Herrbear Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Author For the 4-man AWA #1 Contender Tournament with the winner earning the right to face Wahoo McDaniel for the AWA World Title at Christmas Chaos. First Round Nikita Koloff vs. Cactus Jack Col. DeBeers vs. Don Muraco Final Nikita Koloff vs. Don Muraco (Make your pick for the final winner as well.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 (edited) AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING SYNDICATED SHOW - JOHN E. CARLSON COLISEUM - FARGO, ND - OCTOBER 1990 ANNOUNCERS: Jack Reynolds & David Crockett Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Eric Bischoff (# Aired on a previous AWA program. Also highlighted in bold.) (4th Taping) In-studio: Larry Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: TV MAIN EVENT - NON-TITLE: Scott Norton & Billy Jack Haynes (WTTC) vs. Akio Sato & Ninja Go Candi Divine wrestles The Destruction Crew see action An interview with Bobby Jaggers. Jaggers was unmasked at SC 5 as the man who had been stalking the Trooper all these months. Sam Houston sees action And more! Nelson then intro'd a special announcement from AWA promoter Jim Crockett. VIDEO: # Crockett was seated behind his desk with a mic in front of him. Crockett: Greetings. This is AWA promoter Jim Crockett. I have some major news for AWA fans. First, we will be airing another live special on ESPN. The event will take place on Tuesday, December 11th. The event is called Christmas Chaos and will have a start time of 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific and will come to you from the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Once again, this AWA program will be airing live on ESPN. Also, we are going to have a four-man tournament and the winner of the tournament will face AWA World Champion Wahoo McDaniel for the belt at Christmas Chaos. This tournament starts next week. On AWA Championship Wrestling on ESPN, the torunament match will be Nikita Koloff vs. former AWA World Champion Cactus Jack. On AWA All-Star Wrestling, Don Muraco will battle Col. DeBeers in the other tournament match. The winners of those two matches will face each other the following week on our ESPN program with the winner earning the right to battle for the AWA World Title at Christmas Chaos. Keep it right here on AWA programming as we add more matches to this big AWA holiday event. END VIDEO Pic aired of the Grappler with the caption: NEXT... MASKED MAYHEM!!! Commercials The Grappler won a squash match over Scat McMahon via pinfall with a kick to the gut after tapping the toe of his boot into the mat three times Grappler came down the heel aisle to a fair amount of boos. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Grappler, you have looked strong since you arrived here in the AWA from the Pacific Northwest. Why the sudden migration of wrestlers from that part of the country to the AWA? Grappler: We're here for a reason, Bischoff. We've come to the AWA from the Pacific Northwest to prove to the fans on a national stage that we're some of the roughest, toughest wrestlers out there today. The Pacific Northwest is one of the greatest wrestling territories of all-time. But, we feel disrespected by the rest of the wrestling world because we're out of the way. We're off the beaten path. The Pacific Northwest does not get the respect it deserves. We're now looking to earn that respect on a national level and we've chosen the AWA as our platform to showcase our talents. When myself or Rip Oliver steps into this ring, we are fighting for the entire Pacific Northwest! You people hear me! The AWA is to be used as our stepping stone to glory in the sport of kings! Even though I loathe Billy Jack Haynes and Scott Norton, where did they come from?! Eric: The Pacific Northwest. Grappler: That's right! Your new World Tag Team champions are from the Pacific Northwest! You people out here need to pull your heads out of your rear ends and face the reality of what's happening right before your eyes! If you can't figure it out then that's on you! Eric: Wh... What's happening?! Grappler looked at Eric for a moment and then left the ring and headed back up the heel aisle to boos. Announcers wondered what Grappler was talking about. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... MORE ACTION!!! Commercials/Market-specific house show promos/Generic promos for non-house show cities Candi Divine won a squash match over Nikki Bella via submission with her Boston Crab finisher Divine made her way down the heel aisle to a fair amount of boos In-studio: Nelson talked about the AWA as we get closer to the end of 1990 and the big Christmas Chaos show in December airing live on ESPN. Nelson talked about the four man tournament starting next week where Nikita Koloff will battle former World Champion Cactus Jack and Col. DeBeers wrestles Don Muraco. The winner of those two matches will then face each other with the winner facing Wahoo for the title at Christmas Chaos. Pic aired of Sam Houston with the caption: NEXT... BULLDOG HOUSTON!!! Commercials Sam Houston won a squash match over Samy Zayn via pinfall with his bulldog finisher Houston and Coach Murdoch came down the face aisle to a decent ovation. In-studio: Nelson talked about Houston winning and said Houston has an impeccable record since arriving in the AWA and that Dick Murdoch has done a fantastic job coaching him. Nelson talked about new tag champs Haynes and Norton wrestling Sato and Go in the main event. Pic aired of Bobby Jaggers with the caption: NEXT... MASKED NO MORE!!! Commercials/Market-specific house show promos/Generic promos for non-house show cities In-studio: Nelson intro'd an interview he did recently with Bobby Jaggers, who lost his mask in a mask vs. hair match against Trooper at SC 5. VIDEO: Larry Nelson was standing with Jaggers in front of the AWA logo. Jaggers was in street clothes. Nelson had a mic. Nelson: I'm here with Bobby Jaggers. Bobby, you were unmasked when you lost a hair vs. mask match against the Trooper at Super Clash 5 last month. The big question is: Why were you stalking the Trooper in the first place? You said that you had heat with him from a past incident? Can I ask what that incident was? Jaggers: Yep! I decided to play mind games with the Trooper and mess with his career because of what he did to me one time while wearing that badge! One night at a bar in a city where Trooper Del Wilkes worked, I was leaving the bar! Now, I admit I had a few beers or more than a few! Now, I'm just waking out of the bar, but this guy, drunk on his own power, decides to walk on up to me and manhandle me and pull me aside! He asks if I'd been drinking and I told him: Hell yes,. I'd been drinking! I just left a b-a-r! That's what people do in a bar! They drink! Well, Trooper gets all uppity with me and reads me the riot act according to the Trooper Del Wilkes! I quickly tired of his b.s. and tried to walk away but he decides to be judge and jury and grabs me by my arm and shoves me against the wall! We argue! He then tells me to turn around and put my hands behind my back! I resist! He violently turns me around and cuffs me and puts me in the back of his squad car and hauls me off to jail! I was released the next day after spending the night in the town cooler! Ultimately, I got the case thrown out against me! But, Del Wilkes dragged me through months of having to make court appearances in a town I did not even live in! I had to fly in on my dime for my five minute court appearances! When I was cleared, I walked out of that court room knowing that one day, one day, I was gonna get my revenge on that guy! When I found out he was now a wrestler, I decided that I was gonna look to hurt his career! And I believe I succeeded for several months at that! And it felt great messing with Wilkes all this time! I'm glad I could mess up his life like he messed up mine! Now the mask is off! And one more thing! You see, I'm also here from the Pacific Northwwest! So the Grappler, Col. DeBeers and Rip Oliver can add one more ally to their list! Nelson: Regarding the incident with the Trooper, there are two sides to every story. Jaggers: You go ahead and ask Del Boy his side of the story! I'm sure he'll come up with a very good lie! Nelson: That was Bobby Jaggers. END VIDEO Pic aired of the Destruction Crew with the caption: NEXT... NO LONGER CHAMPS!!! Commercials The Destruction Crew won a squash match over the Motor City Machine Guns when Bloom pinned Chris Sabin after the Wrecking Ball (Doomsday Device) Crew came down the heel aisle to pretty strong boos. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... NEW CHAMPS IN ACTION!!! Commercials TV MAIN EVENT - NON-TITLE: Billy Jack Haynes & Scott Norton (WTTC) vs. Akio Sato & Ninja Go Go & Sato received a fair amount of boos coming down the heel aisle. Haynes and Norton got a good ovation coming down the face aisle. Good action as Norton and Haynes took 60 percent of the match en route to a victory when Norton pinned Sato after a powerbomb to score the 1...2...3! WINNER: Haynes & Norton - Pinfall - 6:39 END PROGRAM DARK MATCHES AWA WORLD TITLE: Wahoo McDaniel (WC) def. Cactus Jack via pinfall with his big chop finisher - 9:27 6-MAN ELIMINATION TAG: Billy Jack Haynes & Scott Norton (WTTC) & Nikita Koloff def. Rip Oliver, The Grappler & Col. DeBeers when Koloff pinned DeBeers after Rip Oliver, who had already been eliminated from the match, had his interference backfire and Koloff rolled DeBeers up from behind for the pin - 22:31 AWA WOMEN'S WORLD TITLE: Magnificent MImi (WC - w/ Valerie) wrestled Tina Moretti to a 15-minute time-limit draw ATTENDANCE: 2,941 PREDICTIONS WELCOME For the 4-man AWA #1 Contender Tournament with the winner earning the right to face Wahoo McDaniel for the AWA World Title at Christmas Chaos. First Round Nikita Koloff vs. Cactus Jack Col. DeBeers vs. Don Muraco Final ??? vs. ??? (Make your pick for the final winner as well.) Winner of the prediction contest gets a video reward! 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Captain Kremmen Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 AWA WRESTLING ON ESPN - SHOWBOAT SPORTS PAVILION - LAS VEGAS, NV - NOVEMBER 1990 Announcers: Joe Pedicino & Bill Dundee Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Larry Nelson (# Aired on a previous AWA program.) (1st Taping) Show Intro In-studio: Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: TV MAIN EVENT - #1 CONTENDER TOURNAMENT MATCH: Nikita Koloff vs. Cactus Jack Badd Company (w/ Mgr. DDP) vs. Jeff Jarrett & Danny Davis An interview with Bobby Jaggers, who was unmasked at SC 5 by the Trooper in a mask vs. hair match And more!! Nelson sent it to the ring in Vegas. Don Muraco won a squash match over Shane McMahon via pinfall with his inverted piledriver finisher Muraco got a good ovation coming down the face aisle. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Nelson: Don Muraco, things seem to still be up in the air right now regarding you reuniting with World Champion Wahoo McDaniel to go after the World Tag Team Titles. Muraco: As things stand right now, Wahoo is too busy with his World Title defense schedule. I still want to get back together and go after the tag titles. I think he wants to, as well. But it's just not in the cards right now. I'm just hoping it will be something we can do in the near future. Nelson: He'll have to make time in that busy schedule of his... Muraco: Are you saying I'm not a busy man? Nelson: Uh... that's not what I am saying, Don. Muraco (agitated): I am a very busy man just like Wahoo is! But I guess Wahoo's more important than me because he's the World Champion! He holds the premiere title in the sport! Everybody step aside because AWA World champion Wahoo McDaniel is comin' through! He's more important than his former tag team partner... and you! Well, when me and Wahoo get back together and win the tag team titles then we'll both be VIP's! The people will then step aside for us and not just him! Wahoo, you need to clear some time on that schedule of yours so we can pursue tag team glory! Nelson: That was Don Muraco. Pic aired of Bobby Jaggers with the caption: NEXT... EXPOSED!!! Commercials In-studio: Nelson intro'd an interview he did recently with Bobby Jaggers, who lost his mask in a mask vs. hair match against Trooper at SC 5. VIDEO: # Larry Nelson was standing with Jaggers in front of the AWA logo. Jaggers was in street clothes. Nelson had a mic. Nelson: I'm here with Bobby Jaggers. Bobby, you were unmasked when you lost a hair vs. mask match against the Trooper at Super Clash 5 last month. The big question is: Why were you stalking the Trooper in the first place? You said that you had heat with him from a past incident? Can I ask what that incident was? Jaggers: Yep! I decided to play mind games with the Trooper and mess with his career because of what he did to me one time while wearing that badge! One night at a bar in a city where Trooper Del Wilkes worked, I was leaving the bar! Now, I admit I had a few beers or more than a few! Now, I'm just walking out of the bar, but this guy, drunk on his own power, decides to walk on up to me and manhandle me and pull me aside! He asks if I'd been drinking and I told him: Hell yes, I'd been drinking! I just left a b-a-r! That's what people do in a bar! They drink! Well, Trooper gets all uppity with me and reads me the riot act according to the Trooper Del Wilkes! I quickly tired of his b.s. and tried to walk away but he decides to be judge and jury and grabs me by my arm and shoves me against the wall! We argue! He then tells me to turn around and put my hands behind my back! I resist! He violently turns me around and cuffs me and puts me in the back of his squad car and hauls me off to jail! I was released the next day after spending the night in the town cooler! Ultimately, I got the case thrown out against me! But, Del Wilkes dragged me through months of having to make court appearances in a town I did not even live in! I had to fly in on my dime for my five minute court appearances! When I was cleared, I walked out of that court room knowing that one day, one day, I was gonna get my revenge on that guy! When I found out he was now a wrestler, I decided that I was gonna look to hurt his career! And I believe I succeeded for several months at that! And it felt great messing with Wilkes all this time! I'm glad I could mess up his life like he messed up mine! Now the mask is off! And one more thing! You see, I'm also here from the Pacific Northwwest! So the Grappler, Col. DeBeers and Rip Oliver can add one more ally to their list! Nelson: Regarding the incident with the Trooper, there are two sides to every story. Jaggers: You go ahead and ask Del Boy his side of the story! I'm sure he'll come up with a very good lie! Nelson: That was Bobby Jaggers. END VIDEO Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... AWA VS. USWA!!! Commercials/AWA Tour Updates AWA VS. USWA: Badd Co. (w/ Mgr DDP) vs. Jeff Jarrett & Nightmare Danny Davis Badd Co. and DDP came to the ring first down the heel aisle to pretty strong boos. Davis & Jarrett came down the face aisle to a fair response from the crowd. Ref called for the bell. Jarrett and Tanaka started the match for their teams. The two men circled one another and engaged in a collar-and-elbow tie-up and Tanaka drove Jarrett against the ropes to force a break. Break was clean. The two men circled one another again and engaged in another tie-up and Tanaka gained the advantage and caught Jarrett in a side headlock. Tanaka worked over the hold briefly before Jarrett countered with a belly-to-back suplex to free himself from the hold. Tanaka up and walked into a dropkick from Jarrett. Tanaka crashed to the mat. Tanaka backed on his ass into the corner. Jarrett moved in and grabbed Tanaka's legs and tried to pull Tanaka out of the corner but Tanaka grabbed the top rope and Jarrett pulled Tanaka and Tanaka was now parallel to the ground. Jarrett gave Tanaka a yank and Tanaka crashed to the mat as the crowd cheered. Jarrett stilll holding Tanaka's legs. Jarrett catapaulted Tanaka and Tanaka slammed face-first into the mat. Jarrett grabbed Tanaka by the back of the hair and started pulling Tanaka to his feet when Tanaka stunned Jarrett with a back heel to the groin. Jarrett stumbled back. Tanaka dropped Jarrett with a spin kick to the side of the head. Tanaka tagged in Diamond. Diamond hit the ring as Jarrett was getting up and booted Jarrett in the side of the ribs and hammered away on Jarrett. Diamond slammed Jarrett's head into the top buckle. Jarrett spun around in the corner and was hit with a series of knees to the gut. Diamond whipped Jarrett into the opposite buckles and Jarrett bounced out and into a high backdrop from Diamond. Jarrett up and went to kick Diamond but Diamond caught Jarrett's leg and Jarrett countered with an enzuigiri that dropped Diamond. Crowd cheered. Jarrett moved over and tagged in Davis. Diamond getting up as Davis leaped over the top rope into the ring and hit Diamond with a dropkick. Diamond crashed back to the mat. Davis grabbed Diamond, whipped Diamond into the ropes and caught Diamond coming off with a high dropkick just under the chin. Diamond crashed to the mat. Davis for the cover. 1...2... Diamond kicked out. Diamond up and Davis hit Diamond with punches and whipped Diamond into the ropes and looked to catch Diamond coming off with another dropkick but Diamond grabbed the top rope and Davis crashed to the mat. Davis getting up and Diamond caught Davis with a knee lift to the chest. Davis fell back into the ropes and bounced off right into a sidewalk slam from Diamond. Diamond for the cover. 1...2... Davis kicked out. Davis up and got a kick in the gut from Diamond. Diamond grabbed Davis and walked Davis over to Badd Co.'s corner and tagged in Tanaka. Diamond held Davis from behind as Tanaka mounted the top rope and came off with an elbow to the top of the head. Diamond released Davis and Davis wobbly. Tanaka caught Davis with a backhand chop to the face and Davis fell back against the buckles. Tanaka with head shots on Davis and then pulled Davis out of the corner and raked Davis' eyes across the top rope and broke the illegal move at the ref's count of 4. Tanaka clubbed Davis in the back repeatedly. Tanaka whipped Davis into the ropes and looked to catch Davis coming off with a high backdrop but Davis instead caught Tanaka with a swinging neckbreaker. Crowd popped. Davis covered Tanaka. 1...2... Tanaka kicked out. Davis grabbed Tanaka and whipped Tanaka into the buckles. Davis moved in and caught Tanaka with a head shot and then repeatedly whipped Tanaka into the same set of buckles. Davis grabbed Tanaka and went to whip Tanaka into the buckles but Tanaka reversed and sent Davis crashing into them. Tanaka charged in on Davis but Davis moved and Tanaka slammed front-first into the buckles. Davis tagged in Jarrett. Tanaka pulled himself off the buckles and turned and was greeted by a series of head shots from Jarrett. Jarrett grabbed Tanaka and nailed Tanaka with a sidebreaker across the knee. Jarrett went out on the apron and climbed to the top buckle as Tanaka got to his feet. Tanaka up and turned and Jarrett caught Tanaka coming off with a flying crossbody. Jarrett for the pin. 1...2... Diamond hit the ring and dived down and clubbed Jarrett to break up the pin try. Diamond up and Davis hit the ring and nailed Diamond with a running clothesline. Diamond crashed to the mat and rolled out on the apron as the crowd cheered. Ref got Davis back to his corner. Both men up and Tanaka went to punch Jarrett but Jarrett blocked the punch try and fired away on Tanaka with punches. Jarrett whipped Tanaka into the buckles and moved in and Tanaka stunned Jarrett with a headbutt. Jarrett stumbled back and Tanaka came out of the corner and blasted Jarrett with a rolling wheel kick. Jarrett crashed to the mat. Tanaka for the pin. 1...2...thr... Davis hit the ring and stomped Tanaka in the back to break up the pin try. Diamond hit the ring to go after Davis but Davis made it back to the corner. Diamond back to his. Tanaka dROVE Jarret over INto Badd Co.'s corner and tagged in Diamond hit. Diamond the ring as Tanaka held Jarrett from behind and nailed Jarrett with a gut punch. Diamond grabbed Jarrett in a front-facelock. Jarrett struggled in the hold. Jarret managed to drive Diamond back-fist into his team's corner. Diamond lost his grip on the hold once he hit the buckles. Jarrett tagged in Davis. Davis a house of fire tore into Diamond with punches and then a series of rapid-fire knees to the gut before hip tossing Diamond out of the corner. Diamond up and Davis nailed Diamond with a dropkick. Diamond crashed to the mat. Davis grabbed Diamond's legs and flipped over on top of Diamond for the pin. 1...2...thr... Diamond got a shoulder up. Crowd groaned. Diamond and Davis getting up and was struck with another head shot. Davis went to whip Diamond into the ropes but Diamond reversed and caught Davis coming off with a gut kick followed by an inverted suplex (gourdbuster). Diamond for the cover. 1...2... Jarrett hit the ring but was cut off by Tanaka. ...3! Ref called for the bell as most in the crowd booed. Diamond up and DDP climbed in the ring. Ref raised Diamond's hand in victory and DDP celebrated the win with his two men. WINNER: Badd Co. - Pinfall - 8:34 Split-screen pic aired of Cactus Jack and Nikita Koloff with the caption: NEXT... WHO ADVANCES??? TV MAIN EVENT - ROUND 1 - #1 CONTENDER TOURNAMENT MATCH: Cactus Jack vs. Nikita Koloff Koloff came to the ring to a strong ovation down the face aisle. Jack came to the ring down the heel aisle to strong boos but also had his supporters. Ring announcer Nelson said that the winner of the match advances to the tournament final to determine who will face Wahoo McDaniel for the AWA World Championship at Christmas Chaos. Koloff started pulling on the top rope as Jack charged over and started hammering away on Nikita. Ref called for the bell to start the match. Jack hammering away on Nikita. Jack went to whip Nikita into the ropes but Nikita reversed and sent Jack into them. Jack grabbed the top rope and held on and Nikita charged over and blasted Jack with a running clothesline that sent Jack hurtling over the top rope and crashing to the floor as Nikita briefly played to the roaring crowd. Ref ordered Nikita back and Nikita obliged. Ref started the 10-count. Jack to his feet on the floor and went over and grabbed an empty chair sitting next to the timekeeper's table and tossed it on the ring. Nikita snapped the chair up and sat in it and gestured for Jack to get back in the ring to more cheers from the crowd. Jack back up on the apron. Ref had re-started the 10-count. Nikita up and tossed the chair out of the ring. Jack climbed into the ring and glared at Nikita. Jack then laid on the mat and dared Nikita to cover him. Nikita looked puzzled. Jack again gestured for Nikita to cover him. Nikita stood next to Jack for a moment and then stomped Jack in the gut to cheers. Nikita snapped Jack up and bodyslammed Jack and went for a jumping elbow smash but Jack rolled out of the way and Nikita crashed to the mat. Both men down. Both men slowly to their feet and Jack caught Nikita with a kick to the gut followed by a suplex. Jack stomped on Nikita, mounted the middle rope and nailed Nikita with a leg drop off the middle rope. Jack for the cover. 1... Nikita kicked out. Nikita to all fours and Jack kicked Nikita three times in the side of the ribs and then dragged Nikita's face across the mat and broke the illegal move at the ref's count of 4. Jack threw his right hand defiantly in the air like he'd won as most of the crowd booed. Nikita getting up grabbing at his face and Jack clubbed Nikita across the back and threw Nikita out of the ring through the top and middle rope down to the floor. Jack climbed out on the apron as Nikita got to his feet. Jack hit Nikita with a running cannonball off the apron. Nikita crashed to the floor with Jack on top of him. Ref counting. Look on Jack's face suggested he enjoyed the previous move. Jack snapped Nikita up and threw Nikita into the post and Nikita slammed shoulder-first into it and staggered off. Jack rolled in and out of the ring to break the count. Jack went over and grabbed the chair Nikita had tossed out of the ring and stalked Nikita around the ring. Nikita turned and Jack went to hit Nikita over the head with the chair but Nikita blocked it and a brief struggle ensued over the chair. Nikita kicked Jack in the gut and seized control of the chair and tossed it aside. Nikita grabbed Jack and threw Jack back into the ring. Nikita followed and just barely beat the 10-count. Nikita hammered away on Jack and whipped Jack into the corner. Nikita moved in and plowed through Jack with a series of rapid-fire shoulder blocks to the gut. Nikita backed up and charged in on Jack and blasted Jack with a running shoulder block to the gut. Jack slid down to his ass in the corner. Nikita reached down to pull Jack up and Jack poked Nikita in the eye. Nikita staggered off grabbing at his eye. Jack to his feet and clubbed Nikita from behind with a double sledge to the back. Nikita fell forward and his had and arms and head hanging out over the middle rope. Jack backed up and charged over and nailed Nikita with a rope press. Jack repeated the move. Jack then went for the move a third time but Nikita moved and Jack flew through the top and middle rope and crashed to the floor to the delight of the fans. Nikita up and the ref ordered him back and Nikita obliged. Ref started the 10-count. Jack made his way onto the apron. Nikita broke the 10-count and moved in on Jack but Jack dropped back to the floor. Nikita bolted the ring and chased Jack around the ring when Jack suddenly stopped and begged off and started backing up. Jack over by the announcer's table suddenly grabbed a drink off the table and threw it in Nikita's eyes. Nikita can't see and staggered off rubbing his eyes. Ref counting. Jack rolled in and out of the ring to break the count. Jack up behind Nikita, spun Nikita around and nailed Nikita with a swinging neckbreaker on the concrete. Pedicino: My god! This man just looks for ways to reach new levels of insanity! Dundee: Ain't it cool, mate! Jack up and looked out at the crowd with an insane smile on his face. Jack snapped up Nikita and threw Nikita back into the ring. Jack in and stomped Nikita and bodyslammed Nikita. Jack backed up and went for a running elbow smash that connected. Jack for the pin. 1...2... Nikita kicked out. Crowd cheered. Nikita up and Jack violently drove Nikita into the corner and violently bit Nikita's forehead. Jack broke the move at the count of 4. Jack repeated the move with the same result. Nikita staggered out of the corner next to the ropes holding his head. Jack went to whip Nikita into the ropes but Nikita grabbed the top rope and wouldn't budge. Jack kept trying to whip Nikita into the ropes but Nikita would not let go of the ropes. Jack pulled again and Nikita clubbed Jack in the back. Jack stunned. Nikita hammered away on Jack. Nikita whipped Jack into the ropes and caught Jack coming off with a back elbow to the chest. Jack crashed to the mat. Nikita grabbed Jack and hit Jack with a suplex followed by a jumping elbow smash that connected. Nikita for the cover. 1...2...thr... Jack kicked out. Crowd groaned. Nikita up and backed up as Jack made it to his feet. Nikita charged at Jack with his Russian sickle finisher but Jack fell out of thee way and Nikita crashed front-first into the buckles. Loud groan from the crowd. Jack up as Nikita separated himself from the buckles. Nikita turned and walked right into a boot to the gut from Jack. Jack hoisted Nikita up and blasted Nikita with his stump puller piledriver. Jack covered Nikita. 1...2...thr... Nikita got his foot on the bottom rope. Ref patted Jack on the back and Jack got up thinking he'd won. Jack walked around with his fists in the air. Ref yanked Jack's arm down and waved off the pin. Nikita still feeling the effects of the piledriver. Jack grabbed the top rope and put the boots to the downed Nikita. Jack broke the illegal move at the count of 4. Jack snapped Nikita up and slammed Nikita's head into the top buckle. Nikita bounced back and crashed to the mat. Jack quickly out on the apron and mounted the top rope. Nikita up and Jack came off the top buckle with a double sledge to the head try but Nikita drilled Jack in the face with a punch. Jack crashed back against the buckles as the crowd ate it up. Nikita moved in and pummeled Jack with punches and kicks. Jack staggered out of the corner and crashed to the mat. Nikita got ready. Jack slowly up and turned and Nikita charged in and leveled Jack with his Russian sickle finisher. Jack slammed to the mat as the crowd roared. Nikita for the cover and hooked the leg. 1...2...3! Ref called for the bell as the cheers got louder. Nikita up and grabbed at the back of his neck as the ref raised his hand in victory and the program went off the air. WINNER: Nikita - Pinfall - 11:14 END PROGRAM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING SYNDICATED SHOW - DULUTH AUDITORIUM - DULUTH, MN - NOV. 1990 ANNOUNCERS: Jack Reynolds & David Crockett Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Eric Bischoff (# Aired on a previous AWA program. Also highlighted in bold.) (1st Taping) In-studio: Larry Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: TV MAIN EVENT - #1 CONTENDER TOURNAMENT MATCH: Col. DeBeers vs. Don Muraco Pre-match comments from both DeBeers and Muraco AWA DEBUT MATCH: Bobby Jaggers Special announcement about next week's show Wendi Richter is back!!! The Top Guns see action And more!! Nelson sent it to the ring in Dultuh. Barry Windham won a squash match over Jimmy Uso via pinfall with his flying lariat finisher Windham came to the ring down the face aisle to a strong ovation. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Barry Windham, you are really looking good since your debut here in the AWA. You seem like you're on a mission. Barry: I'm always on a mission, Eric. And the main missions in pro wrestling is championships. And the main championship that wrestlers are on a mission to obtain is the World Championship. Eric: You keep wrestling like you just did, Barry, and you should be swimming in championship gold very soon. Barry: Things are looking good right now. But I've got to keep my momentum going. Gotta stay focused and put distractions to the side. This sport is all about foc... Crowd booed as Tully Blanchard and manager Valerie made their way down the heel aisle and stepped into the ring. Tully and Val in street clothes. Eric: Tully Blanchard. Valerie. This is not your... Tully: Put a sock in it, Bischoff. How much are they paying you? Whatever it is is 100 percent too much. Barry: What is it, Tully? Tully: Barry, let's not insult the intelligence of these fans out here like some other promotions do. These people know we have a history together that goes way back. We've had some remarkable battles over the years. Barry: We have. Now get to the point. Tully: Patience, Barry. Patience. I came out here to challenge you to a match. Crowd buzzing. Barry: You want a match with me? When? Tully: I want a match with you; but not in front of these clowns. Let's do it in Sin City, baby. Let's see who the better man is! Barry: I'll wrestle you, Tully. Any time or any place. Eric: You'll have to get the match-making committee involved to see if the match can happen. Tully: Don't worry about that, Mr. Dyed Hair. They won't pass up a chance to put this match together on national TV. Barry: Tully, I just wanted to say something. NWA or AWA, I cannot stand you. Crowd cheered. Barry: I can't wait to stand in the ring with you one more time, pal. Tully: See you in Vegas. Val: Barry, not only are you a great looking guy; you're also a great wrestler. If you ever want to hook up with a winner... give me a call. Val handed Barry her card and she and Tully left the ring as Barry looked on. In-studio: Nelson said Tully vs. Windham promises to be quite the match when they meet. Pic aired of Wendi Richter with the caption: NEXT... BACK IN THE AWA!!! Commercials Wendi Richter won a squash match over Victoria via pinfall with her powerbomb finisher Richter got a strong ovation from the fans who were happy to see her back. