contender spot, however we assume that Nick Bockwinkel will make his opinions known on the matter. The sixteen participants of this tournament are as follows Baron Von Raschke Billy Robinson Bobby Duncam Brad Rheingans Buck Zumhofe Greg Gagne Hulk Hogan Jesse Ventura Jim Brunzell Ken Patera Mike Graham Renee Goulet Rick Martel Steve O Steve Regal Wahoo McDaniel These sixteen participants will face off in matches against one another over the next four weeks to see who will gain entry into the 8 man Battle Royale, Two matches every week will be dedicated to this tournament until 8 men have been declared entrants to the Battle Royale Opening Match Tournament Match Steve O Vs. Steve Regal Match 2 Buck Zumhofe Vs. Curt Hennig Match 3 AWA Television Championship Jerry Lawler Vs. "The Soulman" Koko B. Ware Main Event Tournament Match Hulk Hogan Vs. Rick Martel

AWA Signings Jim Ross- Signed on as Announcer, appointed to announce team for All Star Wrestling and Events immediately. Eddie Gilbert Koko B. Ware Road Warrior Animal Road Warrior Hawk Sherri Martel

Roster Champions AWA World Heavyweight Nick Bockwinkel AWA Light Heavyweight VACANT AWA Television VACANT AWA Tag Team The High Flyers (Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell) Main Eventers Jesse Ventura Ken Patera Nick Bockwinkel Rick Martel Wahoo McDaniel Upper Midcarders Billy Robinson Bobby Duncam Greg Gagne Hulk Hogan Jerry Blackwell Jim Brunzell Midcarders Brad Rheigans Curt Hennig Jerry Lawler Mike Graham Rene Goulet Steve Regal Lower Midcarders Buck Zumhofe Jake Milliman Sonny Rogers Steve O Openers Nacho Bererra Tom Stone Enhancement Talent Kenny Jay Occasional Wrestlers Baron Von Raschke Managers Bobby Heenan Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissey Announcers Rod Trongard Color Commentator Gene Okerlund Authority Figures Stanley Blackburn Personality Wally Karbo Mad Dog Vachon Road Agents Blackjack Lanza Larry Hennig The Crusher Verne Gagne

So, a while back I did an AWA dynasty. I had a lot of fun writing it, it was doing well. Life sort of got in the way and I had a lot of things I had to deal with. I always wanted to start up a dynasty again and tried but never really felt the same comfort or connection that I did running the AWA on this mod. So let's give it another go. For anybody who may be joining from the previous incarnation, there may be some storylines I run initially that I ran in the last dynasty as a launching point, but they will not be 100% exactly the same. So without further ado. Let's get into it. January, 1983. Jim Cornette would call 1983 the greatest and most successful year in wrestling. Every company was doing good business, serious tragedies had yet to happen, the territory system was still in full swing, the NWA was still a dominant force in professional wrestling and for the most part...people thought wrestling was a legitimate sport, or at the very least they respected the fact that it was presented as one. However, one way or another things are going to change. Vince Mcmahon is going to expand and down south Jim Crockett has similar ideas whether he wants to admit or not. Meanwhile, a group that had broken away from the NWA long ago had been operating since the sixties. It was one of the most recognized names in the industry, with potential to at least survive the onslaught that the WWF expansion was going to bring. Historically, it did not. My goal as the AWA owner, is to survive and present an alternative product that is different enough from the WWF and the NWA that it stands out on it's own. This is that company. This, is the AWA. The Story So Far As wrestling veteran Verne Gagne decides to take a step back as the owner of the AWA, in this alternate history we are creating he hands the reigns over to his son, Greg Gagne who had been acting as the head booker up until this point. Greg has ideas that his old school father may not agree with, but now with Verne acting as a road agent these changes can come into place. Greg has a vision of a "hybrid" product that combines the entertainment aspects of the WWF and the legitimate aspect that the product had been presenting so far and combining the two, still maintaining the idea of presenting wrestling as a legitimate sport, but introducing a story telling aspect that would give fans reason to tune in and be excited on a regular basis for AWA programming. Owner Goals Short Term Be Prepared To Lose Talent The AWA is GOING to lose talent, either to the WWF or to other territories, it is inevitable due to our size and our inability to expand as quickly as other territories right now. The aim of combating this is to try and get as many key players into exclusive contracts as possible if we can. Youth Movement If our move to garner exclusive talent fails, either via Exclusive P.P.A or written contracts, then we also need to focus on building stars out of younger talent, out of the few legitimate younger stars we have and out of stars that can be found via free agency Get Control of The Locker Room There's a lot of hostility in the locker room when starting this mod, Hogan is not well liked and is usually felt isolated, there are multiple negative influences and the rules overall have a negative influence. Alter the rules and try to inject talent into the roster who will begin to boost morale. Over time building Hogan should remove that feeling of isolation. Long Term The Hogan Question I want Hogan to be a key player in our roster and one of our icons. However his deal with NJPW poses an issue. We can risk breaking our relationship with Japan in an attempt to get Hogan exclusively, this risks creating hostilities and even then it doesn't entirely guarantee us Hogan. Especially when WWF inevitably expands and begins offering workers written contracts that will surpass our Exclusive P.P.A ones. I'll push him, but I'll need to keep in mind he could jump ship and be ready for it Light Heavyweight Division Something I think could really boost our midcard is the Light Heavyweight Championship. I want to modify the championship, make it a Midcard Title and begin building a division around it. I'm thinking of hiring unique talents, especially talent from Japan and Mexico that we can introduce to an AWA audience and create an exciting division.This will take time to create however and I will be focusing on building this division on our Tour Shows and on pre show matches initially, before introducing the Championship back on to AWA Television. Get On ESPN Historically the AWA managed to get on to ESPN. I want to match this for historical accuracy and that ESPN would be a great broadcaster for our product. Survive I have no idea how long this series will last, we could end up going out of business like the real company did. We could defy the odds and create an alternative history, we could succeed. My main aim is to try and do the best I can with the product and create something interesting and exciting to book and for the readers.