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Wendi Richter, welcome back to the AWA. Haven't seen you in a while. Wendi: Eric, it's great to be back in front of these great fans. Fans cheered. Eric: What have you been doing? Wendi: I've been wrestling in Japan and Puerto Rico the last few months. It was a successful tour in both places. A lot of great competition out there in women's wrestling all over the globe. Eric: Now you're back. What can we expect from Wendi here in the AWA? Wendi: You can expect lots and lots of action from Wendi. And, I think everyone knows what I am aiming for. I want another shot at Magnificent Mimi so I can regain that title I lost under shady circumstances almost a year ago. Fans cheered. Eric: Well, I know I would not bet against you in a re-match with Mimi, that's for sure. Wendi Richter is back, everyone! Crowd cheered as Wendi acknowledged the crowd. Pic aired of Bobby Jaggers with the caption: NEXT... THE HANGMAN!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities Bobby Jaggers won a squash match over Orange Cassidy via pinfall with a Polish hammer ( violent double sledge to the chest)* Jaggers was heavily booed coming down the heel aisle. During the match, announcers talked about Jaggers being the man under the mask who screwed with the Trooper for several months before being unmasked by Trooper at SC 5. (* Not Jaggers' actual finisher. Some wrestler movesets have been embellished to give them more than a standard offense.) In-studio: Nelson talked about the brutal finisher by Bobby Jaggers. Said you are entering a danger zone with shots like that in the heart area. Hyped Christmas Chaos on Dec. 11 from the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, MN. Said the show airs live on ESPN starting at 8pm ET/5 pm PT. Split-screen pic aired of DeBeers and Muraco with the caption: NEXT... WORDS BEFORE WAR!!! Commercials In-studio: Nelson intro'd video of pre-match comments from Don Muraco and Col. DeBeers before tonight's main event. VIDEO: Shot of DeBeers in his camo gear holding a mic in front of the AWA logo. DeBeers: It's no secret. I'm not a fan of people like Don Muraco. Why do you even allow them to live in the mainland 48 states of America? Muraco takes up space as far as I am concerned. If you deport people like him you will have a much better country. These people are a nuisance of the highest order. Enjoy your nasty fish head soup. We've wrestled one another before. But the stakes have never been higher. The winner goes to the final of the tournament to decide who will face World Champion Wahoo McDaniel with the belt on the line. This is looking like 'manifest destiny'... for me. What a great and glorious day it would be for our people if I, Col. DeBeers, beat Wahoo and won the World title. The magnificence of it all! Don Muraco, just your presence in most of the United States, you're in my way! You are going down to defeat, Mr. Pineapple Express, at my hands! You cannot stop destiny! Pic flipped and Muraco was standing in front of the AWA logo in street clothes with mic in hand. Muraco: Col. DeBeers! Brother, we are in for a fight tonight! It's gonna be intense enough with a shot at the World Title on the line at Christmas Chaos! But, whenever you're around, the race angle cannot be ignored! I know you hate non-whites! You're a white supremacist of the highest order! But I'm gonna do everything in my power to beat those thoughts of superiority right out of you! This is for a chance to face my tag team partner Wahoo McDaniel for the AWA World Championship! Right now, any hope of getting back together as a team and chasing those tag team titles has to be put on the backburner! When this situation is over, then we'll look at reuniting! But I can't look ahead! I know what a snake in the grass DeBeers is! I will be ready for action! And I'm gonna shove DeBeers' racism right down his throat! END VIDEO Pic aired of the Top Guns with the caption: NEXT... TAKING FLIGHT!!! Pic then flipped to the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... BIG NEWS!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities In-studio: Nelson announced that next week on ASW... the main event would,be the Destruction Crew vs. Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans. Nelson sent it to the ring in Duluth. Top Guns (Ricky Rice & derrick Dukes) won a squash match over Gangrel & Christian when Rice pinned Christian after a double dropkick Guns got a decent ovation coming to the ring. Split-screen pic aired of DeBeers and Muraco with the caption: NEXT... WHO ADVANCES??? Commercials TV MAIN EVENT - #1 CONTENDER TOURNAMENT MATCH: Col. DeBeers vs. Don Muraco DeBeers came down the heel aisle to strong boos. Muraco came down the face aisle to a solid ovation. Ref called for the bell. The two men circled one another and engaged in a collar-and-elbow tie-up. After a brief struggle, Muraco drove DeBeers into the ropes to force a break. Break was clean. As Muraco slowly backed away from DeBeers, DeBeers stunned Muraco with a kick to the gut. DeBeers with a series of elbows to the back of Muraco's neck. DeBeers placed his foot on the top buckle and slammed Muraco's head into his foot. Muraco staggered off DeBeers clubbed Muraco in the back. DeBeers went to whip Muraco into the ropes but Muraco reversed and caught DeBeers coming off with a powerslam. Crowd popped. Muraco for the cover. 1...2... DeBeers kicked out. Muraco snapped up DeBeers, whipped DeBeers into the ropes and caught DeBeers coming off with a high backdrop. DeBeers crashed to the mat and quickly rolled out of the ring and dropped to his feet on the floor. DeBeers walked around on the floor regaining his bearings as the ref counted. DeBeers climbed up on the apron. Muraco moved in on DeBeers and DeBeers leaned through the top and middle rope and caught Muraco with a shoulder block to the gut. DeBeers repeated the move. Muraco stumbled back holding his gut. DeBeers back in the ring and popped Muraco with punches and then nailed Muraco with a bodyslam. DeBeers with a double foot stomp to the head of Muraco. Muraco grabbed his head and rolled over on his side. DeBeers rolled Muraco over on his back and covered Muraco. 1...2... Muraco kicked out. DeBeers popped Muraco in the head a couple of times and then snapped Muraco up and whipped Muraco into the ropes and caught Muraco coming off with a back elbow to the chest. Muraco fell back against the ropes. DeBeers moved in and popped Muraco with a series of stiff forearms to the chest. DeBeers ran Muraco down the ropes and slammed Muraco's head into the top buckle. Muraco spun around in the corner. DeBeers with a series of shoulder blocks to the gut. DeBeers working methodically. DeBeers went to whip Muraco into the opposite buckles but Muraco reversed and Debeers slammed into the buckles and staggered out of the corner and Muraco dropped DeBeers with a clothesline as the crowd popped. DeBeers tried to crawl out of the ring but Muraco grabbed DeBeers by the back of his camo pants and pulled DeBeers to his feet. Muraco drove a series of forearms into DeBeers lower back and then hoisted DeBeers up and nailed DeBeers with a gorilla press slam. Muraco for the cover. 1...2...thr... DeBeers kicked out. Muraco booted DeBeers and snapped DeBeers up and whipped DeBeers into the ropes and looked to catch DeBeers coming off with a clothesline but DeBeers ducked the move and came back and popped Muraco with a flying headbutt. Muraco crashed to the mat. DeBeers slow to get up. Muraco slowly to his feet. DeBeers ran and hit the ropes and came off with a running punch to the head. Muraco stunned. DeBeers quickly rolled Muraco up in a small package for the pin. 1...2... Muraco kicked out. Crowd cheered. Both men up and DeBeers nailed Muraco with a kick to the gut and then suplexed Muraco. DeBeers with a fist drop to Muraco's head. Muraco sat up and DeBeers caught Muraco in a rear chinlock. DeBeers cinched up on the hold but Muraco not submitting. DeBeers rose and drove a knee into Muraco's back. DeBeers snapped up Muraco and went for another suplex but Muraco twice blocked the move and suplexed DeBeers. Both men down. Ref counting. Both men to their feet and DeBeers moved in to hit Muraco with a double sledge to the top of the head but Muraco caught DeBeers with a trio of gut shots. Muraco whipped DeBeers into the buckles. Muraco moved in and nailed Debeers with a series of shoulder blocks to the gu. DeBeers staggered out by the ropes. Muraco clubbed DeBeers from behind. Muraco whipped DeBeers into the opposite buckles. Muraco mounted the middle buckle and started popping DeBeers with head shots as the crowd counted along. DeBeers countered by grabbing Muraco around the waist and running out of the corner and blasting Muraco with a running inverted atomic drop. Muraco crashed to the mat. DeBeers quickly shook out the effects of the match. DeBeers booted Muraco with a series of deliberate stomps. DeBeers snapped Muraco up and threw Muraco through the top and middle rope down to the floor. DeBeers out on the apron jumped off and nailed Muraco with a foot stomp to the gut. DeBeers snapped up Muraco, hoisted him up and dropped him face-first on the ring apron. Muraco crumpled to the floor. Ref counting. DeBeers quickly rolled in and out of the ring to break the count. DeBeers started to pull Muraco to his feet when Muraco caught DeBeers with gut shots. Muraco up and slammed DeBeers' head repeatedly into the ring apron. Ref counting. DeBeers down to a knee. Muraco snapped DeBeers up and threw DeBeers back into the ring. Muraco back in as DeBeers got up. DeBeers tried backing up and begging off but backed himself into the buckles. DeBeers dropped to his knees in the corner. Muraco moved in and hammered DeBeers with head shots. Muraco snapped up DeBeers, whipped DeBeers into the ropes and caught DeBeers coming off with a Samoan drop. Crowd popped. Muraco for the cover. 1...2...3! NO! DeBeers got a shoulder up. Crowd groaned. Muraco snapped up DeBeers and went to whip DeBeers into the ropes but DeBeers reversed and caught Muraco coming off and nailed Muraco with a hot shot. Muraco snapped back and crashed to the mat. DeBeers down as well. DeBeers slow in making the cover. 1...2...thr... Muraco got a shoulder up. Crowd cheered. DeBeers caught Muraco with a head shot, snapped Muraco up and whipped Muraco into the ropes and Muraco came off and both men clotheslined each other to the mat. Both men laid out. Ref counting. Both men slowly to their feet. DeBeers caught Muraco with a kick to the gut followed by an elbow to the top of the head. Muraco stunned. DeBeers whipped Muraco into the ropes and caught Muraco coming off with a back elbow to the chest. Muraco down. DeBeers quick stomped Muraco and went out on the apron and mounted the top buckle. DeBeers turned and said something to some hecklers as Muraco got to his feet. Muraco up, grabbed DeBeers and slammed DeBeers off the top rope. Crowd popped. Muraco for the cover. 1...2.. DeBeers kicked out. Muraco snapped up DeBeers and DeBeers responded with a trio of elbows to the gut. DeBeers then hoisted up Muraco for a suplex but Muraco wriggled free, dropped down behind DeBeers, ran DeBeers into the ropes for a roll-up from behind for the pin. 1...2... DeBeers reached up and grabbed a handful of tights and reversed the pinning move. DeBeers held onto the tights. 1...2...3! Ref called for the bell as the fans booed. DeBeers stood and the ref raised his hand in victory. Muraco up and charged at DeBeers and swung wildly and missed and DeBeers quickly scurried out on the apron. Muraco went to grab DeBeers but Debeers quickly dropped to the floor. DeBeers backing up the heel aisle with a smile on his face as an angry Muraco looked on from the ring as the program ended. WINNER: DeBeers - Pinfall - 8:57 END PROGRAM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted May 7 Author Share Posted May 7 AWA WRESTLING ON ESPN - SHOWBOAT SPORTS PAVILION - LAS VEGAS, NV - NOVEMBER 1990 Announcers: Joe Pedicino & Bill Dundee Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Larry Nelson (# Aired on a previous AWA program.) (2nd Taping) Show Intro In-studio: Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: #1 Contender Tournament Final: Col. DeBeers vs. Nikita Koloff A look at last week's confrontation between Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham PLUS! a message from AWA promoter Jim Crockett A look at how DeBeers and Koloff reached the final 'Big' Reggie Bennett wrestles Christmas Chaos report The AWA on ESPN wrestling debut of Bobby Jaggers And more!!! Nelson sent it to the ring in Vegas. Jonnie Stewart won a squash match over HHH via pinfall with his flying elbow smash off the top rope finisher Stewart was roundly booed coming to the ring. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Nelson: Jonnie Stewart, it's fitting we're in Vegas because you've been on quite a hot streak lately. Stewart: Nelson, winning in Vegas is based on Lady Luck! I'm the last wrestler who needs luck because I'm the 'Wrestler of the '90s'! Crowd booed. Stewart: Luck is not in the cards for me, daddy-o, because I am that good! I can beat any wrestler in the world on my excellent ring skills alone! I am a wrestling prodigy! I was born to do this! And things are all starting to fall into place for me! When I'm on, I am unstoppable inside these ropes! My march to the top continues! Very soon, you will see gold around the waist of the 'Wrestler of the '90s'! This decade is mine! I own it! That's not a boast! That's a fact and you people need to face that reality! More boos. Nelson: Jonnie Stewart, everybody! Video aired from the Nikita-Cactus #1 Contender match with the caption: NEXT... NIKITA & DEBEERS ADVANCE!!! Commercials In-studio: Nelson intro'd footage from the end of last week's tournament match between Nikita Koloff and Cactus Jack. VIDEO: # Nikita grabbed Jack and hit Jack with a suplex followed by a jumping elbow smash that connected. Nikita for the cover. 1...2...thr... Jack kicked out. Crowd groaned. Nikita up and backed up as Jack made it to his feet. Nikita charged at Jack with his Russian sickle finisher but Jack fell out of the way and Nikita crashed front-first into the buckles. Loud groan from the crowd. Jack up as Nikita separated himself from the buckles. Nikita turned and walked right into a boot to the gut from Jack. Jack hoisted Nikita up and blasted Nikita with his stump puller piledriver. Jack covered Nikita. 1...2...thr... Nikita got his foot on the bottom rope. Ref patted Jack on the back and Jack got up thinking he'd won. Jack walked around with his fists in the air. Ref yanked Jack's arm down and waved off the pin. Nikita still feeling the effects of the piledriver. Jack grabbed the top rope and put the boots to the downed Nikita. Jack broke the illegal move at the count of 4. Jack snapped Nikita up and slammed Nikita's head into the top buckle. Nikita bounced back and crashed to the mat. Jack quickly out on the apron and mounted the top rope. Nikita up and Jack came off the top buckle with a double sledge to the head try but Nikita drilled Jack in the face with a punch. Jack crashed back against the buckles as the crowd ate it up. Nikita moved in and pummeled Jack with punches and kicks. Jack staggered out of the corner and crashed to the mat. Nikita got ready. Jack slowly up and turned and Nikita charged in and leveled Jack with his Russian sickle finisher. Jack slammed to the mat as the crowd roared. Nikita for the cover and hooked the leg. 1...2...3! Ref called for the bell as the cheers got louder. END VIDEO In-studio: Nelson then intro'd video of the end of DeBeers-Muraco on last week's All-Star Wrestling. # DeBeers started to pull Muraco to his feet when Muraco caught DeBeers with gut shots. Muraco up and slammed DeBeers' head repeatedly into the ring apron. Ref counting. DeBeers down to a knee. Muraco snapped DeBeers up and threw DeBeers back into the ring. Muraco back in as DeBeers got up. DeBeers tried backing up and begging off but backed himself into the buckles. DeBeers dropped to his knees in the corner. Muraco moved in and hammered DeBeers with head shots. Muraco snapped up DeBeers, whipped DeBeers into the ropes and caught DeBeers coming off with a Samoan drop. Crowd popped. Muraco for the cover. 1...2...3! NO! DeBeers got a shoulder up. Crowd groaned. Muraco snapped up DeBeers and went to whip DeBeers into the ropes but DeBeers reversed and caught Muraco coming off and nailed Muraco with a hot shot. Muraco snapped back and crashed to the mat. DeBeers down as well. DeBeers slow in making the cover. 1...2...thr... Muraco got a shoulder up. Crowd cheered. DeBeers caught Muraco with a head shot, snapped Muraco up and whipped Muraco into the ropes and Muraco came off and both men clotheslined each other to the mat. Both men laid out. Ref counting. Both men slowly to their feet. DeBeers caught Muraco with a kick to the gut followed by an elbow to the top of the head. Muraco stunned. DeBeers whipped Muraco into the ropes and caught Muraco coming off with a back elbow to the chest. Muraco down. DeBeers quick stomped Muraco and went out on the apron and mounted the top buckle. DeBeers turned and said something to some hecklers as Muraco got to his feet. Muraco up, grabbed DeBeers and slammed DeBeers off the top rope. Crowd popped. Muraco for the cover. 1...2.. DeBeers kicked out. Muraco snapped up DeBeers and DeBeers responded with a trio of elbows to the gut. DeBeers then hoisted up Muraco for a suplex but Muraco wriggled free, dropped down behind DeBeers, ran DeBeers into the ropes for a roll-up from behind for the pin. 1...2... DeBeers reached up and grabbed a handful of tights and reversed the pinning move. DeBeers held onto the tights. 1...2...3! Ref called for the bell as the fans booed. DeBeers stood and the ref raised his hand in victory. Muraco up and charged at DeBeers and swung wildly and missed and DeBeers quickly scurried out on the apron. Muraco went to grab DeBeers but DeBeers quickly dropped to the floor. DeBeers backing up the heel aisle with a smile on his face as an angry Muraco looked on. Nelson hyped the main event for later in the program.. Pic aired of Bobby Jaggers with the caption: NEXT... JAGGERS' DEBUT!!! Commercials/AWA Tour Updates Bobby Jaggers won a squash match over Reno Riggins with his Polish Hammer (violent double sledge to the chest) finisher Jaggers was strongly booed coming to the ring. Pic aired of the Christmas Chaos logo with the caption: NEXT... CHAOS REPORT!!! Pic flipped to Reggie Bennett with the caption: ALSO... POWERHOUSE REG!!! Commercials CHRISTMAS CHAOS REPORT In-studio: Larry Nelson was seated at the studio desk in front of the AWA logo. Nelson: Welcome to the first Christmas Chaos Update. I'm Larry Nelson. Christamas Chaos will be taking place on Tuesday, DeCember 11th, the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bell time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Tickets go on sale Saturday, November 17th, at 10am Central Time. For tickets, contact Ticket Master or call the St. Paul Civic Center at 1 (651) 555-3891 or visit the Civic Center box office. The show will also be airing live on ESPN. Christmas Chaos promises to be a big show. This week, we've got the final for the #1 Contender Tournament between Col. DeBeers and Nikita Koloff. The winner of the match will square off against AWA World Champion Wahoo McDaniel for the title. So, we'll know tonight what our main event will be at Christmas Chaos. We'll have more new about Christmas Chaos next week on the Christmas Chaos Reporrt. In-studio: Nelson sent it back to the ring in Vegas. 'Big' Reggie Bennett won a squash match over Sable via submission with he split-leg rear chinlock finisher Bennett got a good ovation coming to the ring. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... TULLY & BARRY!!! Commercials In-studio: Nelson intro'd footage from last week's ASW of the confrontation between two long-time rivals Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham. VIDEO: # Eric: You keep wrestling like you just did, Barry, and you should be swimming in championship gold very soon. Barry: Things are looking good right now. But I've got to keep my momentum going. Gotta stay focused and put distractions to the side. This sport is all about foc... Crowd booed as Tully Blanchard and manager Valerie made their way down the heel aisle and stepped into the ring. Tully and Val in street clothes. Eric: Tully Blanchard. Valerie. This is not your... Tully: Put a sock in it, Bischoff. How much are they paying you? Whatever it is is 100 percent too much. Barry: What is it, Tully? Tully: Barry, let's not insult the intelligence of these fans out here like some other promotions do. These people know we have a history together that goes way back. We've had some remarkable battles over the years. Barry: We have. Now get to the point. Tully: Patience, Barry. Patience. I came out here to challenge you to a match. Crowd buzzing. Barry: You want a match with me? When? Tully: I want a match with you; but not in front of these clowns. Let's do it in Sin City, baby. Let's see who the better man is! Barry: I'll wrestle you, Tully. Any time or any place. Eric: You'll have to get the match-making committee involved to see if the match can happen. Tully: Don't worry about that, Mr. Dyed Hair. They won't pass up a chance to put this match together on national TV. Barry: Tully, I just wanted to say something. NWA or AWA, I cannot stand you. Crowd cheered. Barry: I can't wait to stand in the ring with you one more time, pal. Tully: See you in Vegas. Val: Barry, not only are you a great looking guy; you're also a great wrestler. If you ever want to hook up with a winner... give me a call. Val handed Barry her card and she and Tully left the ring as Barry looked on. END VIDEO In-studio: Nelson intro'd a message from Jim Crockett. VIDEO: Crockett was seated behind his desk. Crockett: Hello. Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham go way back to their days in the NWA when I was the promoter there. Now, it appears an old rivalry is about to be re-kindled. Tully Blanchard has challenged Barry Windham to a match here in the AWA. So next week, right here on AWA on ESPN, our main event will be Barry Windham vs. Tully Blanchard. Should be a great match. See you then. END VIDEO Split-screen pic aired of Col. DeBeers and Nikita Koloff with the caption: NEXT... THE FINAL!!! Commercials TV MAIN EVENT - #1 CONTENDER TOURNAMENT FINAL: Col. DeBeers vs. Nikita Koloff DeBeers came down the heel aisle to a strong negative crowd reaction. Nikita came to the ring down the face aisle to a strong positive reaction. Announcers discussed their first meeting at SC 5 which was won by Koloff. Ref called for the bell. DeBeers and Nikita came out of the corners and circled one another and engaged in a collar-and-elbow tie-up. After a brief struggle, DeBeers gained the upper hand and caught Nikta in a side headlock. DeBeers worked over the side headlock. Nikita shoved DeBeers off into the ropes and raised his arm to catch DeBeers coming off with his Russian sickle finisher. DeBeers grabbed the top rope and climbed out on the apron. Nikita moved on DeBeers and DeBeers dropped to the floor. Ref struggled to keep Nikita from leaving the ring but was finally able to get Nikita to step back. Ref started the 10-count. Count grew as DeBeers finally climbed back into the ring. Nikita moved on DeBeers and DeBeers feigned leaving the ring and charging over and tackling Nikita to the mat. DeBeers hammered away on the stunned Nikita with punches and then Nikita nailed DeBeers with a knee to the side of the ribs and gained the upper hand and started hammering DeBeers with punches as the crowd cheered. Ref trying to separate the warring pair as they started rolling around on the mat belting each other. The two separated and the ref was able to keep them apart as they got to their feet. Nikita then charged over and jumped on DeBeers and started pounding him again to more crowd approval. DeBeers fought back and now the violent slugfest was on again. Nikita finally drove DeBeers into the corner and caught DeBeers with a series of rapid-fire knees to the gut. Nikita then hit DeBeers with a biel throw. DeBeers crashed to the mat. Nikita stood back as DeBeers got to his feet. Nikita tried to sickle DeBeers a second time but DeBeers dropped down and caught Nikita with a leg dive takedown. DeBeers locked the downed Nikita in a rear chinlock. DeBeers worked over the hold but Nikita not giving up. DeBeers released the hold and slapped Nikita across the back of his bald head. DeBeers snapped Nikita up and went to suplex Nikita but Nikita twice blocked the move and hit DeBeers with a suplex of his own. Both men down a few seconds and got to their feet. DeBeers went to kick Nikita in the gut but Nikita caught DeBeers by the foot. DeBeers tried to beg off but Nikita dropped to knee and drove a forearm into the underside of DeBeers' knee area and DeBeers crumpled to the mat. Nikita held the leg and dropped down and worked DeBeers' leg and foot. DeBeers in great pain but refusing to quit. DeBeers struggled in the hold and then broke it by clubbing Nikita in the top of the head with his fist. Nikita lost his grip on the hold. Both men to their feet and DeBeers nailed Nikita with a head shot. DeBeers picked up Nikita and bodyslammed the Russian. DeBeers with a foot stomp to Nikita's head. DeBeers dropped an elbow on Nikita and went for the cover. 1...2... Nikita kicked out. Both men up and DeBeers grabbed Nikita in a front facelock and worked over the hold. Ref checking to make sure it's not a choke. DeBeers cinched up on the hold and Nikita responded by driving DeBeers back-first into the buckles. DeBeers lost his grip on the hold. Nikita hit DeBeers with a series of shoulder blocks to the gut. DeBeers walking gingerly next to the ropes. Nikita started clubbing away on DeBeers, whipped DeBeers into the ropes and caught DeBeers coming off in a bearhug. DeBeers in great pain. Nikita tightened up on the hold. DeBeers not giving in. DeBeers then clapped the sides of Nikita's head twice and freed himself from the hold. DeBeers eye poked Nikita. Ref reprimanded DeBeers. DeBeers clubbed Nikita with a forearm to the back. DeBeers leaned Nikita against the ropes and blasted Nikita with a series of forearms to the chest. DeBeers whipped Ni8kita into the ropes and caught Nikita coming off with a back elbow to the chest. Nikita staggered. DeBeers ran and hit the ropes and came back and popped Nikita with a running punch to the head. DeBeers then went to hoist Nikita up for his face-first piledriver finisher but Nikita blocked the move and backdropped DeBeers to the mat. Nikita briefly shook out the effects of the match. DeBeers up and Nikita moved in and the pair engaged in another wild punch exchange. DeBeers gained the upper hand and went to whip Nikita into the corner but Nikita reversed and sent DeBeers into the buckles. Nikita charged in wildly on DeBeers but DeBeers moved and Nikita slammed into the top buckle and was hanging half-way out of the ring over the top rope. DeBeers grabbed Nikita and pulled him off the top rope. DeBeers spun Nikita around and suplexed Nikita and nailed Nikita with a knee drop to the head. DeBeers for the cover. 1...2... Nikita kicked out. Crowd cheered. DeBeers caught Nikita with a head shot and drove a knee into Nikita's ribs. DeBeers snapped Nikita up and went to whip Nikita into the ropes but Nikita reversed and caught DeBeers coming off with... Pedicino: RUSSIAN SICKLE! RUSSIAN SICKLE! DeBeers fell back and crashed into the ref. Ref crashed to the mat by the ropes. DeBeers flatlined. Crowd exploded. Koloff, instead of pinning DeBeers, went over and started shaking the ref to help him regain his senses. DeBeers started moving in the ring. Koloff grabbed DeBeers as the ref was getting up. Koloff started to hoist DeBeers up for a suplex and the back of DeBeers' foot clipped the ref in the face and the ref went back down again facing the crowd. Koloff completed the suplex. Koloff saw the ref down again and went over and tried to shake the ref out of his fog. DeBeers managed to recover enough and crawl over behind Koloff and low-blow Koloff. Koloff crashed down on his side. Crowd buzzing. DeBeers grabbed Nikita, hoisted him up and nailed Nikita with his face-first piledriver finisher. DeBeers rolled Nikita over and the shaky ref crawled over. DeBeers covered Nikita. 1.....2.....3! Groggy ref called for the bell. Fans not happy. Some trash thrown at the ring. DeBeers slowly to his feet looking out at the angry mob. Groggy ref to his feet and raised DeBeers' hand in victory. Shot of a hurt Nikita laying on the mat. Pedicino: Wahoo will be defending the AWA World Title at Christmas Chaos against Col. DeBeers! Dundee: Gonna be one helluva match, mate! Shot of DeBeers leaving the ring as the program ended. WINNER: DeBeers - Pinfall - 11:28 END PROGRAM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING SYNDICATED SHOW - DULUTH AUDITORIUM - DULUTH, MN - NOV. 1990 Announcers: Jack Reynolds & David Crockett Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Eric Bischoff (# Aired on a previous AWA program. Also highlighted in bold.) (2nd Taping) In-studio: Larry Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: TV MAIN EVENT: Destruction Crew vs. Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans A look back at the first two matches from the #1 Contender Tournament with the winner of the tournament moving on to face Wahoo McDaniel for the World Title at Christmas Chaos AWA Women's World Champion Magnificent Mimi sees action The Grappler & Rip Oliver wrestle A look back at Tully Blanchard confronting Barry Windham on last week's program PLUS! comments from AWA promoter Jim Crockett The Trooper laces 'em up Christmas Chaos Report And more! Nelson sent it to the ring in Duluth. NON-TITLE: Scott Norton & Billy Jack Haynes (WTTC) def. Barry Horowitz & Jeff Gaylord when Haynes forced Gaylord to submit to the full nelson Haynes and Norton got a strong ovation coming down the face aisle. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Scott Norton and Billy Jack Haynes, you two have been dazzling fans all over AWA country and quickly asserting yourselves as a formidable pair of World Tag Team Champions. Haynes: Championships are what the sport is all about, Eric. Scott and I take our responsibility very seriously to go out to the ring and fight hard to retain these belts. Norton: Eric, the fans you see sitting out here in this arena are what drives us. When we put these titles on the line, we are fighting not only for ourselves but them as well. Crowd cheered. Haynes: There are a lot of great teams here in the AWA who are deserving challengers. And at the top of that list are the former champs the Destruction Crew. They were the champions for 18 months. That's quite an accomplishment. We know they're determined to win the tag titles again. But know this. They're gonna be in for one heckuva fight. Bloom and Enos are gonna have to bring their A-game to defeat us. Norton: We know what the Destruction Crew is capable of. They're a tough team and proved that with their run as tag team champions. But we were the team that took them down and ended their year-and-a-half reign. So Destruction Crew, you want these belts back? Come and pry them from our hands! Crowd cheered. Eric: They are the World Tag team Champions Billy Jack Haynes and Scott Norton! Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... WHO ADVANCED??? Commercials In-studio: Nelson intro'd footage from the end of last week's tournament match between Nikita Koloff and Cactus Jack. VIDEO: # Nikita grabbed Jack and hit Jack with a suplex followed by a jumping elbow smash that connected. Nikita for the cover. 1...2...thr... Jack kicked out. Crowd groaned. Nikita up and backed up as Jack made it to his feet. Nikita charged at Jack with his Russian sickle finisher but Jack fell out of the way and Nikita crashed front-first into the buckles. Loud groan from the crowd. Jack up as Nikita separated himself from the buckles. Nikita turned and walked right into a boot to the gut from Jack. Jack hoisted Nikita up and blasted Nikita with his stump puller piledriver. Jack covered Nikita. 1...2...thr... Nikita got his foot on the bottom rope. Ref patted Jack on the back and Jack got up thinking he'd won. Jack walked around with his fists in the air. Ref yanked Jack's arm down and waved off the pin. Nikita still feeling the effects of the piledriver. Jack grabbed the top rope and put the boots to the downed Nikita. Jack broke the illegal move at the count of 4. Jack snapped Nikita up and slammed Nikita's head into the top buckle. Nikita bounced back and crashed to the mat. Jack quickly out on the apron and mounted the top rope. Nikita up and Jack came off the top buckle with a double sledge to the head try but Nikita drilled Jack in the face with a punch. Jack crashed back against the buckles as the crowd ate it up. Nikita moved in and pummeled Jack with punches and kicks. Jack staggered out of the corner and crashed to the mat. Nikita got ready. Jack slowly up and turned and Nikita charged in and leveled Jack with his Russian sickle finisher. Jack slammed to the mat as the crowd roared. Nikita for the cover and hooked the leg. 1...2...3! Ref called for the bell as the cheers got louder. END VIDEO In-studio: Nelson then intro'd video of the end of DeBeers-Muraco on last week's All-Star Wrestling. # DeBeers started to pull Muraco to his feet when Muraco caught DeBeers with gut shots. Muraco up and slammed DeBeers' head repeatedly into the ring apron. Ref counting. DeBeers down to a knee. Muraco snapped DeBeers up and threw DeBeers back into the ring. Muraco back in as DeBeers got up. DeBeers tried backing up and begging off but backed himself into the buckles. DeBeers dropped to his knees in the corner. Muraco moved in and hammered DeBeers with head shots. Muraco snapped up DeBeers, whipped DeBeers into the ropes and caught DeBeers coming off with a Samoan drop. Crowd popped. Muraco for the cover. 1...2...3! NO! DeBeers got a shoulder up. Crowd groaned. Muraco snapped up DeBeers and went to whip DeBeers into the ropes but DeBeers reversed and caught Muraco coming off and nailed Muraco with a hot shot. Muraco snapped back and crashed to the mat. DeBeers down as well. DeBeers slow in making the cover. 1...2...thr... Muraco got a shoulder up. Crowd cheered. DeBeers caught Muraco with a head shot, snapped Muraco up and whipped Muraco into the ropes and Muraco came off and both men clotheslined each other to the mat. Both men laid out. Ref counting. Both men slowly to their feet. DeBeers caught Muraco with a kick to the gut followed by an elbow to the top of the head. Muraco stunned. DeBeers whipped Muraco into the ropes and caught Muraco coming off with a back elbow to the chest. Muraco down. DeBeers quick stomped Muraco and went out on the apron and mounted the top buckle. DeBeers turned and said something to some hecklers as Muraco got to his feet. Muraco up, grabbed DeBeers and slammed DeBeers off the top rope. Crowd popped. Muraco for the cover. 1...2.. DeBeers kicked out. Muraco snapped up DeBeers and DeBeers responded with a trio of elbows to the gut. DeBeers then hoisted up Muraco for a suplex but Muraco wriggled free, dropped down behind DeBeers, ran DeBeers into the ropes for a roll-up from behind for the pin. 1...2... DeBeers reached up and grabbed a handful of tights and reversed the pinning move. DeBeers held onto the tights. 1...2...3! Ref called for the bell as the fans booed. DeBeers stood and the ref raised his hand in victory. Muraco up and charged at DeBeers and swung wildly and missed and DeBeers quickly scurried out on the apron. Muraco went to grab DeBeers but DeBeers quickly dropped to the floor. DeBeers backing up the heel aisle with a smile on his face as an angry Muraco looked on. In-studio: Nelson said they'd have highlights of the DeBeers-Koloff final next week on ASW. Pic aired of The Trooper with the caption: NEXT... THE TROOPER!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities The Trooper won a squash match over Ken Wayne via pinfall with his flying shoulder tackle finisher Trooper got a strong ovation coming down the face aisle and handed out souvenir speeding tickets to the fans. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Trooper, what a match you had with Greg Valentine for the Pro Wrestling Heritage Championship recently. You came within an eyelash of beating Valentine and winning the belt. Trooper: I just ran out of time, Eric. I had Valentine on the verge of defeat and the bell rang. So, I'll say this. Greg Valentine. Let's dance again, son. Crowd cheered. Trooper: Put that title on the line against me one more time. And this time, let's have a 60-minute time-limit! More cheers. Trooper: No more TV time-limits, Hammer! A full hour between me and you! I've proven I can beat you! I just need a little more time to accomplish the goal! Eric: What's your take on Bobby Jaggers saying that you arrested him one time, mistreated him and hauled him off to jail? Trooper: I try to uphold the law honorably, Eric. I've never violated anyone's civil rights in the line of duty. If I arrested Jaggers then it would have been for a good reason and I would have followed standard police procedures in dealing with the suspect. Jaggers showed his true character when he donned a mask and kept attacking me and costing me matches. He should have just faced me man-to-man and we could have discussed the situation in a peaceful manner. Eric: Are you concerned he might try something else? Trooper: There's always that chance. And I will respond accordingly if I have to. Eric: That was the Trooper. Crowd cheered. Pic aired of the Christmas Chaos logo with the caption: NEXT... FIRST REPORT!!! Pic flipped and showed the Grappler and Rip Oliver with the caption: ALSO... NORTHWEST POWER!!! Commercials CHRISTMAS CHAOS REPORT In-studio: Larry Nelson was seated at the studio desk in front of the AWA logo. # Nelson: Welcome to the first Christmas Chaos Update. I'm Larry Nelson. Christmas Chaos will be taking place on Tuesday, December 11th, at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bell time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Tickets go on sale Saturday, November 17th, at 10am Central Time. For tickets, contact Ticket Master or call the St. Paul Civic Center at (651) 555-3891 or visit the Civic Center box office. The show will also be airing live on ESPN. Christmas Chaos promises to be a big show. This week, we've got the final for the #1 Contender Tournament between Col. DeBeers and Nikita Koloff airing on AWA on ESPN. The winner faces Wahoo McDaniel for the AWA World Title at Christmas Chaos. We'll have more news about Christmas Chaos next week on the Christmas Chaos Reporrt. END VIDEO In-studio: Nelson hyped CC. Nelson then sent it back to the ring in Las Vegas. Rip Oliver & The Grappler won a squash match over Chad Gable and Otis when Grappler pinned Otis with a boot kick to the gut after tapping his toe into the mat three times. Oliver and Grappler were loudly booed coming to the ring. Announcers played up them coming from the Pacific Northwest to the AWA. POST-MATCH: Grappler ripped the mic out of Bischoff's hand. Grappler: I've told you people before that we're here for a reason from the Pacific Northwest! If you can't figure it out, well, then maybe you should take the short yellow bus to school or park in a mentally handicapped spot! The Old Man in Portland is the driving force behind why we're here! That's all I'm gonna say! Oliver took the mic. Rip: Ever picked jam out of your toes and sniffed it?! You people all smell like toe jam! Duluth, Minnesota! Home of the toe jam smellers! You may not know why we're here right now! But one day you will! And you're not gonna like it! Go home and bathe for the next 10, 20 hours! More boos as Oliver shoved the mic in Bischoff's chest and he and Grap left the ring and headed back up the heel aisle. Pic aired of Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham with the caption: NEXT... CONFRONTATION! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities In-studio: Nelson intro'd footage from last week's ASW of the confrontation between two long-time rivals Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham. VIDEO: # Eric: You keep wrestling like you just did, Barry, and you should be swimming in championship gold very soon. Barry: Things are looking good right now. But I've got to keep my momentum going. Gotta stay focused and put distractions to the side. This sport is all about foc... Crowd booed as Tully Blanchard and manager Valerie made their way down the heel aisle and stepped into the ring. Tully and Val in street clothes. Eric: Tully Blanchard. Valerie. This is not your... Tully: Put a sock in it, Bischoff. How much are they paying you? Whatever it is is 100 percent too much. Barry: What is it, Tully? Tully: Barry, let's not insult the intelligence of these fans out here like some other promotions do. These people know we have a history together that goes way back. We've had some remarkable battles over the years. Barry: We have. Now get to the point. Tully: Patience, Barry. Patience. I came out here to challenge you to a match. Crowd buzzing. Barry: You want a match with me? When? Tully: I want a match with you; but not in front of these clowns. Let's do it in Sin City, baby. Let's see who the better man is! Barry: I'll wrestle you, Tully. Any time or any place. Eric: You'll have to get the match-making committee involved to see if the match can happen. Tully: Don't worry about that, Mr. Dyed Hair. They won't pass up a chance to put this match together on national TV. Barry: Tully, I just wanted to say something. NWA or AWA, I cannot stand you. Crowd cheered. Barry: I can't wait to stand in the ring with you one more time, pal. Tully: See you in Vegas. Val: Barry, not only are you a great looking guy; you're also a great wrestler. If you ever want to hook up with a winner... give me a call. Val handed Barry her card and she and Tully left the ring as Barry looked on. END VIDEO In-studio: Nelson intro'd a message from Jim Crockett. VIDEO: Crockett was seated behind his desk. # Crockett: Hello. Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham go way back to their days in the NWA when I was the promoter there. Now, it appears an old rivalry is about to be re-kindled. Tully Blanchard has challenged Barry Windham to a match here in the AWA. So next week, on AWA on ESPN, our main event will be Barry Windham vs. Tully Blanchard. Should be a great match. See you then. END VIDEO Pic aired of Magnificent MImi with the caption: NEXT... THE QUEEN!!! Commercials NON-TITLE: Magnificent MImi (WC - w/ Valerie) won a squash match over Bianca Belair with her sitout powerbomb finisher Mimi and Val came down the heel aisle to strong boos. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Mimi, you have two women breathing down your neck for the Women's Championship right now. They are Reggie Bennett and Tina Moretti. Mimi: They may be laying their stinky breath on the back of my neck. But they aren't taking this baby away from me. And I wanted to say something. November marks my one-year anniversary as the Women's Champion! So, we're gonna have big celebration on television in a couple of weeks! Val: Mimi, you deserve a big party for what you've accomplished, gal! As they say in Ireland, it's gonna be a mighty party! And you are invited to celebrate from a distance! Do not get near the champ nor myself! Reggie Bennett and Tina Moretti are invited, too! They can watch in envy as we celebrate the one-year reign of the Magnificent MImi! She is the epitome of girl power! Eric: Sounds like a celebration is coming soon for Mimi being the champ... Val: And Tully is gonna make a special appearance at the party! Mimi: The news gets better and better! Tully's a super hunk! Eric: You just heard from the Women's Champ Magnificent Mimi and her manager Valerie. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... THE MAIN EVENT!!! Commercials TV MAIN EVENT: Destruction Crew vs. Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans Destruction Crew came to the ring first down the heel aisle to strong boos. Announcers talked up the 18-mointh run they had as champions. Patera and Rheingans came down the face aisle to a decent ovation. As the two teams were in the ring preparing for the match, Valerie made her way down the heel aisle. Tully Blanchard, in street clothes, was with her. Pair was largely booed. Val climbed into the ring and Bischoff walked up to her. She was holding a clipboard. Val: Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans. I hold in my hand a contract. If you two sign it and become part of the stable I'm building, I guarantee you more money than you've ever dreamed of and another reign as the World Tag Team Champions. What do you say, boys? Patera walked over and grabbed the clipboard out of Val's hand. Tully wanted to go at Patera but Val kept him at bay. Patera briefly looked over the contract and took the pen off the clipboard. Reynolds: Is he gonna sign up to wrestle for Valerie? Crockett: Don't do it, Ken! Don't sign your life away to that woman! Ken looked at Val and Tully and smiled. Brad was puzzled. Ken feigned he was gonna sign the contract and then suddenlt slammed it on the mat and stomped up and down on it to the delight of the crowd. Val and Tully shocked. Patera picked up the contract and handed it back to Valerie. Ken: Has it sunk in yet, Valerie?! You shove that contract in my face again and Tully gets it right over the skull! Crowd popped as Tully quickly removed his sport coat and was ready to fight but Valerie kept him at bay. Val quickly picked up the contract off the mat and she and Tully left the ring and headed back up the heel aisle. Announcers said this was a match for positioning in the tag team rankings. Ref called for the bell Good, power-based match between these two teams. Tests of strength. Collar-and-elbow struggles. Power moves. Close calls for each team but the two teams managed to escape defeat. End of the match saw Patera and Bloom the legal men in the ring. They battled back-and-forth and Patera gained the upper hand and whipped Bloom into the ropes and caught Bloom coming off with a clothesline. Bloom crashed to the mat. Crowd popped. Patera circled around behind Bloom as Bloom made it to his feet in shaky fashion. Enos hit the ring and blasted Patera from behind with a forearm to the back. Patera stumbled forward and slammed into Bloom and Bloom knocked heads with Rheingans, who was out on the apron. Rheingans crashed to the floor. Enos back to his corner. Patera went to grab Bloom from behind but Bloom caught Patera with an elbow strike to the side of the head. Bloom whipped Patera into the ropes and caught Patera coming off with a powerslam. Bloom up and tagged in Enos. Enos in and snapped Ken up and hoisted Patera up on his shoulders. Brad recovering on the floor. Bloom came off with the Wrecking Ball (Doomsday Device) finisher. Enos covered Patera. An unsteady Brad back on the apron. 1...2... Foggy Brad suddenly realized what was going on and started to climb in the ring to break up the pin. ...3! Ref called for the bell as most of the crowd booed. Enos up and Bloom came in and the ref raised both men's hands victoriously. The victors then left the ring. Patera got to his feet as Brad was still a little woozy. Patera got in Brad's face about not breaking up the pin attempt by Enos. Brad gestured he was still feeling the effects of knocking heads with Bloom. The two had words and suddenly Brad pushed Ken. Crowd buzzing. Patera got right in Brad's face and the two were jawing at each other as the program went off the air. WINNER: Destruction Crew - Pinfall - 6:34 END PROGRAM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 NOVEMBER 1990 AWA HQ- ST. LOUIS PARK, MN Bill Watts, Jim crockett and Eric Bischoff were sitting in Crockett's office. Jim: Eric, the reason we called this meeting is because Bill has an idea he wants to pitch to both of us. Watts: Thanks, Jim. I was thinking that we should move the AWA ESPN TV tapings out of Vegas two or three times next year. Jim: Interesting. Got any towns in mind? Watts: I was thinking we should shoot for April and the Lawlor Events Center in Reno. Eric: If I can say something. I've been in that arena and it's pretty big. Like 10 to 12,000 seats. Watts: Simple fix for that. We cut the arena in half. We hang a large black or blue drape across the middle of the arena and block off all those seats. That would give us, what? 5,000 or 6,000 seats, right? They don't get much wrestling in Reno. I think going there for a TV taping would be a big deal for them. We could draw some serious money. Jim: Eric, go ahead and look into booking the Lawlor Events Center for late March or early April. Eric: Will do. Jim: What about the Winter Warfare special in February? Any ideas on that? Watts: I was thinking a small arena for that show. Jim: How small? Watts: Around 3 to 5,000 seats. Eric, could you try and find an arena in a warm weather locale like southern California. Somewhere near Los Angeles. Eric: Sure. Watts: This just seems like a show placed in a dead zone time of the year. If we can fill a small arena, it will look good on TV. Make the AWA seem more popular than it really is at the moment. Eric, get to work, son. Eric: Will do. Eric left the office and closed the door behind him. Watts: This new TV deal is really good for us. Two specials on ESPN. We're gonna air three live episodes of our weekly ESPN show. Throw in two pay-per-views and it's really looking good Jim: The new time-slot is much better, too. Watts: That will help us because it's more stable. People will always know when to tune us in. Jim: The money from the ESPN deal could also help with luring other talent to the company. Watts: Since we move to Vegas early next year, that will also help lure wrestlers to the AWA who wish to avoid an arctic place like Minnesota. Jim: It's like we're hitting three sevens every time we pull the lever on the slot machine right now. I truly believe '91 is when we start competing with Vince. We'll be back in the big time. Watts: '91 should be the year we really start gaining a head of steam in attendance and revenue. But if we don't... we might have to re-consider everything. Was '91 truly a make or break year for the AWA? END PROGRAM 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 AWA WRESTLING ON ESPN - SHOWBOAT SPORTS PAVILION - LAS VEGAS, NV - NOVEMBER 1990 Announcers: Joe Pedicino & Bill Dundee Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Larry Nelson (# Aired on a previous AWA program. Also now highlighted in bold.) (3rd Taping) Show Intro In-studio: Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: TV MAIN EVENT: Tully Blanchard vs. Barry Windham Comments from World Champion Wahoo McDaniel and challenger Col. DeBeers as they prepare for their title clash at Christmas Chaos (Interviews on the CC Report.) Another Christmas Chaos Report Tina Moretti sees action A special announcement from Valerie A look at the end of the Destruction Crew vs. Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans.match on last week's ASW program. Manny Fernandez laces 'em up And more!!! Nelson sent it to the ring in Las Vegas. Shot of a stretcher at ringside. Kokina Maximus won a squash match over Vernon Deaton via pinfall with his Bonzai Drop (butt drop to the chest finisher) Kokina, Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey and the Masked Doc were strongly booed coming to the ring down the heel aisle. Typical Kokina domination. Punishing his opponent before finishing him off. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW (Masked Doc checking on Vernon Deaton in the background): Nelson: Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey, Kokina continues his rampage of destruction through the AWA. Do you thiink there's anyone out there who can topple this man? Sheik: There is not a wrestler in the AWA who can take down mighty Kokina! Wrestlers like Tom Zenk, Ken Patera, Don Muraco and Jerry Blackwell have tried and all have failed! Those men are all top wrestlers here in the AWA! I look at the roster and I see no one who can take this man down for the three count or make him submit! We still have an open challenge for anyone who wants to try and beat Kokina! But the wrestler who agrees to fight Kokina needs to know this! It doesn't matter who you are! It doesn't matter if you're a guy in the opening match or a main eventer! SIgn the contract and you will still lose to Kokina! You may give Kokina a fight! But in the end you will lose just like everyone else has! Kokina is unstoppale! And let me say this to AWA officials! How long can you avoid giving Kokina a World Title shot?! How long?! This man has yet to lose a match here in the AWA! You cannot avoid him forever! And when the World Title chance comes... and Kokina will only need one shot... you will have a new and indestructible AWA World Champion! Nelson: Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey speaking on behalf of Kokina Maximus, everybody! Pic aired of Magnificent Mimi and Valerie with the caption: NEXT... ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Commercials In-studio: Larry Nelson intro'd a special announcement from AWA Women's WC Magnificent Mimi and manager Valerie. VIDEO: Shot of Val and Mimi, Val in a pant suit and Mimi in a dress and sunglasses and holding the Women's Championship belt. Both women had a mic and were standing in front of the AWA logo. Val: Next week, there will be a celebration in the AWA. It's been one year since this woman to my right won the AWA Women's World Championship. We are gonna have a big blowout bash to celebrate her historic accomplishment. And guess what... you viewers are invited. You just need to keep your distance from us because a lot of you fans are, well, pretty creepy. You can enjoy our shining moment from afar. But get too close and you could find yourself in handcuffs in the back of a cop car. Mimi: One year ago, I bested Wendi Richter for this belt. I am now the measuring stick for women's professional wrestling. I have thwarted every challenge that has come down the pipe. Did anyone see what I did to Madusa Miceli at Super Clash 5? Right now, I am an unstoppable force of nature. I'm like a boulder rolling full speed ahead downhill and there's no brakes. I'm crushing everyone and everything in my path. I have earned next week! And it's gonna be a celebration for the books! See you there! END VIDEO In-studio: Nelson said the celebration for Mimi's title reign will air on both AWA shows next week. Pic aired of Tina Moretti with the caption: NEXT... TINA'S HERE!!! Pic flipped to a video of Ken Patera & brad Rheingans arguing with one another with the caption: ALSO... COMING APART??? Commercials/AWA Tour Updates Tina Moretti won a squash match over Michelle McCool via pinfall with her Samoan piledriver finisher Moretti got a strong ovation coming down the face aisle. In-studio: Nelson said Moretti and Reggie Bennett were both rising stars in the AWA and were closing in on Women's Champ Magnificent Mimi. Nelson then intro'd footage from the end of the Destruction Crew vs. Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans.match on last week's ASW program. VIDEO: # End of the match saw Patera and Bloom the legal men in the ring. They battled back-and-forth and Patera gained the upper hand and whipped Bloom into the ropes and caught Bloom coming off with a clothesline. Bloom crashed to the mat. Crowd popped. Patera circled around behind Bloom as Bloom made it to his feet in shaky fashion. Enos hit the ring and blasted Patera from behind with a forearm to the back. Patera stumbled forward and slammed into Bloom and Bloom knocked heads with Rheingans, who was out on the apron. Rheingans crashed to the floor. Enos back to his corner. Patera went to grab Bloom from behind but Bloom caught Patera with an elbow strike to the side of the head. Bloom whipped Patera into the ropes and caught Patera coming off with a powerslam. Bloom up and tagged in Enos. Enos in and snapped Ken up and hoisted Patera up on his shoulders. Brad recovering on the floor. Bloom came off with the Wrecking Ball (Doomsday Device) finisher. Enos covered Patera. An unsteady Brad back on the apron. 1...2... Foggy Brad suddenly realized what was going on and started to climb in the ring to break up the pin. ...3! Ref called for the bell as most of the crowd booed. Enos up and Bloom came in and the ref raised both men's hands victoriously. The victors then left the ring. Patera got to his feet as Brad was still a little woozy. Patera got in Brad's face about not breaking up the pin attempt by Enos. Brad gestured he was still feeling the effects of knocking heads with Bloom. The two had words and suddenly Brad pushed Ken. Crowd buzzing. Patera got right in Brad's face and the two were jawing at each other as the program went off the air. END VIDEO Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... CHAOS REPORT!!! Commercials CHRISTMAS CHAOS REPORT In-studio: Larry Nelson was seated at the studio desk in front of the AWA logo. Nelson: Welcome to the Christmas Chaos Report. I'm Larry Nelson. Christmas Chaos will be taking place on Tuesday, December 11th, at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bell time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Tickets go on sale Saturday, November 17th, at 10am Central Time. For tickets, contact Ticket Master or call the St. Paul Civic Center at 1 (651) 555-3891 or visit the Civic Center box office. The show will also be airing live on ESPN. The big news this week is the main event is set for Christmas Chaos! For the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, 'Chief' Wahoo McDaniel will defend the AWA World Heavyweight Title against the number one contender Col. DeBeers. This match promises to be a good one with lots of intrigue. Can Wahoo retain the title and keep his run going heading into 1991? Or will the very controversial Col. DeBeers de-throne Wahoo and become the new World Champion? If DeBeers wins the title it could spark quite a bit of controversy in the wrestling world. Now, let's hear pre-recorded comments from the two men as they prepare for this big match. VIDEO: Shot of Col. Debeers in his camo gear with mic in hand standing in front of the AWA logo. DeBeers: Manifest Destiny. That's what this is, you know. This is my manifest destiny. At Christmas Chaos, I am destined to walk out of that ring as the new AWA World Champion. Wahoo McDaniel has had his run. He realized his dream to become the World Champion. That dream is about to turn into a nightmare for Wahoo. He is losing the title and he is losing it to a white man who has a great deal of pride in his people. The Native Americans may have been here first. But it was the white man who came rolling in, conquered the Indians and built America into what once was a truly great European-derived nation. Today, America is tragically a cesspool. Any deviant behavior you can find is celebrated here today. Me winning the AWA World Title would be the best thing to happen in this country since its founding. Maybe American white men can once again stand tall and step forward and celebrate a championship victory by one of their own and they can do it without apology. But I digress. Most white men in America today are wimps who don't much seem like being white men. If I win, white man, let my victory be a moment of great pride for you. Get your pride and you manhood back on December 11th. Wahoo, you are from a savage people. And I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that a civilized man defeats the savagery you so grossly represent. Pic flipped and Wahoo was in street clothes, sunglasses and holding the AWA World Title in one hand and a mic in the other. He was standing in front of the AWA logo. Wahoo: You know, I love this country. It's not perfect. But it is the greatest place on earth to live. Down through history different groups of people have waged war on one another. America is no different. Today, we live in a very diverse nation. We have people of all races, creeds and religions here. Things can be tough sometimes. But in the end we assimilate pretty well. We largely get along with one another. Col. DeBeers stands for what America isn't today. He's a vile Nazi. He hates folks based on their skin color or the country they're from. Our match for the World Championship at Christmas Chaos will be for much more than the belt. It's a battle of two different visions. If DeBeers wins our match, it would be a tragedy for America. It would be about much more than DeBeers holdng this title. It would also be a win for a vile ideology in apartheid. DeBeers wants to keep people separate. He wants people held down. That's not America in 1990. This battle is for everything we hold dear in this country. I'm asking you fans to pledge right now that you will support America by supporting me in my match with Col. DeBeers at Chistmas Chaos. END VIDEO Nelson: Indeed, strong words from both men heading into their epic clash at Christmas Chaos. We'll unveil more great matches for Christmas Chaos in the coming weeks. Until then, I'm Larry Nelson. see you next time. END VIDEO Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... MANNY!!! Commercials Manny Fernandez won a quick squash match over Tony Zane via pinfall with his flying burrito (double flying forearm smash) Manny got a decent amount of boos coming down the face aisle. Pic aired of Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham with the caption: NEXT... TULLY VS. BARRY!!! Commercials TV MAIN EVENT: Tully Blanchard (w/ Valerie) vs. Barry Windham Windham came down the face aisle to a strong ovation. Tully and Val came down the heel aisle to strong boos but also had their fans. Announcers pointed out that Val was carrying a black zip up bag with her. Announcers pointed out that these two had a long history with one another. Ref called for the bell. Tully and Barry circled one another and engaged in a collar-and-elbow tie-up and Barry gained the upper hand and got behind Tully and took Tully down with an amateur style throw and then mussed Tully's hair. Tully got to his feet and pointed an accusatory finger at Windham. The two started to circle one another again when Val called and signaled for Tully to come over. Crowd booed as Tully went over and started speaking with Val. Tully leaned through the top and middle rope talking to her. Windham quickly tired of waiting and came up from behind and grabbed Tully and nailed Tully with a belly-to-back suplex. Tully up and Windham grabbed Tully and whipped Tully into the ropes and caught Tully coming off with a dropkick. Tully crashed to the mat. Tully up and Windham went to hit Tully with another dropkick but Tully moved and Barry crashed to the mat. Tully booted Barry in the head. Tully snapped Barry up and nailed Barry with a suplex. Tully then nailed Barry with a rapid-fire series of elbows to the chest. Tully for the cover. 1... Barry kicked out. Tully up as Barry got up on all fours and Tully kicked Barry in the side of the ribs a couple of times. Tully then raked his boot laces across the side of Barry's face. Barry fell over against the bottom rope. Ref ordered Tully back and Tully had words with the ref. Ref distracted with Tully. Val snuck over and raked Barry's eyes with her womanly finger nails. Barry hurting. Tully blew past the ref and stomped away on Barry. Tully pulled Barry up and slammed Barry's head into the top buckle three times. Tully spun Barry around and nailed Barry with face and body shots. Tully kneed Barry in the gut and then whipped Barry into the opposite buckles. Tully charged in on Barry but Barry got his foot up and Tully slammed chest-first into it. Tully crashed to the mat. Barry quickly rubbed his eyes to shake oiut the effects of Val's eye rake. Tully up and went to punch Barry but Barry blocked the punch try and fired away on Tully with punches to the delight of the crowd. Barry grabbed Tully and slammed Tully's head 10 times in rapid-fire fashion into the top buckle as the crowd counted along. Tully staggered out of the corner. Barry picked Tully up and bodyslammed Tully and hit Tully with a jumping elbow smash. Barry for the cover. 1...2... Tully kicked out. Barry with a head shot and snapped Tully up. Barry went to suplex Tully but Tully blocked it and got his leg out over the middle rope to force a break in the hold. Tully stepped out on the apron. Barry went to go after Tully but Tully yelled at the ref to keep Barry back. Val came over and said something to Tully. As Tully looked down at Valerie, Barry came over and grabbed Tully and hoisted Tully up for a suplex. As the ref looked upward at Tully, Val reached into the ring and tripped Barry up. Barry crashed to the mat with Tully on top of him for the pin. 1...2... Barry got his foot on the bottom rope. ...thr... Ref saw the foot and ordered a break. Tully up and grabbed the top rope and drove a series of rapid-fire knees into Barry. Tully broke the illegal move at the count of 4 and then repeated it, breaking again at 4. Barry got part of his upper body out under the bottom rope. Ref ordered Tully to stand back. Tully again started arguing with the ref. Val snuck over, placed the bag on the apron, quickly removed her shoe, removed one of her stockings and choked Barry out. Crowd yelling for the ref to turn around but the ref kept arguing with Tully. Val stopped the strangling party and put the stocking in her pocket. Tully stopped arguing with the ref and went over and grabbed Barry and pulled Barry to his feet. Tully whipped Barry into the ropes and looked to catch Barry coming off with a high backdrop but Barry instead caught Tully and nailed Tully with a DDT. Crowd popped big time. Barry rolled Tully over on his back and covered Tully. 1...2...thr... Tully got a shoulder up. Crowd groaned. Barry snapped Tully up and went to suplex Tully but Tully twice blocked the move and suplexed Windham instead. Both men down. Tully grabbing the back of his neck. Ref counting. Tully up and fell into the corner holding the back of his neck. Barry up. Barry moved in on Tully and Tully stunned Barry with a kicked to the gut followed by a double sledge to the back. Barry hurting. Tully briefly grabbed the back of his neck feeling the effects of the DDT. Tully clubbed Barry across the back with a series of forearms. Tully then went to hoist Barry up for his slingshot suplex finisher but Barry twice blocked the move and hoisted Tully up and dropped Tully across the top rope. Tully dangling. Barry popped Tully with a running knee lift and Tully snapped back and hit the apron and crashed to the floor. Val over to check on her man. Ref counting on Tully. Tully up and beat the count in just before 10. Barry moved in and caught Tully with some punches and whipped Tully into the ropes and blasted Tully coming off with a dropkick. Tully crashed to the mat. Tully up slowly and Barry hit Tully with another dropkick. Tully slammed back-first into the buckles, stumbled forward and went down. Val hopped up on the apron. Ref went over and ordered Val off and Val had words with him. Barry looked over and saw what was going on and went over to where Val and the ref were. Tully escaped the ring behind Barry's and the ref's backs and went over and grabbed an empty chair from next to the timekeeper's table. (Showboat chairs were non-folding highback chairs with red seat and back cushions and gold frames.) Tully climbed into the ring behind Barry with the chair. Barry stopped arguing with the ref and Val and turned and Tully speared Barry in the gut with the top of the chair. Ref saw it and called for the bell. Barry doubled over and Tully slammed the chair down across Barry's back and Barry crashed to the mat. Ref tried to get Tully to stop and Tully struck the ref with the chair and the ref went down. Barry rolled over on his back. Tully raised the chair up upside down and drove the top of the chair into Barry's throat. Dundee: Looks like Tully is trying a new form of CPR! Pedicino: Are you serious?! He's clearly trying to drive the life out of Windham! Tully raised the chair again and repeated the chair choke. Crowd buzzing and many on their feet. Crowd popped as Patera and Rheingans charged down the face aisle and hit the ring. Tully tossed the chair and scampered to the floor next to Valerie. Patera and Rheingans looked out at Tully and Val for a moment. Ken said something to Rheingans and Rheingans nodded in agreement. As Rheingans kept his eye on Tully, Ken turned like he was going to check on Barry (Ref gets no attention. He's sort of like the injured football player in those old Warner Bros. cartoons.) But Patera didn't make it to Barry. Patera u-turned and came up behind Rheingans. WHAM! Pedicino: Ken... NO! Patera clubbed Brad twice in the upper back driving Brad to a knee. Patera then snapped Rheingans up in the full nelson. Patera held Rheingans for a moment and then pulverized Rheingans with... Pedicino: FULL NELSON SLAM!!! Dundee: Looks like Ken Patera is turning over a new leaf! Tully and Val climbed back into the ring. Tully went over and stomped away on the still down Barry. Patera added insult to injury by spitting on his now former partner. Tully and Val walked up to Patera. Val unzipped the black back and pulled out the clipboard she had last week with a contract on it. Ken stomped on the contract last week. This time, Val handed Ken a pen. Ken looked at Val and Tully and signed the contract and handed it back to Val. The three engaged in a group hug and then Val kissed Ken on the cheek. Tully defiantly raised Ken's hand in the air in victory and Val held up the contract as garbage pelted the ring as the program went off the air. WINNER: Windham - DQ - 8:39 END PROGRAM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING SYNDICATED SHOW - DULUTH AUDITORIUM - DULUTH, MN - NOV. 1990 ANNOUNCERS: Jack Reynolds & David Crockett Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Eric Bischoff (# Aired on a previous AWA program.) (3rd Taping) In-studio: Larry Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: TV MAIN EVENT: The Trooper vs. Bob Orton PWHC Greg Valentine sees action Badd Co. is here Comments from World Champion Wahoo McDaniel and challenger Col. DeBeers as they prepare for their title clash at Christmas Chaos (Interviews on the CC Report.) Another Christmas Chaos Report A special annoucnement from Valerie 'Big' Reggie Bennett wrestles And more! Nelson sent it to the ring in Duluth. Tom Zenk won a squash match over Tom Hankins via pinfall with his missle dropkick finisher Zenk came down the face aisle to a fair ovation. In-studio: Nelson discussed Christmas Chaos coming up and told fans to stay tuned for the next CC Report later in the hour. Nelson said Trooper vs. Orton was a re-match and that Trooper is looking to defeat Orton after the masked man/Bobby Jaggers interfered and cost Trooper their last encounter by putting Trooper out with an ether-soaked rag. Pic aired of Val and Mimi with the caption: NEXT... BIG NEWS!!! Pic flipped to a pic of Badd Co. with the caption: ALSO... BADD COMPANY!!! Commercials In-studio:Larry Nelson intro'd a special announcement from AWA Women's WC Magnificent Mimi and manager Valerie. VIDEO: # Shot of Val and Mimi, Val in a pant suit and Mimi in a dress and sunglasses and holding the Women's Championship belt. Both women had a mic and were standing in front of the AWA logo. Val: Next week, there will be a celebration in the AWA. It's been one year since this woman to my right won the AWA Women's World Championship. We are gonna have a big blowout bash to celebrate her historic accomplishment. And guess what... you viewers are invited. You just need to keep your distance from us because a lot of you fans are, well, pretty creepy. You can enjoy our shining moment from afar. But get too close and you could find yourself in handcuffs in the back of a cop car. Mimi: One year ago, I bested Wendi Richter for this belt. I am now the measuring stick for women's professional wrestling. I have thwarted every challenge that has come down the pipe. Did anyone see what I did to Madusa Miceli at Super Clash 5? Right now, I am an unstoppable force of nature. I'm like a boulder rolling full speed ahead downhill and there's no brakes. I'm crushing everyone and everything in my path. I have earned next week! And it's gonna be a celebration for the books! See you there! END VIDEO In-studio: Nelson said the celebration for Mimi's title reign will air on AWA on ESPN next week. Nelson sent it back to the ring in Duluth. Badd Co. (w/ Mgr. DDP) won a squash match over Bob Holly & Curtis Hughes when Tanaka pinned Hughes after a catapault into a jumping DDT Badd Co. was heavily booed coming down the heel aisle to the ring. Announcers pointed out that Badd Co. had been on a hot streak of late. Pic aired of Reggie Bennett with the caption: NEXT... MS. REGGIE!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities 'Big' Reggie Bennett won a squash match over Linda Dallas via submission with her split-leg rear chinlock submission hold Bennett got a good ovation coming down the face aisle. Announcers put over Bennett as a serious contender for the Women's Championship. Said her finisher would be hard for Mimi to escape. In-studio: Nelson put over Reggie Bennett and talked about how the size difference could be a big negative for Mimi. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... CHAOS REPORT!!! Commercials # CHRISTMAS CHAOS REPORT In-studio: Larry Nelson was seated at the studio desk in front of the AWA logo. Nelson: Welcome to the Christmas Chaos Update. I'm Larry Nelson. Christmas Chaos will be taking place on Tuesday, December 11th, at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bell time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Tickets go on sale Saturday, November 17th, at 10am Central Time. For tickets, contact Ticket Master or call the St. Paul Civic Center box office at 1 (651) 555-3891 or visit the Civic Center box office. The show will also be airing live on ESPN. The big news this week is the main event is set for Christmas Chaos! For the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, 'Chief' Wahoo McDaniel will defend the AWA World Heavyweight Title against the number one contender Col. DeBeers. This match promises to be a good one with lots of intrigue. Can Wahoo retain the title and keep his run going heading into 1991? Or will the very controversial Col. DeBeers de-throne Wahoo and become the new World Champion? If DeBeers wins the title it could spark quite a bit of controversy in the wrestling world. Now, let's here pre-recorded comments from the two men as they prepare for this big match. VIDEO: Shot of Col. DeBeers in his camo gear with mic in hand standing in front of the AWA logo. DeBeers: Manifest Destiny. That's what this is, you know. This is my manifest destiny. At Christmas Chaos, I am destined to walk out of that ring as the new AWA World Champion. Wahoo McDaniel has had his run. He realized his dream to become the World Champion. That dream is about to turn into a nightmare for Wahoo. He is losing the title and he is losing it to a white man who has a great deal of pride in his people. The Native Americans may have been here first. But it was the white man who came rolling in, conquered the Indians and built America into what once was a truly great European-derived nation. Today, America is tragically a cesspool. Any deviant behavior you can find is celebrated here today. Me winning the AWA World Title would be the best thing to happen in this country since it's founding. Maybe American white men can once again stand tall and step forward and celebrate a championship victory by one of their own and they can do it without apology. But I digress. Most white men in America today are wimps who don't much seem like being white men. If I win, white man, let my victory be a moment of great pride for you. Get your pride and you manhood back on December 10th. Wahoo, you are from a savage people. And I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that a civilized man defeats the savagery you so grossly represent. Pic flipped and Wahoo was in street clothes, sunglasses and holding the AWA World Title in one hand and a mic in the other. He was standing in front of the AWA logo. Wahoo: You know, I love this country. It's not perfect. But it is the greatest place on earth to live. Down through history different groups of people have waged war on one another. America is no different. Today, we live in a very diverse nation. We have people of all races, creeds and religions here. Things can be tough sometimes. But in the end we assimilate pretty well. We largely get along with one another. Col. DeBeers stands for what America isn't today. He's a vile Nazi. He hates folks based on their skin color or the country they're from. Our match for the World Championship at Christmas Chaos will be for much more than the belt. It's a battle of two different visions. If DeBeers wins our match, it would be a tragedy for America. It would be about much more than DeBeers holdng this title. It would also be a win for a vile ideology in apartheid. DeBeers wants to keep people separate. He wants people held down. That's not America in 1990. This battle is for everything we hold dear in this country. I'm asking you fans to pledge right now that you will support America by supporting me in my match with Col. DeBeers at Christmas Chaos. END VIDEO Nelson: Indeed, strong words from both men heading into their epic clash at Christmas Chaos. We'll unveil more great matches for Christmas Chaos in the coming weeks. Until then, I'm Larry Nelson. See you next time. END VIDEO Pic aired of Greg Valentine with the caption: NEXT... THE HAMMER!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities NON-TITLE: Greg Valentine (PWHC) won a squash match over Jose Luis-Rivesa via submission with his figure four leglock finisher Valentine was mainly booed on the way down the heel aisle but also had his fans. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Greg Valentine, another day, another win. You keep piling up wins like you're hoarding them. Greg: Was that supposed to be funny, Bischoff? Eric (defensive): No. I am sorry. Valentine: You're sorry, alright. Nine months. For nine long, glorious months I have been the Pro Wrestling Heritage Champion! I outlasted 15 other men to win this belt in February! And when you look at the roll call of Pro Wrestling Heritage Champions... there's only one name on the list and that's mine! And it's gonna stay that way for a long time to come! I've dispatched everyone who has challenged me for this title! There is no light at the end of the tunnel for my opponents! Eric: The Trooper recently pushed you to the limit in a time-limit draw on TV. Matter of fact, it appeared he had you on the verge of defeat but the time-limit ran out. Valentine: Bischoff. Who holds this belt? Who's the champion? Eric: You are. Valentine: THEN THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS! Eric winced. Valentine: It does not matter how close the Trooper came to winning! At the end of the day, I still walked out of the ring with this in my hands! I am the champion! And I will be the champion for a long, long time! Eric: He is Pro Wrestling Heritage Champion Greg Valentine! Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... THE MAIN EVENT!!! Commercials TV MAIN EVENT: The Trooper vs. Bob Orton Orton came down the heel aisle to fairly strong boos. Trooper came down the face aisle to a strong ovation. Trooper handed out souvenir speeding tickets on the way to the ring. Announcers pointed out that the last time these two met, the masked man (later revealed as Bobby Jaggers) put Trooper out with an ether-soaked rag which allowed Orton to win the match. The two men battled it out in solid back-and-forth action. Some exciting near falls and Orton got in a couple of cheap shots on Trooper during the match. End of the match saw the two engage in a slugfest with Trooper gaining the advantage. Trooper went to whip Orton into the ropes but Orton reversed and caught Trooper coming off with a powerslam. Orton for the cover and hooked the leg. Orton for the cover. 1...2...3! NO! Trooper kicked out. Fans popped. Orton snapped Trooper up and nailed Trooper with a suplex. Orton mounted the middle buckle and came off with an elbow drop and Trooper rolled out of the way and Orton crashed to the mat. Both men to their feet and Orton caught Trooper with a gut kick and went to whip Trooper into the buckles but Trooper reversed and sent Orton crashing front-first into them, Orton slammed into the buckles and bounced back and crahsed to the mat. Trooper backed up. Orton slowly to his feet and Trooper charged in and blasted Orton with his flying shoulder tackle finisher. Trooper for the cover and hooked the leg. 1...2...3! Crowd popped as the ref called for the bell. Trooper up and the ref raised his hand in victory as the program went off the air. WINNER: Trooper - Pinfall - 7:48 END PROGRAM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 (edited) AWA WRESTLING ON ESPN - SHOWBOAT SPORTS PAVILION - LAS VEGAS, NV - NOVEMBER 1990 Announcers: Joe Pedicino & Bill Dundee Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Larry Nelson (# Aired on a previous AWA program.) (4th Taping) Cold Show Open: Larry Nelson was standing center ring with Kokina's manager, Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. Crowd already booing loudly. Kaissey was out there w/o Kokina and holding a briefcase. Nelson: Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey, this is an unexpected visit from you. You told me you have something to say. Kaissey: I have something to say to every wrestler on the AWA roster. First, let me open this briefcase. Kaissey went over, placed the briefcase on the top turnbuckle and opened it. He walked back over to Larry Nelson with the open case. Nelson: Wow! That looks like a lot of money! How much is in there? Kaissey: There are $250,000 dollars in here! You know, Kokina has been unstoppable since he's been here! He is a force of nature! To this day no one has been able to bodyslam Kokina or beat him! I am out here offering a one-time challenge, Nelson! Just one match! Any wrestler on the AWA roster can accept this challenge! I will put this quarter of a million dollars on the line for any wrestler who can both bodyslam Kokina and either pin him or force him to submit! Again, this is for one match only! Nelson: So, Kokina gets slammed and beaten in this one match and you will give them the $250 grand in the briefcase? Kaissey: That is correct! The match must take place before a national television audience! And there's one more catch! Nelson: And that is? If Kokina beats the man who accepts this challenge, he must allow me to become his manager! He will be under my total control! Crowd booed. Nelson: You may have just lost a lot of potential takers for your offer. Not a lot of wrestlers seem keen on wrestling for you. Kaissey: If they want the chance at the money then they will have to accept the other part of the offer! There is no negotiation here! So, who has the guts to accept this chance of a lifetime! $250,000 dollars or a chance to work for me and be under my instruction?! Nelson: The wrestlers in the back. You heard Kaissey's offer. Are there any takers? After a wait of about 15 seconds no one had still come out. Nelson: Come on now. There's got to be one brave wrestler back there who wants a shot at $250,000 clams. After waiting another 15 seconds. Nelson: Sheik, it looks like the second part of the deal has scared everyone off. Wrestlers don't want to work for you! Kaiseey: You are all cowards! I am offering you the chance of a lifetime! You're all running scared! A wait of several more seconds and still no one. Nelson: Well, no one is coming out. We've got to move along in the program. Sheik, does the offer still stand? Kaissey: The offer only stands until the end of the program, Larry Nelson! That means you have until the hour is over to accept my challenge or it goes away! Nelson: You all heard Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. The clock is ticking on accepting his offer of huge money if someone can bodyslam and beat Kokina in the same match or, if they lose, the wrestler accepting the challenge would have to go to work for Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. In-studio: Nelson said that Sheik came back out later in the program and the fans will see what transpired at that time. TV MAIN EVENT: Don Muraco vs. Jonnie Stewart Celebration for Magnificent Mimi's one year anniversary as AWA Women's World Champion A look back at the shocking events from last week where Ken Patera turned on Brad Rheingans and joined Valerie's stable PLUS! comments from Ken, Val and Tully. Another Christmas Chaos Report (A new match has been added!) And more!!! Pic aired of Cactus Jack with the caption: NEXT... INSANITY 101!!!! Commercials Cactus Jack won a squash match over Norman Smiley via pinfall with his double underhook DDT finisher Announcers discussed Jack being pretty quiet lately but expected that to change because Jack can't lay low forever because it's not in his make-up. Jack was mainly booed but also had his fans as he made his way down the face aisle. Video aired of Ken Patera turning on Brad Rheingans on last week's AWA on ESPN with the caption: NEXT... WHY, KEN, WHY??? Commercials/AWA Tour Update In-studio: Larry Nelson intro'd footage of the shocking turn of events from the end of last week's Barry Windham vs. Tully Blanchard match when Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans got involved. VIDEO: # Barry moved in and caught Tully with some punches and whipped Tully into the ropes and blasted Tully coming off with a dropkick. Tully crashed to the mat. Tully up slowly and Barry hit Tully with another dropkick. Tully slammed back-first into the buckles, stumbled forward and went down. Val hopped up on the apron. Ref went over and ordered Val off and Val had words with him. Barry looked over and saw what was going on and went over to where Val and the ref were. Tully escaped the ring behind Barry's and the ref's backs and went over and grabbed an empty chair from next to the timekeeper's table. (Showboat chairs were non-folding highback chairs with red seat and back cushions and gold frames.) Tully climbed into the ring behind Barry with the chair. Barry stopped arguing with the ref and turned and Tully speared Barry in the gut with the top of the chair. Ref saw it and called for the bell. Barry doubled over and Tully slammed the chair down across Barry's back and Barry crashed to the mat. Ref tried to get Tully to stop and Tully struck the ref with the chair and the ref went down. Barry rolled over on his back. Tully raised the chair up upside down and drove the top of the chair into Barry's throat. Dundee: Looks like Tully is trying a new form of CPR! Pedicino: Are you serious?! He's clearly trying to drive the life out of Windham! Tully raised the chair again and repeated the chair choke. Crowd buzzing and many on their feet. Crowd popped as Patera and Rheingans charged down the face aisle and hit the ring. Tully tossed the chair and scampered to the floor next to Valerie. Patera and Rheingans looked out at Tully and Val for a moment. Ken said something to Rheingans and Rheingans nodded in agreement. As Rheingans kept his eye on Tully, Ken turned like he was going to check on Barry (Ref gets no attention. He's sort of like the injured football player in those old Warner Bros. cartoons.) But Patera didn't make it to Barry. Patera u-turned and came up behind Rheingans. WHAM! Pedicino: Ken... NO! Patera clubbed Brad twice in the upper back driving Brad to a knee. Patera then snapped Rheingans up in the full nelson. Patera held Rheingans for a moment and then pulverized Rheingans with a... Pedicino: FULL NELSON SLAM!!! Dundee: Looks like Ken Patera is turning over a new leaf! Tully and Val climbed back into the ring. Tully went over and stomped away on the still down Barry. Patera added insult to injury by spitting on his now former partner. Tully and Val walked up to Patera. Val unzipped the black back and pulled out the clipboard she had last week with a contract on it. Ken stomped on the contract last week. This time, Val handed Ken a pen. Ken looked at Val and Tully and signed the contract and handed it back to Val. The three engaged in a group hug and then Val kissed Ken on the cheek. Tully defiantly raised Ken's hand in the air in victory and Val held up the contract as garbage pelted the ring as the program went off the air. END VIDEO In-studio: Nelson intro'd comments from Ken, Tully and their manager Val after the Patera turn. The three were in street clothes and each was holding a mic standing in front of the AWA logo. Val: I knew it would just be a matter of time before I got my man. I always get what I want. And I wanted Ken Patera to be part of the stable I'm trying to build. He kept saying no to me. But I knew that I could eventually make him see the light and that joining forces with Tully, Magnificent Mimi and me would be his best career option. Ken: I admit that I was not convinced when I first talked with Valerie. I didn't see her vision for her wrestlers. But eventually I came around. You see, not too long ago Valerie contacted me. She wanted to set up a private meeting with me. I was hesitant, thinking this could be some kind of ambush or something. But this lady right here has an uncanny knack for making you see things in a different way. We met at an out of the way restaurant and talked. Valerie said something to me she had said before. She asked me if the cheers of the fans ever paid for anything in my life. And the honest answer to that is: 'no'. You fans don't pay my bills by cheering for me. And once you take out the cheering of the fans what do you have left regarding them? Nothing! That's what you have left! She sold me on her vision for the future. And her vision is a land flowing with milk and money! I made the best move in my career when I agreed to sign on with Valerie! I'm going places I've never been before in this sport! And Valerie will be the driving force behind my newfound success! Tully: You said it, Ken! Valerie is a visionary! I've never been around a manager in pro wrestling who can see things the way she does! We're just starting to move forward here in the AWA! The sky's the limit for us! And let me tell you what a genius this woman is! When I agreed to my match with Barry Windham, Valerie was working hard to lure Ken Patera into our camp! So, Val and I laid out a strategy! And that strategy was to try and lure Ken and Brad Rheingans out to the ring by my attacking Barry Windham during our match! Well. I found my opening in the match and the set up was in motion! Ken had agreed to join us before my match with Barry! When I attacked Barry with that chair, it was up to Ken to get Brad out to the ring and make things official, if you will! You know who planned all that?! This woman right here! She set the whole thing up and it was brilliant! And this stable is not done being built! You'll see more wrestlers come into the fold in due time! Our goal is to hold every championship in the AWA at one time! And we're moving in that direction! We are going to be the unstoppable force in this sport! END VIDEO Pic aired of the Christmas Chaos logo with the caption: NEXT... CHAOS REPORT! Commercials CHRISTMAS CHAOS REPORT In-studio: Larry Nelson was seated at the studio desk in front of the AWA logo. Nelson: Welcome to the Christmas Chaos Report. I'm Larry Nelson. Christmas Chaos will be taking place on Tuesday, December 11th, at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bell time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Tickets are on sale now. For tickets, contact Ticket Master or call the St. Paul Civic Center at 1 (651) 555-3891 or visit the Civic Center box office. The show will also be airing live on ESPN. As announced last week, the main event for Christmas Chaos, for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, Wahoo McDaniel defends the title against the controversial Col. DeBeers. Let's hear new comments for the champ and challenger. VIDEO: Col. DeBeers was standing in front of the AWA logo in his camo gear and beret with mic in hand. DeBeers: 'Chief' Wahoo McDaniel. A new era is about to be born in the AWA. It will be the era of the new man... and that man is me. The era will be one of great success. It will be a time when a superior man reigns supreme in the wrestling world. And the superior man should be the man at the top. This is my manifest destiny. I can feel it with every single fiber of my being. I will not be denied on December 11th in St. Paul, Minnesota. No longer will fans have to cheer for a backward savage as their champion. The nobility of this earth is on the verge of reclaiming its rightful place in the universe. I, Col. DeBeers, will spearhead a return to glory for my people! This will be my shining hour of greatness! You may despise me! But you will have to respect me when I become the new AWA World Champion! Pic flipped and Wahoo was in street clothes and his headdress, had the belt around his waist and a mic in one hand standing in front of the AWA logo. Wahoo: You know, Col. DeBeers talks a lot of crap. He rambles on about his so-called racial superiority and thinks he's great because he's white. Well, I have news for DeBeers. We all bleed red. Every last one of us. One of the things that makes America truly great is that we can overcome differences like race and form a stronger nation. That's the true greatness of this place we call home. I've never had a more important title defense in my life. As I said the last time, I'm fighting for much more than this title against DeBeers. I am fighting for the American people and the American way of life. We may not be perfect. But show me a better place to live on this planet. One day, I will lose this championship. That's just life. But at Christmas Chaos, I need the support of you great wrestling fans to help me defeat Col. DeBeers and keep the World Championship from falling into the hands of the most diabolical man to ever lace up a pair of wrestling boots. This is definitely the one title defense I have to win. Are you with me? Are you with America? Let's stand together and thwart evil with good. END VIDEO Nelson: Strong words from both Col. DeBeers and World Champion Wahoo McDaniel as they prepare for their epic World Title clash at Christmas Chaos. Now, let's hear some big news from AWA promoter Jim Crockett. VIDEO: Crockett was seated behind his desk with a mic in front of him. Crockett: Hello, I'm Jim Crockett. In recent weeks, the tag team Badd Company has been on quite a run and racking up lots of victories. Because of that, at Christmas Chaos, AWA Wortd Tag Team Champions Billy Jack Haynes and Scott Norton will be defending the tag team titles against Badd Company. It promises to be a great match and Badd Company, with their controversial manager Dallas Page at ringside, should prove to be a tough challenge for the champions. Christmas Chaos is shaping up to be one of the biggest shows of the year. See you there! END VIDEO Nelson: You heard promoter Jim Crockett. The World Tag Team Titles will be on the line at Christmas Chaos as Billy Jack Haynes and Scott Norton defend against Badd Company. It should be quite a battle between two outstanding teams. We'll unveil more great matches for Christmas Chaos in the coming weeks. Until then, I'm Larry Nelson. See you next time. END VIDEO Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... JON VS. DON!!! Commercials TV MAIN EVENT: Don Muraco vs. Jonnie Stewart Nelson announced the match had a 10-minute time-limit. Stewart came down the heel aisle to strong boos. Muraco came down the face aisle to a strong ovation. Ref called for the bell. The two men came out of their corners and engaged in a collar-and-elbow tie-up. Muraco gained the advantage after a brief struggle and took Stewart down in a side headlock takedown. Muraco cinching up on the hold. Stewart in pain but not submitting. Announcers talked about Muraco losing to DeBeers in a #1 Contender Tournament match when DeBeers scored the pinfall with the aid of holding the tights. Muraco and Stewart to a knee with Stewart still locked in the side headlock. Both men then to their feet with Stewart still in the headlock. Stewart, after a brief struggle, shoved Muraco off into the ropes and Muraco came off and Stewart went to hip toss Muraco but Muraco reversed and hip tossed Stewart. Stewart up and charged at Muraco and Muraco caught Stewart with an arm drag. Stewart up and walked right into a fireman's carry. Muraco prepared to nail Stewart with a Samoan drop but Stewart wriggled free of Muraco's grasp, dropped down behind Muraco and kneed Muraco in the back. Muraco hurting. Stewart then grabbed the waist of Muraco's tights and pounded Muraco in the lower back with a series of forearms. Muraco staggered off. Muraco turned and Stewart grabbed Muraco around the waist and drove Muraco hard into the buckles repeatedly. Muraco hurting in the corner. Stewart backed up and charged in and caught Muraco with a running back elbow to the chest and then whipped Muraco into the opposite buckles. Muraco hit the buckles, bounced out and walked right into a clothesline from Stewart. Muraco crashed to the mat. Stewart snapped up Muraco and bodyslammed him. Stewart went out on the apron and mounted the top buckle and came off with his flying elbow smash from the top buckle finisher but Muraco rolled out of the way and Stewart crashed to the mat. Both men down as the crowd popped. Ref counting. Both men slowly made it to their feet. Stewart struck Muraco with a punch and went to whip Muraco into the ropes but Muraco reversed and caught Stewart coming off with a Samoan drop out of nowhere. Crowd roared. Both men down again. Muraco slow making the cover as his back was still hurting. Muraco for the pin. 1...2...thr... Stewart got a shoulder up. Crowd groaned. Muraco slowly pulled Stewart to his feet. Muraco whipped Stewart into the ropes and caught Stewart coming off in the gorilla press position and slammed Stewart to the mat. Muraco fell back against the ropes holding his back. Muraco turned away from Stewart. Stewart to his feet moved in and caught Muraco with a sideways double sledge to the lower back. Muraco went down and rolled out on the apron. Ref ordered Stewart back and Stewart obliged. Ref started the 10-count. MUraco to his knees on the apron. Stewart came over and reached down over the top rope and grabbed Muraco and suplexed Muraco back into the ring. Muraco in serious pain. Stewart dropped an elbow smash on Muraco and went for the cover. 1...2... Muraco kicked out. Crowd now chanting for the hurting Muraco. Stewart picked up Muraco and blasted Muraco with a vicious, jarring backbreaker across the knee. Stewart stomped Muraco and Muraco rolled over on his front side. Stewart reached down and grabbed Muraco's arms and pulled his upper torso up off the mat while driving his foot in Muraco's back. Crowd buzzing. Muraco in dire pain but not giving up. Crowd urging on Muraco. Stewart released the hold and Muraco went face down on the mat. Ref ordered Stewart back as he checked on Muraco. While that was going on, Stewart turned facing the crowd and reached into his tights and appeared to pull out a foreign object that was well concealed in his hand. Muraco slowly made it to his feet and shook his head that he could continue. Ref gestured for the fight to go on. Muraco moved in on Stewart and Stewart swung at Muraco and Muraco ducked the foreign object and countered by nailing Stewart with an inverted atomic drop. Stewart crashed to the mat and dropped the weapon. Crowd cheered. Ref saw the object and kicked it out of the ring. Pedicino: The referee is allowing the match to continue because Stewart did not successfully use the weapon. Muraco's back hurting greatly. Stewart got up with the aid of the ropes and Muraco slowly moved in and clubbed Stewart in the back. Muraco whipped Stewart into the ropes and caught Stewart coming off with a powerslam. Crowd popped. Muraco again slow making the cover. 1...2...3! NO! Stewart kicked out. Crowd groaned. Muraco caught the downed Stewart with a head shot and then pulled Stewart to his feet. Muraco slammed Stewart's head into the corner. Stewart spun around in the corner. Muraco caught Stewart with a series of elbow strikes to the side of the head. Stewart on stagger street. Muraco pulled Stewart out of the corner and went to suplex Stewart but Stewart twice blocked the move and suplexed Muraco to the mat. Stewart with a quick cover. 1...2...thr.... Muraco kicked out. Crowd cheered. Stewart snapped Muraco up and whipped Muraco at the ropes. Muraco stumbled and fell forward with his head, arms and shoulders hanging out over the middle rope. Stewart moved in and stood over Muraco and proceeded to jump up and nail Muraco with a trio of ass drops to the back. Ref ordered Stewart back and checked on Muraco. Muraco hurting. Muraco made his way to his feet. Stewart moved in and Muraco caught Stewart in a bearhug and drove Stewart hard, back-first into the buckles. Stewart staggered out and crashed to the mat. Muraco moved in and grabbed Stewart, whipped Stewart into the ropes and caught Stewart coming off with a second powerslam to the mat. Muraco fought through the pain as he stood up and gestured it was time for his inverted piledriver finisher. Crowd into it. Muraco snapped Stewart up, struggled to turn Stewart upside down but finally did so and blasted Stewart with his inverted piledriver finisher to the delight of the crowd. DING! DING! DING! Muraco covered Stewart. Ref patted Muraco on the back three times. Muraco to his feet. Ref informed him of what happened. Muraco not happy. DECISION: Time-Limit Draw - 10:00 Pic aired of Val and Mimi with the caption: NEXT... CELEBRATION!!! Commercials In-ring: Larry Nelson was standing center ring with mic in hand. In front of him was a table with an apron around it it. On the apron it read: CONGRATULATIONS! in big red letters. On the table sat a huge chocolate cake. Nelson: Would you please welcome my guests at this time. They are the AWA Women's World Champion Magnificent Mimi and her manager Valerie! Crowd booed as Val and Mimi made their way down the heel aisle. Mimi was in her ring attire and carrying the belt and Val was in a white women's power pant suit and waist-length white jacket. Pair stepped in the ring and soaked in the boos for a moment. Mimi walked around with the title held aloft for all to see. Val: We are here today to celebrate the Magni0ficent Mimi's one-year anniversary as the AWA Women's World Champion. Booing grew louder. Val: For one year, Mimi has taken on all comers and sent them packing still as nothing more than challngers for the World Title. It has been quite an accomplishment. Show me another lady wrestler who has held a World Championship for over a year? And now, I give you the guest of the hour... the Women's Champion... Magnificent Mimi! More boos as Mimi prepared to talk. Mimi: It has truly been my honor to be the Women's World Champion for one year! There's not one woman in this sport who is better than me today! And I promise you that we will have another celebration next year on my two-year anniversary as champion! So, right now, I'm going to ask. Are there any wrestlers who want to celebrate with us and enjoy a piece of this delicious, decadent chocolate cake?! Crickets as there no one was coming out. Val: Don't be bashful. Get out here. More waiting. Val: Anyone? Brief wait. Val: Well, that just leaves more cake for me and the champ. The rest of you lost out on one of the best cakes you will ever eat. How about you, Nelson? You want some cake? Nelson: Why not... Crowd popped as Tina Moretti made her way down the face aisle to the ring and climbed in. Mimi: Look who it is. Another perpetual contender. Val laughed. Tina: I came out here to say something to both of you. The women's division is expanding and getting batter in the AWA. And I'm coming for that belt, Mimi. I'm coming fast and hard for it. You had better be at your best when we wrestle because I might just relieve you of that belt. Crowd cheered. Val had cut some of the cake and handed a piece on a plate to Mimi. Mimi: We can worry about that some other time, Tina. How about a nice piece of chocolate cake? Tina looked at the heel pair and then Mimi rubbed the piece of cake in TIna's face. Tina shocked and started rubbing the cake off her face as Val and Mimi pointed at laughed at her like immature high school broads. Crowd popped as 'Big' Reggie Bennett came charging down the face aisle and hit the ring behind Val, Mimi, Nelson and Tina. Reggie grabbed Mimi and Val by the back of their heads and slammed and rubbed their faces into the big cake as the crowd cheered. Mimi stunned and pissed about what just happened as she wiped the cake out of her eyes. Val slipped on some cake in the ring and took a prat fall to the delight of the crowd. Mimi cleaned the chocolate out of her eyes and then saw who did the cake face smashing and jumped back. Reg: I can tell you one thing, Mimi! And I 100 percent guarantee it! There will be no second anniversary for you as the Women's World Champion! Crowd popped. Mimi hastily gabbed the belt off the table and clutched it to her chocolate cake-covered chest. Tina now pointed and laughed at Val and MImi before she and Reg left the ring together and headed back up the face aisle to solid cheers. Pic aired of Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey with the caption: NEXT... LAST CHANCE!!! Commercials In-ring: Larry Nelson was once again standing with Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. Nelson: We are running low on time. Sheik, earlier you came out with that briefcase and offered the $250,000 in it to any wrestler who could slam and pin or force a submission from Kokina in one match. The other side to this challenge was that if the wrestler who accepted the challenge lost, then they would have to come to work for you. Kaissey: That is correct! There were no takers earlier! And this is the last chance for someone to accept this offer before it goes away and will never be offered again! Nelson: Are there any takers now? No one was coming out. Nelson: We are almost out of time. We need someone to come out and accept Sheik's challenge right now if they're brave enough. Still no one coming out. Nelson: We're gonna have to wrap the show up if no one comes out now. And I mean now! No one coming. Nelson: Going once. Going twice... Crowd popped as someone finally came down the face aisle. Pedicino: It's Nikita Koloff! Koloff, in his ring attire, made his way down the aisle and stepped in the ring and walked up to Kaissey and Nelson. Koloff: Sheik Adnan. I accept your challenge! Koloff and Kaissey stared at each other as the crowd cheered and the program went off the air. END PROGRAM DARK MATCHES 6-MAN TAG: Wahoo McDaniel (WC), Scott Norton & Billy Jack Haynes (WTTC) vs. Greg Valentine (PWHC) & The Destruction Crew WINNER: Wahoo, Norton & Haynes - Norton pinned Enos with his powerbomb finisher - 23:09 Nikita Koloff def. Ninja Go via pinfall with his Russian sickle finisher - 4:27 The Grappler & Rip Oliver def. Greg Gagne & Jake Milliamn via pinfall when Oliver pinned Milliman with his spinebuster finiisher - 11:04 PAID ATTENDANCE: 3,452 COMPS GIVEN OUT: 506 COMPS USED: 233 TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 3,685 (A 10+ percent increase in tickets sold for the show primarily because the Tully-Barry match was advertised all month in the Vegas market but booked as a challenge match on TV.) 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Captain Kremmen Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 (edited) AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING SYNDICATED SHOW - DULUTH AUDITORIUM - DULUTH, MN - NOV. 1990 ANNOUNCERS: Jack Reynolds & David Crockett Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Eric Bischoff (# Aired on a previous AWA program.) (4th Taping) In-studio: Larry Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: TV MAIN EVENT: Barry Windham vs. Manny Fernandez A look at last week's shocking turn of events involving Ken Patera Tully Blanchard laces 'em up Another Christmas Chaos Report (New match added this week) 'Big' Reggie Bennett sees action Tom Zenk & Tommy Jammer vs. Tommy Rich & ??? (another tryout to be Rich's new tag team partner) And more! Nelson sent it to the ring in Duluth. Bobby Jaggers won a squash match over Chris Candido via pinfall with his Polish Hammer (violent double sledge to the chest) finisher Jaggers was booed pretty strongly coming down the heel aisle. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Bobby Jaggers, that finisher of yours is positively devastating. Jaggers: It is. The move is commonly known as the hammer. But I call it the Jaggers' Special. The move takes the sails out of your opponent when done right and renders him helpless and easy prey. And I'm not done with the Trooper. I want the everyone to know that. I want to deliver the Jaggers' Special on the Trooper. I want to see him crash to the mat unable to breath. I want to hear the life drain out of him. Eric: That sounds a little extreme. Jaggers: It's a lot extreme. There is no wrestler more deserving of the Special than Trooper. I want Trooper to know that I have never forgiven him for when he arrested me on trumped up charges that night a few years ago. My payback will be slamming my fists into his heart and watching his eyes bulge out as he stops breathing while collapsing to the mat. Eric: I think it's time to wrap this up. Bobby Jaggers, everyone. Video aired of Ken Patera turning on Brad Rheingans with the caption: NEXT... SHOCKING TURN!!! Commercials In-studio: Larry Nelson intro'd footage of the shocking turn of events from the end of last week's Barry Windham vs. Tully Blanchard match when Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans got involved. VIDEO: #Barry moved in and caught Tully with some punches and whipped Tully into the ropes and blasted Tully coming off with a dropkick. Tully crashed to the mat. Tully up slowly and Barry hit Tully with another dropkick. Tully slammed back-first into the buckles, stumbled forward and went down. Val hopped up on the apron. Ref went over and ordered Val off and Val had words with him. Barry looked over and saw what was going on and went over to where Val and the ref were. Tully escaped the ring behind Barry's and the ref's backs and went over and grabbed an empty chair from next to the timekeeper's table. (Showboat chairs were non-folding high-back chairs with red seat and back cushions and gold frames.) Tully climbed into the ring behind Barry with the chair. Barry stopped arguing with the ref and turned and Tully speared Barry in the gut with the top of the chair. Ref saw it and called for the bell. Barry doubled over and Tully slammed the chair down across Barry's back and Barry crashed to the mat. Ref tried to get Tully to stop and Tully struck the ref with the chair and the ref went down. Barry rolled over on his back. Tully raised the chair up upside down and drove the top of the chair into Barry's throat. Dundee: Looks like Tully is trying a new form of CPR! Pedicino: Are you serious?! He's clearly trying to drive the life out of Windham! Tully raised the chair again and repeated the chair choke. Crowd buzzing and many on their feet. Crowd popped as Patera and Rheingans charged down the face aisle and hit the ring. Tully tossed the chair and scampered to the floor next to Valerie. Patera and Rheingans looked out at Tully and Val for a moment. Ken said something to Rheingans and Rheingans nodded in agreement. As Rheingans kept his eye on Tully, Ken turned like he was going to check on Barry (Ref gets no attention. He's sort of like the injured football player in those old Warner Bros. cartoons.) But Patera didn't make it to Barry. Patera u-turned and came up behind Rheingans. WHAM! Pedicino: Ken... NO! Patera clubbed Brad twice in the upper back driving Brad to a knee. Patera then snapped Rheingans up in the full nelson. Patera held Rheingans for a moment and then pulverized Rheingans with a... Pedicino: FULL NELSON SLAM!!! Dundee: Looks like Ken Patera is turning over a new leaf! Tully and Val climbed back into the ring. Tully went over and stomped away on the still down Barry. Patera added insult to injury by spitting on his now former partner. Tully and Val walked up to Patera. Val unzipped the black back and pulled out the clipboard she had last week with a contract on it. Ken stomped on the contract last week. This time, Val handed Ken a pen. Ken looked at Val and Tully and signed the contract and handed it back to Val. The three engaged in a group hug and then Val kissed Ken on the cheek. Tully defiantly raised Ken's hand in the air in victory and Val held up the contract as garbage pelted the ring as the program went off the air. END VIDEO In-studio: Nelson intro'd comments from Ken, Tully and their manager Val after the Patera turn. The three were in street clothes and each was holding a mic and standing in front of the AWA logo. # Val: I knew it would just be a matter of time before I got my man. I always get what I want. And I wanted Ken Patera to be part of the stable I'm trying to build. He kept saying no to me. But I knew that I could eventually make him see the light and that joining forces with Tully, Magnificent Mimi and me would be his best career option. Ken: I admit that I was not convinced when I first talked with Valerie. I didn't see her vision for her wrestlers. But eventually I came around. You see, not too long ago Valerie contacted me. She wanted to set up a private meeting with me. I was hesitant, thinking this could be some kind of ambush or something. But this lady right here has an uncanny knack for making you see things in a different way. We met at an out of the way restaurant and talked. Valerie said something to me she had said before. She asked me if the cheers of the fans ever paid for anything in my life. And the honest answer to that is: 'no'. You fans don't pay my bills by cheering for me. And once you take out the cheering of the fans what do you have left regarding them? Nothing! That's what you have left! She sold me on her vision for the future. And her vision is a land flowing with milk and money! I made the best move in my career when I agreed to sign on with Valerie! I'm going places I've never been before in this sport! And Valerie will be the driving force behind my newfound success! Tully: You said it, Ken! Valerie is a visionary! I've never been around a manager in pro wrestling who can see things the way she does! We're just starting to move forward here in the AWA! The sky's the limit for us! And let me tell you what a genius this woman is! When I agreed to my match with Barry Windham, Valerie was working hard to lure Ken Patera into our camp! So, Val and I laid out a strategy! And that strategy was to try and lure Ken and Brad Rheingans out to the ring by my attacking Barry Windham during our match! Well, I found my opening in the match and the set up was in motion! Ken had agreed to join us before my match with Barry! When I attacked Barry with that chair, it was up to Ken to get Brad out to the ring and make things official, if you will! You know who planed all that?! This woman right here! She set the whole thing up and it was brilliant! And this stable is not done being built! You'll see more wrestlers come into the fold in due time! Our goal is to hold every championship in the AWA at one time! And we're moving in that direction! We are going to be the unstoppable force in this sport! END VIDEO Pic aired of Reggie Bennett with the caption: NEXT... CONTENDER!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities 'Big' Reggie Bennett won a squash match over Wanda Sykes via submission with her split-leg rear chinlock finisher Bennett came to the ring to a strong ovation from the crowd. In-studio: Nelson talked about Bennett's rising star in the AWA. Said Mimi could be living on borrowed time as champion. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... TAG TEAM ACTION! Commercials Tom Zenk & Tommy Jammer vs. Tommy Rich & ??? Zenk and Jammer came down the face aisle to a modest ovation. Rich came down the heel aisle to pretty strong boos. Rich took the mic from Eric Bischoff. Rich: A couple of months ago, I started a search for a new tag team partner. My first partner was a flop. We'll see how this one does. So now, let me introduce you to my tag team partner. He is... Tom 'Rocky' Stone! Stone came down the heel aisle to very little response. Match had some back-and-forth to it. But in the end, Zenk and Jammer took control and won when Jammer pinned Stone after a Jammer Slam (Whip opponent into the buckles and opponent bounces out of the corner and into a powerslam.) After the match, Rich took the mic. Rich: Tom Stone. Brother, I now realize one key thing about you. You're a loser! I need a partner who knows how to win like I do. Hit the bricks, Jack! Stone left the ring with his head down and headed back up the heel aisle. Rich: Well, folks, that's it for this time. Come back soon and I'll give another wrestler a tryout to see if he's worthy of being my tag team partner. Rich tossed the mic and left the ring and headed back up the heel aisle to boos. WINNER: Zenk & Jammer - Pinfall - 5:24 Pic aired of the Christmas Chaos logo with the caption: NEXT... CHAOS REPORT!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities CHRISTMAS CHAOS REPORT In-studio: Larry Nelson was seated at the studio desk in front of the AWA logo. # Nelson: Welcome to the Christmas Chaos Report. I'm Larry Nelson. Christmas Chaos will be taking place on Tuesday, December 11th, at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bell time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Tickets are on sale now. For tickets, contact Ticket Master or call the St. Paul Civic Center at 1 (651) 555-3891 or visit the Civic Center box office. The show will also be airing live on ESPN. As announced last week, the main event for Christmas Chaos, for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, Wahoo McDaniel defends the title against the controversial Col. DeBeers. Let's hear new comments for the champ and challenger. VIDEO: Col. DeBeers was standing in front of the AWA logo in his camo gear and beret with mic in hand. DeBeers: 'Chief' Wahoo McDaniel. A new era is about to be born in the AWA. It will be the era of the new man... and that man is me. The era will be one of great success. It will be a time when a superior man reigns supreme in the wrestling world. And the superior man should be the man at the top. This is my manifest destiny. I can feel it with every single fiber of my being. I will not be denied on December 11th in St. Paul, Minnesota. No longer will fans have to cheer for a backward savage as their champion. The nobility of this earth is on the verge of reclaiming its rightful place in the universe. I, Col. DeBeers, will spearhead a return to glory for my people! This will be my shining hour of greatness! You may despise me! But you will have to respect me when I become the new AWA World Champion! Pic flipped and Wahoo was in street clothes and his headdress, had the belt around his waist and a mic in one hand standing in front of the AWA logo. Wahoo: You know, Col. DeBeers talks a lot of crap. He rambles on about his so-called racial superiority and thinks he's great because he's white. Well, I have news for DeBeers. We all bleed red. Every last one of us. One of the things that makes America truly great is that we can overcome differences like race and form a stronger nation. That's the true greatness of this place we call home. I've never had a more important title defense in my life. As I said the last time, I'm fighting for much more than this title against DeBeers. I am fighting for the American people and the American way of life. We may not be perfect. But show me a better place to live on this planet. One day, I will lose this championship. That's just life. But at Christmas Chaos, I need the support of you great wrestling fans to help me defeat Col. DeBeers and keep the World Championship from falling into the hands of the most diabolical man to ever lace up a pair of wrestling boots. This is definitely the one title defense I have to win. Are you with me? Are you with America? Let's stand together and thwart evil with good. END VIDEO Nelson: Strong words from both Col. DeBeers and World Champion Wahoo McDaniel as they prepare for their epic World Title clash at Christmas Chaos. Now, let's hear some big news from AWA promoter Jim Crockett. VIDEO: Crockett was seated behind his desk with a mic in front of him. Crockett: Hello, I'm Jim Crockett. In recent weeks, the tag team Badd Company has been on quite a run and racking up lots of victories. Because of that, at Christmas Chaos, AWA World Tag Team Champions Billy Jack Haynes and Scott Norton will be defending the tag team titles against Badd Company. It promises to be a great match and Badd Company, with their controversial manager Dallas Page at ringside, should prove to be a tough challenge for the champions. Christmas Chaos is shaping up to be one of the biggest shows of the year. See you there! END VIDEO Nelson: You heard promoter Jim Crockett. The World Tag Team Titles will be on the line at Christmas Chaos as Billy Jack Haynes and Scott Norton defend against Badd Company. It should be quite a battle between two outstanding teams. We'll unveil more great matches for Christmas Chaos in the coming weeks. Until then, I'm Larry Nelson. See you next time. END VIDEO Pic aired of Tully Blanchard with the caption: NEXT... TULLY TIME!!! Commercials Tully Blanchard (w/ Valerie) won a squash match over Victor Rivera via pinfall with his slingshot suplex finisher This match was taped before the Patera turn aired. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Tully Blanchard, another strong victory here tonight.... Tully: Of course it was impressive because it was me! I'm gonna continue clawing my way to the top of the AWA mountain! This woman beside me, she's got wrestling smarts that surpass those of most men in the sport! Her brains and my talent... good luck stopping that! And this is just the beginning! When, not if, I win a major championship here in the AWA... the AWA is gonna have to sue to get the belt off of me! We aren't here to play games and just collect a paycheck! This is very serious business to us! And taking care of business in wrestling means winning belts and making lots and lots of money! Val: I already manage the Women's Champion! With Tully all in I'll manage a men's champion very soon! Wahoo McDaniel is the current World Champion! But, when the Chief has to step in the ring with this man his reign will be over! When you manage Tully Blanchard you aim right for the top! The ascension has just begun! And Magnificent Mimi is gonna remain the Women's Champion into 1991! You can book it! Tully laughed. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... THE MAIN EVENT!!! Commercials TV MAIN EVENT: Manny Fernandez vs. Barry Windham Fernandez came down the heel aisle to pretty strong boos. Windham came down the face aisle to a strong ovation. Ref called for the bell. Manny charged over and jumped on Barry and pounded away on Barry with punches. Manny whipped Barry into the ropes and and looked to catch Barry coming off with a clothesline but Barry ducked the move and came back and caught Manny with a flying bodypress. Barry for the cover. No count as Manny kicked out before the count of 1. Both men up and Barry caught Manny with a gut punch. Barry bodyslammed Manny and went for a jumping elbow smash but Manny rolled out of the way and Barry crashed to the mat. Manny up and stomped away on Barry. Manny snapped Barry up and whipped Barry into the corner. Manny tore into Barry with a series of rapid-fire shoulder blocks to the gut. Manny whipped Barry into the opposite buckles and charged in but Barry got a boot up and Manny slammed into it face-first. Manny turned and stumbled off and Barry came up from behind and dropkicked Manny. Manny slammed front-first into the buckles. Barry moved in and rolled Manny up from behind for the pin. 1...2... Manny kicked out. Barry backed up as Manny made it to his feet. Barry charged in on Manny but Manny grabbed Barry and dropped back and Barry's head slammed into the top buckle. Barry crashed to the mat. Manny moved in and nailed Barry with an elbow smash. Manny snapped Barry up and whipped Barry into the ropes and caught Barry coming off with a backhand to the face. Barry crashed to the mat. Manny for the cover. 1... Barry kicked out. Manny snapped Barry up and whipped Barry into the corner. Manny charged in and hit Barry with a jumping back elbow smash. Manny then drove a series of knees into Barry's gut. Manny pulled Barry out of the corner and nailed Barry with a suplex followed by a quick stomp. Manny with a jumping fist drop that connected. Manny for the cover. 1...2... Barry kicked out. Manny sat Barry up and locked Barry in a rear chinlock. Manny cinched up on the hold but Barry not submitting. Manny worked over the hold a little more and stood up behind Barry and dropped an elbow on the top of Barry's head. Manny picked up Barry for a bodyslam but Barry stunned Manny when he caught Manny in a small package for the pin. 1...2... Manny kicked out. Crowd groaned. Both men up and Manny clubbed Barry. Manny went to whip Barry into the ropes but Barry reversed and blasted Manny coming off with a high dropkick. Manny crashed to the mat. Manny up and Barry moved in with a punch barrage that stunned Manny. Barry whipped Manny into the buckles and charged in and hit Manny with another dropkick. Manny staggered out of the corner. Barry spun Manny around and tried to DDT Manny but Manny slipped free from Barry's grasp, dropped to a knee and eye raked Barry. Ref reprimanded Manny. Manny up and worked over Barry with punches. Manny picked up Barry and nailed Barry with a side breaker across the knee. Manny went out on the apron and mounted the top rope and came off with a fist drop but Barry rolled out of the way and Manny's fist crashed into the mat. Crowd cheered. Manny up and holding his hand and in great pain. Barry grabbed Manny and repeatedly slammed Manny's head into the top buckle. Now Manny has something else hurting. Barry whipped Manny into the opposite buckles and charged in but Manny moved and Barry slammed front-first into the buckles. A stunned Barry extricated himself from the buckles and Manny reached down and pulled Barry's legs out from under him and Barry crashed to the mat. Manny for the cover. 1... Manny placed his feet on the middle rope for leverage. ...2....thr... Barry got a shoulder up . Manny quickly took his feet off the middle rope before the ref saw the rule infraction. Manny went of the pin again. 1... Manny again placed his feet on the middle rope. ...2...thr... Ref looked over and saw Manny's feet on the ropes and ordered a break. Manny broke and got up and got in the ref's face. Manny grabbed the ref as Barry got to his feet. Windham came up behind Manny, spun Manny around and pulverized Manny with a series of punches. Barry whipped Manny into the ropes and caught Manny coming off with his flying lariat finisher. Barry for the cover. 1...2...3! Ref called for the bell as the crowd roared. Barry up and the ref raised his hand in victory as the program went off the air. WINNER: Windham - Pinfall - 7:16 END PROGRAM DARK MATCHES AWA WORLD TITLE: Wahoo McDaniel def. Cactus Jack via pinfall with his big chop finisher - 10:18 AWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES: Scott Norton & Billy Jack Haynes def. The Destruction Crew when Norton pinned Enos after a powerbomb - 17:51 Nikita Koloff def. Jonnie Stewart via pinfall with his Russian sickle finisher - 6:32 ATTENDANCE: 2,874 Edited June 2 by Captain Kremmen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 BREAKING NEWS!!! AWA SIGNS EXCLUSIVE DEAL WITH WGN NOVEMBER 1990 The American Wrestling Association has signed a one-year deal with Chicago superstation WGN to carry the AWA's shows from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. The shows will air live on the channel unless pre-empted by a Cubs or Bulls game, in which case the AWA show will be taped and air in the next possible prime-time opening on the network. The AWA is looking to run 10-12 shows in Chicago in 1991. The deal is said to be for one-year with the AWA receiving $15,000 for each show broadcast. WGN station manager Travis Bickle said this is a great move from the station. "The WWF airs monthly live shows from cities like New York, Philly and Boston on those respective local networks. We feel the AWA can be successful in this format, too. We're excited about this partnership. "The difference between us and the WWF is that their shows air primarily on satellite TV networks only outside of the region from which they're being broadcast. It's pretty limited. "Like WTBS, we are live and nationwide on most basic cable systems. People will be able to catch great AWA action everywhere. "The AWA is on the rise and fans will be able to see it live on WGN." The deal is set to start in January of next year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted June 6 Author Share Posted June 6 AWA WRESTLING ON ESPN - SHOWBOAT SPORTS PAVILION - LAS VEGAS, NV - DECEMBER 1990 Announcers: Joe Pedicino & Bill Dundee Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Larry Nelson (# Aired on a previous AWA program) (1st Taping) Show Intro COLD OPEN: Larry Nelson was standing in the ring with AWA promoter Jim Crockett, Tina Moretti and 'Big' Reggie Bennett. Nelson: With me right now are AWA promoter Jim Crockett, Tina Moretti and Reggie Bennett. Jim, we hear you have some news concerning Christmas Chaos. Jim: I do, Larry. At Christmas Chaos, Magnificent Mimi will be defending the AWA Women's World Championship. And the match will be against one of these two ladies with me in the ring. Crowd cheered. Jim: Tina and Reggie. You both are worthy contenders to face Mimi at Christmas Chaos. Unfortunately, only one of you will be getting the title shot that evening. After a long, intense discussion with members of the AWA Championship Committee we have made our decision. Believe me, it was not an easy decision. But, we have decided that at Christmas Chaos, Magnificent Mimi will be defneding the championship against... Crockett looked at both women and the women had looks of anticipation on their faces. Jim: ...Reggie Bennett! Mainly cheers but some boos from Tina fans. Tina and Reggie hugged. Tina: Reggie, congratulations on getting the championship match against Mimi. I know, and these fans know, you can topple her from her throne and become the new Women's World Champion. We are all behind you, Reg. Go get 'em, girl. Tina and Reg embraced once again and Tina then left the ring and headed back up the face aisle. Reg: Let me just say that Tina Moretti is a serious contender in her own right. She will have her chance to win the gold one day as well. I want to thank the AWA Championship Comnmittee and promoter Jim Crockett for allowing me this opportunity. I've worked hard to get where I am in this sport. I promise that I will give it everything I have and then some on December 11th at the St. Paul,Civic Center. Jim: Both you and Tina are deserving and like you said Reggie, Tina will get her shot one day also. Nelson: Reggie, we all saw what happened last week at Mimi's one-year anniversary celebration as the Women's World Champion. You shoved her fance and her manager Valerie's face into the cake they had specially made for the event. Does that incident have any bearing on the match with Mimi at Christmas Chaos? Reg: Larry, if Mimi does not shove that cake in Tina's face then none of that would have happened. Mimi and Val got what they deserved as far as I'm concerned. Crowd cheered. Cheers melted into boos as Val and Mimi made their way down the heel aisle to the ring. Both were in street clothes and Mimi had the belt slung over her shoulder. The pair stepped into the ring and walked up to Reg, Jim and Larry. Mimi: Jim Crockett! I will not wrestle this moose! Crowd booed. Mimi: This woman is too large and very reckless in the ring! I am too beautiful to be putting the belt on the line against her! She could maim me with her bull in a china shop ring style! Jim: You don't want to wrestle her, Mimi. Okay. Mimi: That's more like it! Reggie Bennett is a walking OSHA report! Jim: You can just hand over the Women's World Title for failure to fulfill your obligations as champion and we'll make the match Reggie Bennett vs. Tina Moretti for the held up Women's World Championship. Crowd popped. Mimi and Val beside themselves. Val: You can't do this to us! Mimi's the champion so that means we call the shots! No title match for Reggie Bennett! Jim: You refuse to wrestle her and you're stripped of the title, Mimi. What's your choice? Val and Mimi briefly talked with one another. Mimi: I'll defend the belt against this wall! But I am doing it under protest! More boos. Val: Reggie also owes me $150 dollars for the cake she ruined last week during Mimi's anniversary celebration! Nelson: Reggie, you have been quiet during all this. Reg: Mimi. Val. There's really not much for me to say. I'll let my actions in the ring at Christmas Chaos do my talking for me. See you in St. Paul. Crowd cheered as Reggie left the ring and headed back up the heel aisle and slapped hands with fans along the way. Mimi: If that's the way the championship committee wants it, fine! But we'll plan a strategy that 'Miss I Take Up 2 Seats On A Plane' won't be able to overcome! Jim Crockett! Prepare to be made a fool out of for ordering this match! Jim: You just make sure you're at Christmas Chaos with the belt. In-studio: Larry Nelson talked about Jim Crockett making the Women's World Title match between champion Mimi and Reggie Bennett at Christmas Chaos and the reactions of the parties involved. Nelson then ran down the program: AWA World Champion Wahoo McDaniel wrestles Another Christmas Chaos Report Badd Company (w/ Mgr. DDP) sees action A look back at what transpired last week at Mimi's one-year as champion celebration A look back at the end of last week's match between Don Muraco and Jonnie Stewart plus comments from both men Brad Rheingans laces 'em up for the first time since Ken Patera turned on him And more! Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... GREAT AWA ACTION!!! Commercials Nikita Koloff won a squash match over Dusty Wolfe via pinfall with his Russian sickle finisher Nikita got a strong crowd response coming down the face aisle. During the match, Announcers put over Nikita accepting Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey's $250,000 dollar challenge. If Nikita bodyslams and pins Kokina in the same match then he wins the money. If Nikita Loses, he must got to work for Kaissey. In-studio: Nelson talked about Nikita accepting Kaissey's challenge. Nelson hyped Christmas Chaos. Pic aired of Reggie Bennett shoving Mimi's and Val's faces in the cake with the caption: NEXT... CELEBRATION CANCELLED!!! Commercials/AWA Tour Updates In-studio: Nelson intro'd footage from the end of last week's one-year celebration for Mimi as champion. VIDEO: # Mimi: So, right now, I'm going to ask. Are there any wrestlers who want to celebrate with us and enjoy a piece of this delicious, decadent chocolate cake?! Crickets as there no one was coming out. Val: Don't be bashful. Get out here. More waiting. Val: Anyone? Brief wait. Val: Well, that just leaves more cake for me and the champ. The rest of you lost out on one of the best cakes you will ever eat. How about you, Nelson? You want some cake? Nelson: Why not... Crowd popped as Tina Moretti made her way down the face aisle to the ring and climbed in. Mimi: Look who it is. Another perpetual contender. Val laughed. Tina: I came out here to say something to both of you. The women's division is expanding and getting better in the AWA. And I'm coming for that belt, Mimi. I'm coming fast and hard for it. You had better be at your best when we wrestle because I might just relieve you of that belt. Crowd cheered. Val had cut some of the cake and handed a piece on a plate to Mimi. Mimi: We can worry about that some other time, Tina. How about a nice piece of chocolate cake? Tina looked at the heel pair and then Mimi rubbed the piece of cake in TIna's face. Tina shocked and started rubbing the cake off her face as Val and Mimi pointed at laughed at her like immature high school broads. Crowd popped as 'Big' Reggie Bennett came charging down the face aisle and hit the ring behind Val, Mimi, Nelson and Tina. Reggie grabbed Mimi and Val by the back of their heads and slammed and rubbed their faces into the big cake as the crowd cheered. Mimi stunned and pissed about what just happened as she wiped the cake out of her eyes. Val slipped on some cake in the ring and took a prat fall to the delight of the crowd. Mimi cleaned the chocolate out of her eyes and then saw who did the cake face smashing and jumped back. Reg: I can tell you one thing, Mimi! And I 100 percent guarantee it! There will be no second anniversary for you as the Women's World Champion! Crowd popped. Mimi hastily gabbed the belt off the table and clutched it to her chocolate cake-covered chest. Tina now pointed and laughed at Val and MImi before she and Reg left the ring together and headed back up the face aisle to solid cheers. END VIDEO Pic aired of Brad Rheingans with the caption: NEXT... BRAD RETURNS!! Brad Rheingans vs. Tiger Chung-Lee Rheingans came down the face aisle to a good ovation Rheingans was making quick work of Lee and dominating the match and then... Pedicino: It's Tully and Ken! Tully Blanchard and Ken Patera, in their ring attire, charged down the heel aisle, hit the ring and attacked Rheingans. Ref called for the bell (No contest). Val had casually strolled down to ringside and was watching the felony. Tully and Ken were hammering away on Brad. Brad in a bad way. Crowd popped as Barry Windham, in his ring attire, charged down the face aisle and hit the ring. Barry threw haymakers at both Tully and Ken that connected. Barry then laid into Tully with punches and Ken clubbed Barry from behind and he and Tully pounded away on Barry. Brad recovered and joined in the fray. Fans into it. The fighting continued a little longer before AWA officials made their way down to the ring to restore order. Val signaled for her men to leave the ring and they did while Barry and Brad were kept at bay. Tully, Ken and Val looked on from the floor as the segment ended. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... ANOTHER CHAOS REPORT!! Commercials CHRISTMAS CHAOS REPORT # Nelson: Welcome to the Christmas Chaos Report. I'm Larry Nelson. Christmas Chaos will be taking place on Tuesday, DeCember 11th, the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bell time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Tickets are on sale now. For tickets, contact Ticket Master or call the St. Paul Civic Center at 1 (651) 555-3891 or visit the Civic Center box office. The show will also be airing live on ESPN. We've got two new matches to announce this week but first we'll take a look at the two matches already signed for the event. For the AWA World Championship, World Champion Wahoo McDaniel will defend the belt against the controversial South African Col. DeBeers. The war of words between these two has already been intense and this week is no different as we hear from the challenger DeBeers. VIDEO: DeBeers was standing in front of the AWA logo in his camo gear with mic in hand. DeBeers: It is now less than two weeks until a new era is born in the AWA. At Christmas Chaos on December 11th I, Col. DeBeers, will be crowned the new AWA World Heavyweight Champion when I defeat the savage Indian Wahoo McDaniel. When I become the champion, I will be ushering in the era of the new man. This man will be a noble man. A man worthy of being a champion. A man worthy of holding the highest titles in the field of sports. A cloud of darkness will be lifted from over the sport of professional wrestling when I put Wahoo down like a sick, mangy dog. This is my manifest destiny. And you cannot stop manifest destiny; it's like trying to hold back the wind. Everyone watching this right now needs to make sure they're watching ESPN on December 11th. For the dawning of a new and golden era will begin in the AWA. It will be the era of survival of the fittest. And being of the most fit people on planet earth, that means I will be a great survivor for a long, long time. Only another member of the strong race will ever be able to take me down. But that's only if they haven't allowed the mental and physical pollution of America and the West to infect them. The strong, the noble, the wise. These are only found in one people. A great people and a fighting people. The American Indian carries none of this within him. Wahoo, you were a feel good story for much of 1990. But the end of that story is written at Christmas Chaos with the rise of the new champion and the new man. END VIDEO Nelson: More strong and rather unsettling words from Col. DeBeers. Chief Wahoo McDaniel will be appearing later in the program and we'll hear what he has to say. Also, for the AWA World Tag Team Titles, Scott Norton and Billy Jack Haynes will be defending against the suddenly resurgent team of Badd Company. Let's hear from the challengers and then the champions. VIDEO: Shot of DDP, Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond standing in front of the AWA logo. All were in street clothes. DDP had a mic. DDP: I knew this day would return for us! We hit a rough patch for a period of time, but we dug ourselves out of that hole and are now once again the #1 contender's for the AWA World Tag Team Championships! And at Christmas Chaos, you can remove the #1 contender tag from us! These guys are gonna give the best gift of all Christmas season by becoming the new AWA World Tag Team Champions! That's right! We're gonna be the Grinch for Billy Jack Haynes and Scot Norton for the holidays! Badd Company has been denied for far too long! We are once again gonna take our place at the top of the tag team ladder! Haynes and Norton! You boys are gonna need to gift wrap those belts! Because Tanaka and Diamond would love nothing better than to open them under the tree on Christmas morning! What a Kodak Moment that would be! Pic flipped and Norton and Haynes, both in street clothes with the belts slung over their shoulders and mics in hand, were standing in front of the AWA logo. Norton: Badd Company, you have earned your shot at these tag team titles! But we know how you guys operate! Especially with that slippery manager of yours Dallas Page at ringside! You guys are a dangerous team on your own! If you're gonna beat us and take these belts from us at Christmas Chaos, at least do it like men! Keep your manager out of the match! Haynes: We've been the tag team champions now for three months and we've been fighting champions! As Scott said, come at us like the men you claim to be, Tanaka and Diamond! Don't rely on outside help from Dallas Page! You take us down cleanly then you've earned these belts! And I'm gonna say one thing to Mr. Page! Dallas, if you interfere in this match using that cane and I get a hold of it, I'll take that cane and shove it so far up where the sun don't shine that you'll need surgery to have it removed! Fight us on your own, boys! Be real men! END VIDEO Nelson: In another match just signed this week, Nikita Koloff will be squaring off against Kokina Maximus. Let's take a look at how that match came together. VIDEO: In-ring: Larry Nelson was once again standing with Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. Nelson: We are running low on time. Sheik, earlier you came out with that briefcase and offered the $250,000 in it to any wrestler who could slam and pin or force a submission from Kokina in one match. The other side to this challenge was that if the wrestler who accepted the challenge lost, then they would have to come to work for you. Kaissey: That is correct! There were no takers earlier! And this is the last chance for someone to accept this offer before it goes away and will never be offered again! Nelson: Are there any takers now? No one was coming out. Nelson: We are almost out of time. We need someone to come out and accept Sheik's challenge right now if they're brave enough. Still no one coming out. Nelson: We're gonna have to wrap the show up if no one comes out now. And I mean now! No one coming. Nelson: Going once. Going twice... Crowd popped as someone finally came down the face aisle. Pedicino: It's Nikita Koloff! Koloff, in his ring attire, made his way down the aisle and stepped in the ring and walked up to Kaissey and Nelson. Koloff: Sheik Adnan. I accept your challenge! Koloff and Kaissey stared at each other as the crowd cheered and the program went off the air. END VIDEO Nelson: Now, let's hear from Nikita and Kokina's manager, Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. VIDEO: Nikita Koloff was standing in front of the AWA logo in street clothes with mic in hand. Koloff: Sheik Adnan! You offer $250,000 dollars if a wrestler can bodyslam and pin Kokina Maximus in the same match! I have accepted your challenge! I am willing to risk having to go to work for you for a chance at the money and to be the first wrestler in the entire sport to slam and defeat Kokina! If I do not accomplish my, how you say, mission, then I will work for you! I won't like it but these are the rules you have made! I will honor my end of the, how you say, bargain if I lose! Pic flipped and Kaissey was standing in his Arab garb and holding a mic in front of the AWA logo. Kaissey: I admire you for your bravery, Nikita! No other wrestlers were man enough to accept my challenge! If you bodyslam and defeat Kokina in the same match, then you will be given $250,000 dollars of my money in cold, hard cash! This is a one-time challenge! It will not be offered again to anyone! But while I admire your courage, Nikita, I also think that you don't know what you have gotten yourself into! Kokina is the indestructible force in wrestling today! And no one has been able to bodyslam him! I have a feeling, Koloff, that you're coming to work for me after you fail to get the job done at Christmas Chaos! And I already have a list of things for you to do when I take over your life and career! Nelson: Both sides seem determined to win the challenge put forth by Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. Either Nikita gets the $250,000 dollars by bodyslamming and defeating Kokina Maximus. Remember, the slam and the win must occur in the same bout. Or, Nikita Koloff must go to work for Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey if the Russian Nightmare is not up to the task of toppling Kokina Maximus. Finally, the newest match added to Christmas Chaos. You fans heard the announcement earlier in the program. The Magnificent Mimi will defend the AWA Women's World Title against 'Big' Reggie Bennett. Christmas Chaos is shaping up to be quite the show for the holiday season. And next week we'll have the final Christmas Chaos Report and will inform you fans of any new matches that are added. I'm Larry Nelson. See you again next week with the Christmas Chaos Report. END VIDEO Pic aired of Badd Company with the caption: NEXT... NEXT TAG CHAMPIONS!!! Commercials Badd Company (w/ Mgr. DDP) won a squash match over Wayne & Shuster when Tanaka pinned Shuster after a Diamond superkick into a Tanaka German suplex Badd Co. was strongly booed coming down the heel aisle. In-studio: Nelson intro'd footage from the end of last week's match between Don Muraco and Jonnie Stewart with comments following form both men. VIDEO: # Stewart snapped Muraco up and whipped Muraco at the ropes. Muraco stumbled and fell forward with his head, arms and shoulders hanging out over the middle rope. Stewart moved in and stood over Muraco and proceeded to jump up and nail Muraco with a trio of ass drops to the back. Ref ordered Stewart back and checked on Muraco. Muraco hurting. Muraco made his way to his feet. Stewart moved in and Muraco caught Stewart in a bearhug and drove Stewart hard, back-first into the buckles. Stewart staggered out and crashed to the mat. Muraco moved in and grabbed Stewart, whipped Stewart into the ropes and caught Stewart coming off with a second powerslam in the mat. Muraco fought through the pain as he stood up and gestured it was time for his inverted piledriver finisher. Crowd into it. Muraco snapped Stewart up, struggled to turn Stewart upside down but finally did so and blasted Stewart with his inverted piledriver finisher to the delight of the crowd. DING! DING! DING! Muraco covered Stewart. Ref patted Muraco on the back three times. Muraco to his feet. Ref informed him of what happened. Muraco not happy. DECISION: Time-Limit Draw - 10:00 Pic flipped and Don Muraco, in street clothes and holding a mic, was standing in front of the AWA logo. Muraco: I had him beat, dammit! If the match only had three more seconds I would have defeated Jonnie Stewart! This kind of match ending is frustrating to say the least! Victory was mine but time was my enemy! I want another match with Jonnie Stewart! One that has a longer time-limit so there's the chance for a clear winner! Three seconds! That's all that stood between me and victory over Jonnie Stewart! Pic flipped and Stewart, in street clothes and holding a mic, was standing in front of the AWA logo. Stewart: Some people will say that if the match had just gone a few seconds longer then Jonnie Stewart would have lost to Don Muraco. How do you know? He did hit me with that inverted piledriver of his. Believe me, that thing hurts like you would not believe. But, he wasn't able to pin me. If the match would have gone a little longer, I'll let you in on a little secret, I would have kicked out of Muraco's pin attempt. He would have failed to get the win. People need to realize that the 'Wrestler of the '90s' is not your normal wrestler. Other wrestlers, lots of 'em, succumb to Muraco's finisher. I would not have on this night. He hit me with his biggest move. But the reality is that he would not have finished me off with it. Dream on, Donny Boy. Dream on. END VIDEO Pic aired of AWA WC Wahoo McDaniel with the caption: NEXT... THE CHAMP!!! Commercials NON-TITLE: Wahoo McDaniel (WC) won a squash match over Jack Armstrong via pinfall with his big chest chop finisher Wahoo got a strong ovation coming to the ring. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Nelson: Wahoo, the hour is fast approaching. You will be defending the AWA World Championship against Col. DeBeers at Christmas Chaos. The Colonel has made some very controversial statements so far leading up to this match. What are your thoughts as you prepare for this huge title defense? Wahoo: Larry, as I've said before, this match with Col. DeBeers is about much more than this title. This is about fighting for all that is good about America versus an evil, racist ideology. Col. DeBeers is not a man to be taken lightly. And he's a man who will stoop to any level, no matter how low, to become the new World Champion and usher in a dark ages in professional wrestling. If he wins the belt at Christmas Chaos it will be a sad day for this sport as a whole. His beliefs are opposed to everything that makes America great. A DeBeers victory would be bad news. That's all there is to it. But, I want the fans to know that I'll fight harder than I've ever fought to retain the World Title to keep the belt respectable. Fans cheered. Nelson: Those are some strong words. DeBeers is obviously a man on a mission. He wants to win for white world supremacy. Let's not look at this situation through rose-colored glasses. He's determined to not only win the title for himself but also for a vile political ideology. Wahoo: You're spot on, Larry. He's politicizing the World Championship. And a win by him, in his mind at least, makes it a victory for evil over good. You cannot... Crowd cheered as Don Muraco made his way down the face aisle to the ring. Muraco climbed in the ring an walked up to Nelson and Wahoo. Wahoo: Don, what are you doing out here? Muraco: Wahoo, look. I know you've got a big title defense coming up at Christmas Chaos. But, you haven't been all that clear on the matter of us teaming up again to go after the World Tag Team Titles. I know we can win those belts if we get back together. It's just a matter of if and not when. Wahoo: I have said this to you before. My schedule is very busy right now. We will one day team up again and go after the tag team titles. It just won't be right now. Muraco: When, Chief? When will it happen? I just need to know. I'm dying to have us reunite. Wahoo: When there's an opening in my schedule we'll get back together. Muraco: You can't give me a specific time frame? Wahoo: No. I can't right now. Just give it time, Don. Muraco: You really need to let me know when I can start looking to train for tag team wrestling again. I can already feel those belts around our waists. Wahoo was agitated. Wahoo: Look here. It will happen when it happens. Right now I'm too busy. Muraco: Too busy for your old friend? You really need a reality che... Wahoo now angry. Wahoo: That's it! You know... I'm tired of dealing with this right now, Don. You know what? I'm done talking about it right now. I've got other things to do. Wahoo stormed out of the ring as Muraco looked on from the ring as the program went off the air. END PROGRAM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted June 11 Author Share Posted June 11 AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING SYNDICATED SHOW - QUANDT FIELDHOUSE - STEVENS POINT, WI - DEC. 1990 ANNOUNCERS: Jack Reynolds & David Crockett Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Eric Bischoff (# Aired on a previous AWA program.) (1st Taping) In-studio: Larry Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: NON-TITLE: Scott Norton & Billy Jack Haynes (WTTC) vs. Billy Joe Travis & The Shootist (From USWA) Another Christmas Chaos Report A look back at the end of the Don Muraco-Jonnie Stewart match from last week on AWA on ESPN with comments from both Stewart and Muraco. A look back at the surprise abrupt ending of Mimi's one-year anniversary celebration on last week's AWA on ESPN Tina Moretti sees action Akio Sato & Ninja Go wrestle And more! Nelson sent it to the ring in Duluth. The Trooper won a squash match over Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker via pinfall with his flying shoulder tackle finisher Trooper got a strong ovation coming to the ring down the face aisle and handed out souvenir speeding tickets along the way. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Trooper, you just took down another member of law enforcement in Buddy Lee Parker of the State Patrol. But you have your sights set on a bigger prize. Trooper: I do, I've got my sights set on that Pro Wrestling Heritage Championship held by Greg Valentine. Everyone saw what happened a few weeks ago. I had Valentine on the verge of defeat and time just ran out. Well, the next time we step into the ring time might just run out on Valentine's reign! Crowd cheered. Trooper: I know with every fiber of my being that I can beat Valentine for the Pro Wrestling Heritage Championship and I think these people do, too. More cheers. Trooper: Valentine! It's not a matter of if but when. There will be another battle between us! And there will be a winner! I've got your number, Hammer! It's time for a change and I aim to be that change! Eric: The Trooper, everybody! More cheers. Video aired of Reggie Bennett shoving Mimi's and Val's face in the cake during her celebration with the caption: NEXT... PARTY'S OVER!!! Commercials In-studio: Nelson intro'd footage from the end of last week's one-year celebration for Mimi as champion. VIDEO: # Mimi: So, right now, I'm going to ask. Are there any wrestlers who want to celebrate with us and enjoy a piece of this delicious, decadent chocolate cake?! Crickets as there no one was coming out. Val: Don't be bashful. Get out here. More waiting. Val: Anyone? Brief wait. Val: Well, that just leaves more cake for me and the champ. The rest of you lost out on one of the best cakes you will ever eat. How about you, Nelson? You want some cake? Nelson: Why not... Crowd popped as Tina Moretti made her way down the face aisle to the ring and climbed in. Mimi: Look who it is. Another perpetual contender. Val laughed. Tina: I came out here to say something to both of you. The women's division is expanding and getting batter in the AWA. And I'm coming for that belt, Mimi. I'm coming fast and hard for it. You had better be at your best when we wrestle because I might just relieve you of that belt. Crowd cheered. Val had cut some of the cake and handed a piece on a plate to Mimi. Mimi: We can worry about that some other time, Tina. How about a nice piece of chocolate cake? Tina looked at the heel pair and then Mimi rubbed the piece of cake in TIna's face. Tina shocked and started rubbing the cake off her face as Val and Mimi pointed at laughed at her like immature high school broads. Crowd popped as 'Big' Reggie Bennett came charging down the face aisle and hit the ring behind Val, Mimi, Nelson and Tina. Reggie grabbed Mimi and Val by the back of their heads and slammed and rubbed their faces into the big cake as the crowd cheered. Mimi stunned and pissed about what just happened as she wiped the cake out of her eyes. Val slipped on some cake in the ring and took a prat fall to the delight of the crowd. Mimi cleaned the chocolate out of her eyes and then saw who did the cake face smashing and jumped back. Reg: I can tell you one thing, Mimi! And I 100 percent guarantee it! There will be no second anniversary for you as the Women's World Champion! Crowd popped. Mimi hastily gabbed the belt off the table and clutched it to her chocolate cake-covered chest. Tina now pointed and laughed at Val and MImi before she and Reg left the ring together and headed back up the face aisle to solid cheers. END VIDEO In-studio: Nelson talked about the cake event. Hyped Christmas Chaos on December 11. Nelson said that there would be major news about the Women's World Title match in the Christmas Chaos Report. Pic aired of Akio Sato & Ninja Go with the caption: NEXT... MENACE FROM THE FAR EAST!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities Akio Sato & Ninja Go won a squash match over Jerry Allen & Terry Daniels when Sato pinned Allen with his Japanese Vegematic (sitout powerbomb) finisher Sato & Go were modestly booed coming down the heel aisle. In-studio: Nelson hyped Christmas Chaos. Video aired from the Muraco-Stewart match with the caption: NEXT... CLOSE CALL! Commercials In-studio: Nelson intro'd footage from the end of last week's match between Don Muraco and Jonnie Stewart with comments following from both men. VIDEO: # Stewart snapped Muraco up and whipped Muraco at the ropes. Muraco stumbled and fell forward with his head, arms and shoulders hanging out over the middle rope. Stewart moved in and stood over Muraco and proceeded to jump up and nail Muraco with a trio of ass drops to the back. Ref ordered Stewart back and checked on Muraco. Muraco hurting. Muraco made his way to his feet. Stewart moved in and Muraco caught Stewart in a bearhug and drove Stewart hard, back-first into the buckles. Stewart staggered out and crashed to the mat. Muraco moved in and grabbed Stewart, whipped Stewart into the ropes and caught Stewart coming off with a second powerslam. Murtaco fought through the pain as he stood up and gestured it was time for his inverted piledriver finisher. Crowd into it. Muraco snapped Stewart up, struggled to turn Stewart upside down but finally did so and blasted Stewart with his inverted piledriver finisher to the delight of the crowd. DING! DING! DING! Muraco covered Stewart. Ref patted Muraco on the back three times. Muraco to his feet. Ref informed him of what happened. Muraco not happy. DECISION: Time-Limit Draw - 10:00 Pic flipped and Don Muraco, in street clothes and holding a mic, was standing in front of the AWA logo. Muraco: I had him beat, dammit! If the match only had three more seconds I would have defeated Jonnie Stewart! This kind of match ending is frustrating to say the least! Victory was mine but time was my enemy! I want another match with Jonnie Stewart! One that has a longer time-limit so there's the chance for a clear winner! Three seconds! That's all that stood between me and victory over Jonnie Stewart! Pic flipped and Stewart, in street clothes and holding a mic, was standing in front of the AWA logo. Stewart: Some people will say that if the match had just gone a few seconds longer then Jonnie Stewart would have lost to Don Muraco. How do you know? He did hit me with that inverted piledriver of his. Believe me, that thing hurts like you would not believe. But, he wasn't able to pin me. If the match would have gone a little longer, I'll let you in on a little secret, I would have kicked out of Muraco's pin attempt. He would have failed to get the win. People need to realize that the 'Wrestler of the '90s' is not your normal wrestler. Other wrestlers, lots of 'em, succumb to Muraco's finisher. I would not have on this night. He hit me with his biggest move. But the reality is that he would not have finished me off with it. Dream on, Donny Boy. Dream on. END VIDEO Pic aired of Tina Moretti with the caption: NEXT... WHERE'S TINA???!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities Tina Moretti won a squash match over Major Gunns via pinfall with her Samoan pilderiver finisher Tina got a solid response coming down the face aisle. In-studio: Nelson talked up the AWA women's division and how Mimi has a few ladies now breathing down her neck for the gold. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... CHAOS REPORT!!! Commercials CHRISTMAS CHAOS REPORT # Nelson: Welcome to the Christmas Chaos Report. I'm Larry Nelson. Christmas Chaos will be taking place on Tuesday, December 11th, the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bell time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Tickets go on sale now!. For tickets, contact Ticket Master or call the St. Paul Civic Center at 1 (651) 555-3891 or visit the Civic Center box office. The show will also be airing live on ESPN. We've got two new matches to announce this week but first we'll take a look at the two matches already signed for the event. For the AWA World Championship, World Champion Wahoo McDaniel will defend the belt against the controversial South African Col. DeBeers. The war of words between these two has already been intense and this week is no different as we hear from the challenger DeBeers. VIDEO: DeBeers was standing in front of the AWA logo in his camo gear with mic in hand. DeBeers: It is now less than two weeks until a new era is born in the AWA. At Christmas Chaos on December 11th I, Col. DeBeers, will be crowned the new AWA World Heavyweight Champion when I defeat the savage Indian Wahoo McDaniel. When I become the champion, I will be ushering in the era of the new man. This man will be a noble man. A man worthy of being a champion. A man worthy of holding the highest title in the field of sports. A cloud of darkness will be lifted from over the sport of professional wrestling when I put Wahoo down like a sick, mangy dog. This is my manifest destiny. And you cannot stop manifest destiny; it's like trying to hold back the wind. Everyone watching this right now needs to make sure they're watching ESPN on December 11th. For the dawning of a new and golden era will begin in the AWA. It will be the era of survival of the fittest. And being one of the most fit people on planet earth, that means I will be a great survivor for a long, long time. Only another member of the strong race will ever be able to take me down. But that's only if they haven't allowed the mental and physical pollution of America and the West to infect them. The strong, the noble, the wise. These are only found in one people. A great people and a fighting people. The American Indian carries none of this within him. Wahoo, you were a feel good story for much of 1990. But the end of that story is written at Christmas Chaos with the rise of the new champion and the new man. END VIDEO Nelson: More strong and rather unsettling words from Col. DeBeers. Also, for the AWA World Tag Team Titles, Scott Norton and Billy Jack Haynes will be defending against the suddenly resurgent team of Badd Company. Let's hear from the challengers and then the champions. VIDEO: Shot of DDP, Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond standing in front of the AWA logo. All were in street clothes. DDP had a mic. DDP: I would knew this day would return for us! We hit a rough patch for a period of time, but we dug ourselves out of that hole and are now once again the #1 contender's for the AWA World Tag Team Championships! And at Christmas Chaos, you can remove the #1 contender tag from us! These guys are gonna give the best gift of all Chrtistmas season by becoming the new AWA World Tag Team Champions! That's right! We're gonna be the Grinch for Billy Jack Haynes and Scot Norton for the holidays! Badd Company has been denied for far too long! We are once again gonna take our place at the top of the tag team ladder! Haynes and Norton! You boys are gonna need to gift wrap those belts! Because Tanaka and Diamond would love nothing better than to open them under the tree on Christmas morning! What a Kodak Moment that would be! Pic flipped and Norton and Haynes, both in street clothes with the belts slung over their shoulders and mics in hand, were standing in front of the AWA logo. Norton: Badd Company, you have earned your shot at these tag team titles! But we know how you guys operate! Especially with that slippery manager of yours Dallas Page at ringside! You guys are a dangerous team on your own! If you're gonna beat us and take these belts from us at Christmas Chaos, at least do it like men! Keep your manager out of the match! Haynes: We've been the tag team champions now for three months and we've been fighting champions! As Scott said, come at us like the men you claim to be, Tanaka and Diamond! Don't rely on outside help from Dallas Page! You take us down cleanly then you've earned these belts! And I'm gonna say one thing to Mr. Page! Dallas, if you interfere in this match using that cane and I get a hold of it, I'll take that cane and shove it so far up where the sun don't shine that you'll need surgery to have it removed! Fight us on your own, boys! Be real men! END VIDEO Nelson: In another match just signed this week, Nikita Koloff will be squaring off against Kokina Maximus. Let's take a look at how that match came together. VIDEO: In-ring: Larry Nelson was once again standing with Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. Nelson: We are running low on time. Sheik, earlier you came out with that briefcase and offered the $250,000 in it to any wrestler who could slam and pin or force a submission from Kokina in one match. The other side to this challenge was that if the wrestler who accepted the challenge lost, then they would have to come to work for you. Kaissey: That is correct! There were no takers earlier! And this is the last chance for someone to accept this offer before it goes away and will never be offered again! Nelson: Are there any takers now? No one was coming out. Nelson: We are almost out of time. We need someone to come out and accept Sheik's challenge right now if they're brave enough. Still no one coming out. Nelson: We're gonna have to wrap the show up if no one comes out now. And I mean now! No one coming. Nelson: Going once. Going twice... Crowd popped as someone finally came down the face aisle. Pedicino: It's Nikita Koloff! Koloff, in his ring attire, made his way down the aisle and stepped in the ring and walked up to Kaissey and Nelson. Koloff: Sheik Adnan. I accept your challenge! Koloff and Kaissey stared at each other as the crowd cheered and the program went off the air. END VIDEO Nelson: Now, let's hear from Nikita and Kokina's manager, Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. VIDEO: Nikita Koloff was standing in front of the AWA logo in street clothes with mic in hand. Koloff: Sheik Adnan! You offer $250,000 dollars if a wrestler can bodyslam and pin Kokina Maximus in the same match! I have accepted your challenge! I am willing to risk having to go to work for you for a chance at the money and to be the first wrestler in the entire sport to slam and defeat Kokina! If I do not accomplish my, how you say, mission, then I will work for you! I won't like it but these are the rules you have made! I will honor my end of the, how you say, bargain if I lose! Pic flipped and Kaissey was standing in his Arab garb and holding a mic in front of the AWA logo. Kaissey: I admire you for your bravery, Nikita! No other wrestlers were man enough to accept my challenge! If you bodyslam and defeat Kokina in the same match, then you will be given $250,000 dollars of my money in cold, hard cash! This is a one-time challenge! It will not be offered again to anyone! But while I admire your courage, Nikita, I also think that you don't know what you have gotten yourself into! Kokina is the indestructible force in wrestling today! And no one has been able to bodyslam him! I have a feeling, Koloff, that you're coming to work for me after you fail to get the job done at Christmas Chaos! And I already have a list of things for you to do when I take over your life and career! Nelson: Both sides seem determined to win the challenge put forth by Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. Either Nikita gets the $250,000 dollars by bodyslamming and defeating Kokina Maximus. Remember, the slam and the win must occur in the same bout. Or, Nikita Koloff must go to work for Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey if the Russian Nightmare is not up to the task of toppling Kokina Maximus. Finally, the newest match added to Christmas Chaos. The Magnificent Mimi will defend the AWA Women's World Title against 'Big' Reggie Bennett. Christmas Chaos is shaping up to be quite the show for the holiday season. And next week we'll have the final Christmas Chaos Report and will inform you fans of any new matches that are added. I'm Larry Nelson. See you again next week with the Christmas Chaos Report. END VIDEO Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... AWA VS. USWA!!! TV MAIN EVENT - NON-TITLE: Billy Jack Haynes & Scott Norton vs. Billy Joe Travis & The Shootist (From USWA) Shootist and Travis made their way down the heel aisle to modest boos. Haynes and Norton (WTTC) came down the face aisle to a strong ovation. Announcers hyped Haynes and Norton defending the tag belts against Badd Co. at Christmas Chaos. The USWA wrestlers put up a fight for much of the match before Haynes forced The Shootist to submit to his full nelson finisher. WINNER: Haynes & Norton - Submission - 6:35 END PROGRAM 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 EARLY DECEMBER 1990 AWA HQ - ST. LOUIS PARK, MN Bill Watts and Jim Crockett were having a heated discussion in Watts' office. Jim: Bill, I really don't like this finish for this match. Bill: Why not? It will accomplish two things at Christmas Chaos. It's a good finish. Jim: Half of it is. But half of it makes me nervous. Bill: You'll get over it, Jim. It lays the groundwork for the major title change. Jim: It does accomplish that. But can't you have them drop the title to someone else? Bill: I could but then it wouldn't make sense. Look, this brings their issue full circle. The title change will be huge, Jim. They've never held it before. The fans will really respond to it. Jim: We've been asked not to do this but you're gonna go ahead and do it anyway. Watts: I know what I'm doing, Jim. Just let me handle it. Any heat that comes our way well, I'll bear the brunt of it. I'll take one for the team. Jim: This will piss off some very important people. Watts: They'll get over it. We handle the wrestling side of things, not them. They don't understand why certain things are done. Jim: What if they don't get over it? This could affect business in a very negative way. Watts: I'll do the talking if they're upset. I'll explain what we're doing but will not reveal any long range plans to them. If we let them know what's gonna happen on our shows, since most are taped, they'll blab about it to others. Kayfabe needs to be seriously enforced when it comes to protecting our plans. Jim: I do not like this at all. Watts: You don't have to like it. It's just a piece of business. We have to move forward with it because the wheels are already in motion. Jim: You can put the brakes on, Bill. Please re-think this. Watts: Too late, the brake lines have been cut. This is gonna play out and you will see it was the right move over the long haul. Relax. Jim: I'm thinking about the long-term. The possible impact on our business could be bleak after this. We may not recover if you pull the trigger on it. Watts: Just let me handle everything. All is under control. Jim: I don't... I don't know what else to say. Watts: It's gonna be okay, Jim. I believe this is gonna help us in the long run. We've already got a start to this angle and we'll have a finish that runs in a nice, straight line. Everyone wins in the end. Us. The fans. It will all be good when it is finished. The impact will be great. But will the impact be the inadvertent demise of the company? STAY TUNED... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHK1989 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Erik Watts winning the World Title? 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herrbear Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Watts sticking his neck out. Stay tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 AWA WRESTLING ON ESPN - SHOWBOAT SPORTS PAVILION - LAS VEGAS, NV - DECEMBER 1990 Announcers: Joe Pedicino & Bill Dundee Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Larry Nelson (# Aired on a previous AWA program.) (2nd Taping) Show Intro In-studio: Larry Nelson welcomed viewers. Said this was the final AWA on ESPN before Christmas Chaos. Nelson then ran down the program. Col. DeBeers wrestles a tune-up match before Christmas Chaos The final Christmas Chaos Report (Two new matches have been added this week) A look back at Reggie Bennett being awarded the AWA Women's World Title shot against Magnificent Mimi A look back at the attack on Brad Rheingans by Ken Patera and Tully Blanchard with Barry Windham coming to Rheingans' aid Jonnie Stewart sees action Barry Windham wrestles 'Big' Reggie Bennett is here And more! Nelson sent it to the ring in Vegas! Shot of a stretcher at ringside. Kokina Maximus won a squash match over Ken Massey via pinfall with his Bonzai Drop (ass drop to the chest from the middle turnbuckle) Kokina, manager Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey and the Masked Doctor were strongly booed coming to the ring down the heel aisle. Announcers discussed the $250,000 dollar challenge match between Kokina and Nikita Koloff coming up at Christmas Chaos. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Masked Doc checked on the obliterated Massey while Nelson spoke with Kaissey as Kokina stood looking on menacingly behind him. Nelson: Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey, the big $250,000 dollar challenge is coming up very shortly at Christmas Chaos. This may be Kokina's biggest test to date as he faces the 'Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff. Kaissey: There is a lot of chatter out there about this match! If Nikita bodyslams and beats Kokina in the match, then he wins $250 grand! The money is right here in this briefcase I am holding! This is the only time this challenge will occur! After this then no more! Nikita, you have one shot to do this! No man has bodyslammed Kokina and no man has beaten Kokina! He is a force of nature! Kokina is a hurricane, earthquake and raging flood all rolled into one man! And let's not forget! If Nikita fails to bodyslam Kokina and beat him in the match, then he not only loses out on the money, he also has to come to work for me! I am already planning for how I will use Nikita! Nelson: Can you tell us how you intend to use him? Kaissey: You will know that when he fails to complete the goals laid out in the challenge at Christmas Chaos! But, I will tell you this! When Nikita comes to work for me he must do everything I tell him! And it says in the contract we signed that he will have to work for me for one year! He will be my possession for 365 days! Nikita will do what I say or he will suffer! Nelson: Those are chilling words to say the least. Kaissey: Imagine how chilling they will be for Nikita! Nelson: Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey and Kokina Maximus, everyone! Crowd booed. Pic aired of Reggie Bennett with the caption: NEXT... REG GETS THE NOD!!! Commercials In-studio: Nelson intro'd the decision last week regarding who would be facing Women's Champ Magnificent Mimi for the title at Christmas Chaos. VIDEO: In-ring: Larry Nelson was standing in the ring with AWA promoter Jim Crockett, Tina Moretti and 'Big' Reggie Bennett. # Nelson: With me right now are AWA promoter Jim Crockett, Tina Moretti and Reggie Bennett. Jim, we hear you have some news concerning Christmas Chaos. Jim: I do, Larry. At Christmas Chaos, Magnificent Mimi will be defending the AWA Women's World Championship. And the match will be against one of these two ladies with me in the ring. Crowd cheered. Jim: Tina and Reggie. You both are worthy contenders to face Mimi at Christmas Chaos. Unfortunately, only one of you will be getting the title shot that evening. After a long, intense discussion with members of the AWA Championship Committee we have made our decision. Believe me, it was not an easy decision. But, we have decided that at Christmas Chaos, Magnificent Mimi will be defending the championship against... Crockett looked at both women and the women had looks of anticipatio9n on their faces. Jim: ...Reggie Bennett! Mainly cheers but some boos from Tina fans. Tina and Reggie hugged. Tina: Reggie, congratulations on getting the championship match against Mimi. I know, and these fans know, you can topple her from her throne and become the new Women's World Champion. We are all behind you, Reg. Go get 'em, girl. Tina and Reg embraced once again and Tina then left the ring and headed back up the face aisle. Reg: Let me just say that Tina Moretti is a serious contender in her own right. She will have her chance to win the gold one day as well. I want to thank the AWA Championship Committee and promoter Jim Crockett for allowing me this opportunity. I've worked hard to get where I am in this sport. I promise that I will give it everything I have and then some on December 11th at the St. Paul Civic Center. Jim: Both you and Tina are deserving and like you said Reggie, Tina will get her shot one day also. Nelson: Reggie, we all saw what happened last week at Mimi's one-year anniversary celebration as the Women's World Champion. You shoved her face and her manager Valerie's face into the cake they had specially made for the event. Does that incident have any bearing on the match with Mimi at Christmas Chaos? Reg: Larry, if Mimi does not shove that cake in Tina's face then none of that would have happened. Mimi and Val got what they deserved as far as I'm concerned. Crowd cheered. Cheers melted into boos as Val and Mimi made their way down the heel aisle to the ring. Both were in street clothes and Mimi had the belt slung over her shoulder. The pair stepped into the ring and walked up to Reg, Jim and Larry. Mimi: Jim Crockett! I will not wrestle this moose! Crowd booed. Mimi: This woman is too large and very reckless in the ring! I am too beautiful to be putting the belt on the line against her! She could maim me with her bull in a china shop ring style! Jim: You don't want to wrestle her, Mimi. Okay. Mimi: That's more like it! Reggie Bennett is a walking OSHA report! Jim: You can just hand over the Women's World Title for failure to fulfill your obligations as champion and we'll make the match Reggie Bennett vs. Tina Moretti for the held up Women's World Championship. Crowd popped. Mimi and Val beside themselves. Val: You can't do this to us! Mimi's the champion so that means we call the shots! No title match for Reggie Bennett! Jim: You refuse to wrestle her and you're stripped of the title, Mimi. What's your choice? Val and Mimi briefly talked with one another. Mimi: I'll defend the belt against this wall! But I am doing it under protest! More boos. Val: Reggie also owes me $150 dollars for the cake she ruined last week during Mimi's anniversary celebration! Nelson: Reggie, you have been quiet during all this. Reg: Mimi. Val. There's really not much for me to say. I'll let my actions in the ring at Christmas Chaos do my talking for me. See you in St. Paul. Crowd cheered as Reggie left the ring and headed back up the face aisle and slapped hands with fans along the way. Mimi: If that's the way the championship committee wants it, fine! But we'll plan a strategy that 'Miss I Take Up 2 Seats On A Plane' won't be able to overcome! Jim Crockett! Prepared to be made a fool out of for ordering this match! Jim: You just make sure you're at Christmas Chaos with the belt. END VIDEO Pic aired of Barry Windham with the caption: NEXT... THE TALL TEXAN!!! Commercials/AWA Tour Update Barry Windham won a squash match over Fatu via pinfall with his flying lariat finisher Barry Windham was accompanied by Brad Rheingans and got a strong response coming down the face aisle. Announcers discussed the attack on Rheingans by Patera and Tully and Windham coming to Brad's aid. Video aired of the attack on Rheingans by Patera and Tuily with Barry running in to help Brad with the caption: NEXT...FIGHT INTENSIFIES!!! Commercials In-studio: Nelson intro'd footage from the attack on Brad Rheingans on last week's AWA on ESPN. VIDEO: # Rheingans was making quick work of Lee and dominating the match and then... Pedicino: It's Tully and Ken! Tully Blanchard and Ken Patera, in their ring attire, charged down the heel aisle, hit the ring and attacked Rheingans. Ref called for the bell (No contest). Val had casually strolled down to ringside and was watching the felony. Tully and Ken were hammering away on Brad. Brad in a bad way. Crowd popped as Barry Windham, in his ring attire, charged down the face aisle and hit the ring. Barry threw haymakers at both Tully and Ken that connected. Barry then laid into Tully with punches and Ken clubbed Barry from behind and he and Tully pounded away on Barry. Brad recovered and joined in the fray. Fans into it. The fighting continued a little longer before AWA officials made their way down to the ring to restore order. Val signaled for her men to leave the ring and they did while Barry and Brad were kept at bay. Tully, Ken and Brad looked on from the floor as the segment ended. END VIDEO Commercials Pic aired of Reggie Bennett with the caption: NEXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION???!!! Commercials 'Big' Reggie Bennett won a squash match over Linda McMahon via submission with her split-leg rear chinlock submission hold Bennett got a good ovation coming to the ring. Announcers played up Reg's devastating finisher and said if Mimi gets caught in it her reign is over. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... FINAL CHAOS REPORT!!! Commercials CHRISTMAS CHAOS REPORT # Nelson: Welcome to the Christmas Chaos Report. I'm Larry Nelson. This is the final Christmas Chaos Report before the big show. Christmas Chaos will be taking place on Tuesday, December 11th, at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bell time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Tickets are on sale now. For tickets, contact Ticket Master or call the St. Paul Civic Center at 1 (651) 555-3891 or visit the Civic Center box office. The show will also be airing live on ESPN. We have two more matches that have been added to the card to announce this week. But first, let's take a look at the matches already announced for Christmas Chaos. For AWA World Championship, World Champion Wahoo McDaniel will be defending the title against the controversial Col. DeBeers. The war of words between these two has been intense and the match should have a heat level of extreme. Wahoo is fighting for the American way and DeBeers is fighting for his vicious political ideology. Much more is at stake in this match than just the belt. Also, Billy Jack Haynes and Scott Norton will be defending the AWA World Tag Team Titles against Badd Company. Badd Company has been on a roll lately and they seem to have enough momentum right now to possibly de-throne the current champions. For the AWA Women's World Championship, Magnificent Mimi, who has been the Women's Champion for over a year now, will be defending against 'Big' Reggie Bennett. This promises to be one for the books as Mimi is defending against a woman with a significant size advantage. Let's hear from Reggie and then champion Mimi. VIDEO: Shot of Reggie in street clothes and holding a mic and standing in front of the AWA logo. Reg: Magnificent Mimi and Valerie! This is it! The time has come! At Christmas Chaos, if I catch Mimi in my rear chinlock finisher then she's finished! Valerie, you'd better be careful where you tread that night in St. Paul! Because if you try to interfere and I catch you then I will squash you like a grape and they'll have to scrape you off the mat with a spatula! See you ladies, and I use the term ladies loosely here, at Christmas Chaos! Pic flipped and Mimi and Val, both in street clothes and holding mics, were standing in front of the AWA logo. Mimi had the belt cradled in her left arm. Mimi: I want it known that I am wrestling this match under protest! Reggie Bennett is extremely reckless in the ring and a threat to my physical well-being! But Reggie better know this! I have the best manager in the sport today in Valerie! They say two heads are better than one! And while Reggie may have the brawn we have the brains! Reggie needs to realize that while she can physically overpower me, she can't outsmart us! Not in a million years! Tell 'em, Val! Val: Mimi, you just stated what needed to be said! Reggie Bennett will never be able to out-duel us in a test of wits! She may think she can win on her raw power alone! But she can't out-think us! We are putting the final touches on our match plan and when all is said and done Mimi will still be the Women's Champion after Christmas Chaos! END VIDEO Nelson: The Women's Title match is shaping up to be an interesting clash of styles. Can Mimi and Valerie outsmart Reggie Bennett? Or will Reggie overwhelm Mimi with sheer force and end her run as champion? In the $250,000 dollar challenge match, Nikita Koloff does battle with Kokina Maximus. For Nikita to win the money, he must bodyslam and defeat Kokina in the match. If Nikita loses, he has to work for Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey for a year. This is a one shot deal. Nikita either wins a quarter of a million dollars or becomes the property of Shek Adnan El-Kaissey. It promises to be a must see match. Now, here are the two matches just added to Christmas Chaos. First, after they battled to a 10-minute draw in their encounter recently, a match where Muraco had just hit Stewart with his devastating inverted piledriver as the bell rang, it's gonna be Jonnie Stewart vs. Don Muraco in a match with a 20-minute time-limit. Finally, with all that has transpired between them in recent weeks, Tully Blanchard and Ken Patera will square off against Barry Windham and Brad Rheingans in a match with a lot of bad blood. Let's hear from Ken and Tully followed by comments from Rheingans and Windham. VIDEO: Shot of Tully, Ken and their manager Valerie, all in street clothes and each holding mics, standing in front of the AWA logo. Ken: I can tell you that signing with Valerie is the best career decision I have ever made. Rheingans, the reality is you were holding me back! You were an anchor that was keeping me from achieving my true greatness! I've broken free from you and now the sky is the limit for me! And with Tully as my tag team partner at Christmas Chaos, we begin our march to the the top of the AWA when we take down Barry and Brad at Christmas Chaos! We want all the titles and we're gonna make lots and lots of money! Tully: Well said, Ken! Our ascension is just beginning! The AWA is our oyster and we will have it all! Windham and Rheingans are gonna learn first-hand what no mercy truly means! In baseball, you have what are know as five tool players! They're players who have everything in terms of talent and skill! Well in wrestling, Ken and I are like those five tool players! We're the guys who have all the talent and skill! You'll see it on display when we step into the ring with Barry Windham and Brad Rheingans at Christmas Chaos! Valerie has an eye for the best this sport has to offer! Magnificent Mimi's already the Women's Champion! Soon, Ken Patera and Tully Blanchard are gonna have gold around our waists! And bigger bank accounts, too! Val: Signing Tully Blanchard and Ken Patera should send a message to every wrestler out there that I can take great wrestling talent and make it even greater! And the first step to greatness is gonna be a big win over Barry Windham and Brad Rheingans at Christmas Chaos! Pic flipped and Barry Windham and Brad Rheingans, both in street clothes and holding mics, were standing in front of the AWA logo. Barry: Tully Blanchard and Ken Patera! You two just keep escalating things to the boiling point! At Christmas Chaos, you're gonna face the wrath of me and Brad Rheingans! This won't be a match... it will be a brawl! There's certainly no love lost here! The intensity will be so high you can feel it through your TV's at home! We've got a score to settle and we intend to do just that on December 11th! Brad: This might be a tag team match. But, I am gonna focus all of my ire on you, Ken Patera. All that talk for months about how'd you'd never turn on the fans or me and go with Valerie and you wind up doing just that. Brother, you sold everyone out for the almighty dollar and promises from a sleazy manager that you'll win lots and lots of championships under her. I'm still in shock over what happened between us. But, I take solace in knowing that I have a true friend watching my back in Barry Windham. Unlike you, Patera, I know I can trust this man by my side. And we're gonna bring the fight to you and Tully Blanchard at Christmas Chaos. See you two in St. Paul. END VIDEO Nelson: There you have it. The complete card for Christmas Chaos. The show takes place Tuesday, December 11th at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Tickets are still available if you want to be there live. And the event will also be airing live on ESPN. Christmas Chaos has a start time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Don't miss a minute of the action either live in the arena or on ESPN. I'm Larry Nelson. See you at Christmas Chaos. Pic aired of Col. DeBeers with the caption: NEXT... MANIFEST DESTINY???!!! Commercials Col. DeBeers won a squash match over Indian wrestler Chief Jay Strongbow, Jr. via pinfall with his face-first piledriver DeBeers was strongly booed coming down the heel aisle to the ring. Announcers discussed DeBeers' controversial remarks about Wahoo and other racial statements in recent weeks. After winning the match, DeBeers left the ring and went over and grabbed the ring bell off the timekeeper's table and brought it into the ring. Pedicino: What's he gonna do with the bell?! DeBeers set the bell down in the ring. Pedicino: Is he gonna face-first piledrive Strongbow, Jr. into the bell?! DeBeers graabed Strongbow, Jr. and prepared to hoist him up for a face-first piledriver on the ring bell. Peidcino: If DeBeers pulls this off he'll shatter Strongbow, Junior's face! Crowd popped as Wahoo McDaniel, in his ring attire and carrying the AWA World Title, charged down the face aisle and hit the ring. DeBeers released Strongbow, Jr. as Wahoo dropped the title belt in the ring and charged over and jumped on DeBeers and started pounding away on the Colonel as the crowd roared. DeBeers managed to fight back and the two started brawling in the ring as the heat went way up. The two were slugging it out when wrestlers from both the face and heel locker rooms charged down their repspective aisles and hit the ring and, after a brief struggle, managed to pull the two men apart. The heels dragged DeBeers to one corner and the faces dragged Wahoo to the opposite corner and held the two men at bay. Both men glaring at one another from across the ring. Wahoo then broke away from being held in his corner and charged over and jumped into the crowd of wrestlers holding DeBeers back and Wahoo started pounding DeBeers as the fans erupted. DeBeers managed to get in a few shots before the pair was separated once again. Crowd eating it up. The two men started barking at each other over a wall of face and heel wrestlers as the program went off the air. END PROGRAM 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 PRESENTS CHRISTMAS CHAOS LIVE ON ESPN! TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 - 8PM EASTERN/5PM PACIFIC ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER - ST. PAUL, MN MAIN EVENT!!! FOR THE AWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 'Chief' Wahoo McDaniel (WC) vs. Col. DeBeers AWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Scott Norton & Billy Jack Haynes (WTTC) vs. Badd Company (w/ Mgr. Dallas Page) $250,000 CHALLENGE MATCH Nikita Koloff vs. Kokina Maximus (w/ Mgr. Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey & The Masked Doctor) If Nikita slams and beats Kokina he wins the money! If Kokina wins, Nikita must work for Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey for a year! TAG TEAM WAR Tully Blanchard & Ken Patera (w/ Mgr. Valerie) vs. Barry Windham & Brad Rheingans AWA WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Magnificent Mimi (w/ Mgr. Valerie) vs. 'Big' Reggie Bennett PLUS! ONE FALL WITH A 20-MINUTE TIME-LIMIT Don Muraco vs. Jonnie Stewart SEE WHO'S NAUGHTY AND NICE AT CHRISTMAS CHAOS! (NOTE: There will be one more All-Star Wrestling posted before Christmas Chaos.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted June 21 Author Share Posted June 21 AWA ALL-STAR WRESTLING SYNDICATED SHOW - QUANDT FIELDHOUSE - STEVENS POINT, WI - DEC. 1990 ANNOUNCERS: Jack Reynolds & David Crockett Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Eric Bischoff (# Aired on a previous AWA program.) (2nd Taping) In-studio: Larry Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: Nelson informed viewers this was the final All-Star Wrestling before Christmas Chaos. Nelson then ran down the program: Nikita Koloff wrestles Final words from AWA WC Wahoo McDaniel and Col. DeBeers before their epic World Title clash at Christmas Chaos The final Christmas Chaos Report Badd Company wrestles At look back at the recent attack on Brad Rheingans on AWA on ESPN by Tully and Patera with Barry Windham coming to Brad Rheingans' aid Jonnie Stewart sees action Rip Oliver & The Grappler see action And more!! Nelson sent it to the ring in Stevens Point. Don Muraco win a squash match over Ripper Savage via pinfall with his inverted piledriver finisher Muraco got a strong ovation coming down the face aisle. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Don Muraco, you're really looking solid in the ring right now. We know you had a tough match recently with Jonnie Stewart that ended in a draw. You have made it clear that you would have beaten him if there was just a little more time left on the clock. Don: That's right, Eric. The match only had a 10-minute time-limit. The fans saw it, I hit him with my inverted piledriver and the bell rang. Just three more seconds and I would have pinned him and won the match. I'll make it clear, I want a re-match with the man and I want the match to have a longer time-limit. And there's something else I want to talk about. One thing we haven't touched on is how it could be me facing Wahoo for the World Championship at Christmas Chaos. DeBeers beat me in our tournament match by holding my tights to score the pin. DeBeers, I'm watching you, brother. Wahoo McDaniel, I know you're getting ready to face Col. DeBeers with the World Title on the line at Christmas Chaos. I know you have a very busy schedule with your title defenses. But, you need to clear time on that schedule so you and I can team up again and make a run at the World Tag Team Titles. This is something we should be concentrating on. Eric: The World Title defenses do comsume most of his time right now. Do you think it's fair to ask him to get all distracted by making a run at the tag titles at the moment? Don: He owes it to himself to try and become a World Tag Team Champion. He'd be holding two World championships if we were successful. Eric: Are you sure this isn't really all about you? It seems kind of selfish. Muraco suddenly grabbed Bischoff by the lapels of his jacket and Bischoff dropped the mic. Muraco glared at Bischoff for a moment and then let him go and left the ring and walked back up the face aisle to a perplexed crowd reaction. Pic aired of Rip Oliver and The Grappler with the caption: NEXT... CRIPPLER & GRAPPLER Commercials Rip Oliver & The Grappler won a squash match over Steve Gatorwolf & Scott McGhee via pinfall when Oliver pinned McGhee with his spinebuster finisher Oliver and Grap came down the heel aisle to a pretty strong negative reaction. Before the match, Oliver and Grappler got on the mic. Rip: I'll be brief. You Wisconsin-ites suck! Crowd booed. Rip: This whole state is a crime against decency! And everything has cheese in it or on it! Thank god I come from the great Pacific Northwest and not the land of cheese and the sorry Green Bay Packers! More boos. Grappler took the mic. Grappler: The old man in Portland is quite happy with the way things are going for us right now here in the AWA. You still may not have figured out what we're doing here yet. But you will understand one day. Everywhere we go, me and Rip wreak havoc. We tear up wrestlers and whole towns. We can be a very destructive force. When all is finally revealed, we will turn the wrestling world upside down. Armageddon's coming. The only question is when we'll set off the bomb to really kick things into high gear. More booing. Video aired of the attack on Rheingans by Tully and Ken with Barry Windham coming to Brad's aid with the caption: NEXT... ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK!!! In-studio: Nelson intro'd footage from the attack on Brad Rheingans on last week's AWA on ESPN. VIDEO: # Rheingans was making quick work of Lee and dominating the match and then... Pedicino: It's Tully and Ken! Tully Blanchard and Ken Patera, in their ring attire, charged down the heel aisle, hit the ring and attacked Rheingans. Ref called for the bell (No contest). Val had casually strolled down to ringside and was watching the felony. Tully and Ken were hammering away on Brad. Brad in a bad way. Crowd popped as Barry Windham, in his ring attire, charged down the face aisle and hit the ring. Barry threw haymakers at both Tully and Ken that connected. Barry then laid into Tully with punches and Ken clubbed Barry from behind and he and Tully pounded away on Barry. Brad recovered and joined in the fray. Fans into it. The fighting continued a little longer before AWA officials made their way down to the ring to restore order. Val signaled for her men to leave the ring and they did while Barry and Brad were kept at bay. Tully, Ken and Brad looked on from the floor as the segment ended. END VIDEO Pic aired of Badd Co. with the caption: NEXT... GOING FOR THE GOLD!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities Badd Co. (w/ Mgr. DDP) won a squash match over Ali Velshi & Joe Scarborough when Tanaka pinned Scarborough after a catapault into a jumping DDT Badd Co. was pretty strongly booed coming to the ring. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Badd Company is gonna be squaring off at Christmas Chaos against tag champions Billy jack Haynes and Scott Norton for the titles. Dallas Page, your team has been on a roll lately and has earned this title shot. DDP: You don't need to tell me we've earned it. We deserve this more than any other team in the AWA right now. Badd Company is riding the wave of big mo momentum right now. We are hot. And Billy Jack Haynes and Scott Norton are about to get burned at Christmas Chaos. This is our chance to grab the brass ring and we are not letting it go. You people need to tune in on Tuesday December 11th to ESPN and see what greatness looks like because you'll never be great; but you can see greatness up close. We are on a hot streak. It's like we keep hitting 21 at blackjack. And we're gone hit our biggest score yet when we rip those titles from the grasp of Norton and Haynes. Crowd booed. Eric: Badd Company, everyone. Split-screen pic aired of Wahoo McDaniel and Col. DeBeers with the caption: NEXT... LAST WORDS!!! Commercials In-studio: Nelson intro'd the final comments from AWA WC Wahoo McDaniel and Col. DeBeers before their World Title match at Christmas Chaos. VIDEO: Shot of DeBeers in his camo gear with mic in hand standing in front of the AWA logo. DeBeers: These are my final words before I face World Champion Wahoo McDaniel for the title at Christmas Chaos. December 11th, 1990, is a day that will long be remembered by wrestling fans. On that day manifest destiny will be realized. My manifest destiny. Wahoo McDaniel will not be able to stop this man on a mission that is about so much more than just a belt. This is political. This is about South African honor and decency vs. American decadence and filth. When I defeat Wahoo at Christmas Chaos on Tuesday, it will be a moment when time will stand still in this sport. When the referee raises my hand and hands me that big silver championship belt, it will be a turning point that will make pro wrestling spin off its collective axis. You will finally have a champion that is a true hero. A man who stands for all that is right and just. The superman will rise over the riff-raff low man. It will be a victory for a noble political ideology and a noble people. The day is coming for a major change in this sport. And that day is December 11th, 1990. Pic flipped and Wahoo was in street clothes and his head dress. He had the belt around his waist and holding a mic. Wahoo: The hour is upon us, people. I know you've got my back as I head into my World Title clash with Col. DeBeers. Fans have been stopping me everywhere telling me that they're behind me 100 percent and they want me to defeat a man that is living, breathing evil. I hear you, fans. And I'm gonna do everything in my power to take down Col. DeBeers. This is not only the biggest title match of my career; it's also the biggest match of my life, period. I am going to hold nothing back. I am going to fight like a rabid dog against a fierce opponent who, if he had his way, would live in some whites only utopia. Col. DeBeers is filled with hate. And that hate cannot rise to the top in AWA. It has to be shut down. December 11th is the day when goodness must triumph over evil. END VIDEO Pic aired of Jonnie Stewart with the caption: NEXT... HERE'S JONNIE!!! Commercials/Market-specific promos for house show cities/Generic promos for non-house show cities Jonnie Stewart won a squash match over Mike Jackson via pinfall with his big elbow off the top rope finisher Stewart was booed coming to the ring. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Jonnie, Don Mu... Stewart ripped the microphone out of Eric's hand. Eric not having a good day. Jonnie: Don Muraco! You want to face me in a match with more time than 10 minutes?! That's alright with me, bro! I'm not gonna need 10 minutes to beat you the next time we meet! The 'Wrestler of the '90s' is just too hot right now to fail! I'm rising and rising and rising! You'll be a huge stepping stone for me, Muraco, as I climb the ladder to the top of the AWA and the wrestling world! Stewart tossed the mic back at Eric and left the ring to boos. Pic aired of the AWA logo with the caption: NEXT... FINAL CHAOS REPORT!!! Commercials CHRISTMAS CHAOS REPORT # Nelson: Welcome to the Christmas Chaos Report. I'm Larry Nelson. This is the final Christmas Chaos Report before the big show. Christmas Chaos will be taking place on Tuesday, December 11th, the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bell time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Tickets on sale now. For tickets, contact Ticket Master or call the St. Paul Civic Center at 1 (651) 555-3891 or visit the Civic Center box office. The show will also be airing live on ESPN. We have two more matches that have been added to the card to announce this week. But first, let's take a look at the matches already announced for Christmas Chaos. For the AWA World Championship, World Champion Wahoo McDaniel will be defending the title against the controversial Col. DeBeers. The war of words between these two has been intense and the match should have a heat level of extreme. Wahoo is fighting for the American way and DeBeers is fighting for his vicious political ideology. Much more is at stake in this match than just the belt. Also, Billy Jack Haynes and Scott Norton will be defending the AWA World Tag Team Titles against Badd Company. Badd Company has been on a roll lately and they seem to have enough momentum right now to possibly de-throne the current champions. For the AWA Women's World Championship, Magnificent Mimi, who has been the Women's Champion for over a year now, will be defending against 'Big' Reggie Bennett. This promises to be one for the books as Mimi is defending against a woman with a significant size advantage. Let's hear from Reggie and then the champion Mimi. VIDEO: Shot of Reggie in street clothes and holding a mic standing in front of the AWA logo. Reg: Magnificent Mimi and Valerie! This is it! The time has come! At Christmas Chaos, if I catch Mimi in my rear chinlock finisher then she's finished! Valerie, you'd better be careful where you tread that night in St. Paul! Because if you try to interfere and I catch you then I will squash you like a grape and they'll have to scrap you off the mat with a spatula! See you ladies, and I use the term ladies loosely here, at Christmas Chaos! Pic flipped and Mimi and Val, both in street clothes and holding mics, were standing in front of the AWA logo. Mimi had the belt cradled in her left arm. Mimi: I want it known that I am wrestling this match under protest! Reggie Bennett is extremely reckless in the ring and a threat to my physical well-being! But Reggie better know this! I have the best manager in the sport today in Valerie! They say two heads are better than one! And while Reggie may have the brawn we have the brains! Reggie needs to realize that while she can physically overpower me, she can't outsmart us! Not in a milion years! Tell 'em, Val! Val: Mimi, you just stated what needed to be said! Reggie Bennett will never be able to out-duel us in a test of wits! She may think she can win on her raw power alone! But she can't out-think us! We are putting the final touches on our match plan and when all is said and done Mimi will still be the Women's Champion after Christmas Chaos! END VIDEO Nelson: The Women's Title match is shaping up to be an interesting clash of styles. Can Mimi and Valerie outsmart Reggie Bennett? Or will Reggie overwhelm Mimi with sheer force and end her run as champion? In the $250,000 dollar challenge match, Nikita Koloff does battle with Kokina Maximus. For Nikita to win the money, he must bodyslam and defeat Kokina in the match. If Nikita doesn't complete the task, he has to work for Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey for a year. This is a one shot deal. Nikita either wins a quarter of a million dollars or becomes the property of Shek Adnan El-Kaissey. It promises to be a must-see match. Now, here are the two matches just added to Christmas Chaos. First, after they battled to a 10-minute draw in their encounter recently, a match where Muraco had just hit Stewart with his devastating inverted piledriver finisher as the bell rang, it's gonna be Jonnie Stewart vs. Don Muraco in a match with a 20-minute time-limit. Finally, with all that has transpired between them in recent weeks, Tully Blanchard and Ken Patera will square off against Barry Windham and Brad Rheingans in a match with a lot of bad blood. Let's hear from Ken and Tully followed by comments from Rheingans and Windham. VIDEO: Shot of Tully, Ken and their manager Valerie, all in street clothes and each holding mics, standing in front of the AWA logo. Ken: I can tell you that signing with Valerie is the best career decision I have ever made. Rheingans, the reality is you were holding me back! You were an anchor that was keeping me from achieving my true greatness! I've broken free from you and now the sky is the limit for me! And with Tully as my tag team partner, we begin our march to the the top of the AWA when we take down Barry and Brad at Christmas Chaos! We want all the titles and we're gonna make lots and lots of money! Tully: Well said, Ken! Our ascension is just beginning! The AWA is our oyster and we will have it all! Windham and Rheingans are gonna learn first-hand what no mercy truly means! In baseball, you have what are know as five tool players! They're players who have everything in terms of talent and skill! Well in wrestling, Ken and I are like those five tool players! We're the guys who have all the talent and skill! You'll see it on display when we step into the ring with Barry Windham and Brad Rheingans at Christmas Chaos! Valerie has an eye for the best this sport has to offer! Magnificent Mimi's already the Women's Champion! Soon, Ken Patera and Tully Blanchard are gonna have gold around our waists! And bigger bank accounts, too! Val: Signing Tully Blanchard and Ken Patera should send a message to every wrestler out there that I can take great wrestling talent and make it even greater! And the first step to greatness is gonna be a big win over Barry Windham and Brad Rheingans at Christmas Chaos! Pic flipped and Barry Windham and Brad Rheingans, both in street clothes and holding mics, were standing in front of the AWA logo. Barry: Tully Blanchard and Ken Patera! You two just keep escalating things to the boiling point! At Christmas Chaos, you're gonna face the wrath of me and Brad Rheingans! This won't be a match... it will be a brawl! There's certainly no love lost here! The intensity will be so high you can feel it through your TV's at home! We've got a score to settle and we intend to do just that on December 11th! Brad: This might be a tag team match. But, I am gonna focus a lot of my ire on you, Ken Patera. All that talk for months about how'd you'd never turn on the fans or me and go with Valerie and you wind up doing just that. Brother, you sold everyone out for the almighty dollar and promises from a sleazy manager that you'll win lots and lots of championships under her. I'm still in shock over what happened between us. But, I take solace in knowing that I have a true friend watching my back in Barry Windham. Unlike you, Patera, I know I can trust this man by my side. And we're gonna bring the fight to you and Tully Blanchard at Christmas Chaos. See you two in St. Paul. END VIDEO Nelson: There you have it. The complete card for Christmas Chaos. The show talks place Tuesday, December 11th at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Tickets are still available if you want to be there live. And the event will also be airing live on ESPN. Christmas Chaos has a start time of 8pm Eastern and 5pm Pacific. Don't miss a minute of the action either live in the arena or on ESPN. I'm Larry Nelson. See you at Christmas Chaos. Pic aired of Nikita Koloff with the caption: NEXT... NIKITA + $250 GRAND!!! Commercials Nikita Koloff won a squash match over Gary Royal via pinfall with his Russian sickle finisher Koloff got a strong ovation coming down the face aisle to the ring. POST-MATCH INTERVIEW: Eric: Nikita, you are just a short time away from facing Kokina Maximus at Christmas Chaos and there's a lot on the line. Nikita: There is, Eric. If I bodyslam and defeat Kokina in the match, I win $250,000 dollars of the Sheik's money. But, if I lose I have to go to work for the Sheik. Eric: What if you do lose, Nikita? You would have to work for Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey. He would treat you like he owned you. You would be stuck doing whatever he commanded you to do. That's a big risk when you consider Kokina has never been beaten nor has he been slammed since he arrived in the AWA. Nikita: I not go into this match with, how you say, blinders on. I know what I am getting into. If I lose, I will accept the stipulation put forward by Sheik Adnan. I will work for him for a year. It might be, how you say, humiliating at times, but that's the risk you take. I bodyslam and beat Kokina, then I win $250 grand. Kokina is big and powerful. He's beaten everyone who has dared to step in the ring with him. But he's got to lose sometime. I am big and powerful, too. I know I can slam him if given the chance. And, most importantly of all, I know I can beat Kokina. Crowd cheered. Eric: Well, Nikita, I think I speak for these fans out here when I say we want to see you get the job done and show to the world that Kokina's not invincible. More cheers. Nikita: We're gonna find out at Christmas Chaos, Eric. I either win the money or lose my freedom and am forced to work for the Sheik. END PROGRAM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herrbear Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 MAIN EVENT!!! FOR THE AWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 'Chief' Wahoo McDaniel (WC) vs. Col. DeBeers AWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Scott Norton & Billy Jack Haynes (WTTC) vs. Badd Company (w/ Mgr. Dallas Page) $250,000 CHALLENGE MATCH Nikita Koloff vs. Kokina Maximus (w/ Mgr. Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey & The Masked Doctor) If Nikita slams and beats Kokina he wins the money! If Kokina wins, Nikita must work for Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey for a year! TAG TEAM WAR Tully Blanchard & Ken Patera (w/ Mgr. Valerie) vs. Barry Windham & Brad Rheingans AWA WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Magnificent Mimi (w/ Mgr. Valerie) vs. 'Big' Reggie Bennett PLUS! ONE FALL WITH A 20-MINUTE TIME-LIMIT Don Muraco vs. Jonnie Stewart vs. 'Big' Reggie Bennett PLUS! ONE FALL WITH A 20-MINUTE TIME-LIMIT Don Muraco vs. Jonnie Stewart vs. 'Big' Reggie Bennett PLUS! ONE FALL WITH A 20-MINUTE TIME-LIMIT Don Muraco vs. Jonnie Stewart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHK1989 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Col. DeBeers Badd Company Nikita Koloff Tully Blanchard & Ken Patera Magnificent Mimi Don Muraco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kremmen Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 (edited) DEC. 11, 1990 BACKSTAGE AT THE ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER ST. PAUL, MN AN HOUR BEFORE CHRISTMAS CHAOS As the crowd filed in at the St. Paul Civic Center for the show, Bill Watts and Jim Crockett walked into an empty room in the backstage area. Jim (uneasy): You're really going through with this? Bill: Yes I am. Look, there's nothing to be worried about. I'll take any blowback from what's about to happen if there is any. Jim: Oh. There will be blowback, Bill. The only question is how bad will it be. Watts: I'll handle it. I'll just explain to them that the wrestling people know what they're doing and everything will payoff in the end. We just need this to happen to start down the road to closing out the angle. It's gonna be a happy ending. Jim: Not gonna be happy tonight. We have no idea what the reaction's gonna be to what you have planned. I can't shake the feeling that this could damage what we're trying to build beyond all repair. Bill: You've got two of the best wrestling minds working with you in me and Jerry. We'll make it through rough waters. Jim: I hope you're right. But even the best minds can hit a proverbial land mine. Bill: If that's the case, and I don't think it will be, we will recover over time. Jim: How much time do we really have to turn the AWA around? Ticket sales for tonight are weak to say the least. Bill: That probably has more to do with a backlash from the fans here in Minneapolis because we're moving our operations to Vegas. They're upset. But, they will get over it. It may take a little time. But it will happen. Jim: We struggled in Greensboro and Atlanta for years... years... after we moved Starrcade out of those two cities. Those fans in those towns believed Starrcade was theirs. Bill: They got over it eventually. Fans will come back if you offer them something to see live in their town. This is a pretty good card tonight. You can't help but think the move is what has hurt ticket sales. Jim: What if this gets play in the mainstream media and is spun very negatively. Bill: F*ck the press! They've never really respected our business anyway. If not tonight, then they'll find something to trash us for. Some of the crowds we've drawn since taking over have been strong. Look at Super Clash 5 in Milwaukee. Look at some of the houses in Vegas for the TVs. They've largely gone up since Verne left. Remember the 12,000 here in July for the Verne tribute show. How about the almost 8,000 in Chicago for the other Verne tribute. Had some other decent houses as well. I think we should also talk with John, Deb and Jerry about moving some of the ESPN TV's during '91. Maybe take the show on the road two or three times just to test the waters. Jim: With what's about to go down later tonight we may not even be able to test those waters. Bill: Jim, I've made up my mind. This negativity is not gonna help us. Just trust the process. It'll work out, my man. Jim: God, I hope you're right, Bill. I pray you're right. Because if this backfires it could be the end for us. Bill got angry. Bill: Dammit! Quit being a chickensh*t on this issue, Jim! And let me handle all the fallout from this situation if it arises! Jim: It's all yours. The ball is in your court. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Was Jim Crockett right to be concerned? Could what's about to transpire spell the beginning of the end for the new era AWA? STAY TUNED... Edited June 23 by Captain Kremmen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHK1989 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 "Trust the process" They're doomed... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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