AWA Appreciation Thread
 

Any AWA fans around here?

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calm down on the threads man. I know you are trying to do a cool thing but maybe 1 a day would have been better. Just a thought. But what the hell do I know.

Anyone who hasn't seen this awful video should watch it NOW

-You get to hear AWA Wrestlers attempt to RAP

Bockwinkel wasn't half bad but Verne and Greg Gagne were AWFUL

AWA WrestleRock Rumble

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AWA had some damn good wrestling.

Here's a rare clip of Ric Flair in his AWA stint in 1973-74

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Scott Hall & Curt Hennig were money as a team.....

I agree. They were amazing together. I also liked the AWA's Tag Team division, with teams like The Midnight Rockers, The Original Midnight Express, Badd Company, The Olympians, The Destruction Crew, D.J. Peterson and J.T. Southern, The Texas Hangmen...I can just go on. Thanks to the Road Warriors, the tag team scene was abundant.

You talk about tag teams and you can't forget Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens off your list of top AWA Tag Teams

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of course Bobby Heenan was pure gold in AWA

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Nick Bockwinkel was awesome on the mic

and to think the guy was almost 50 by this point

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June 26 1983, St. Paul Minnesota, Sheik Adnan El Kassey purchases the contract of Ken Patera from Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and then teams him up with Jerry "Crusher" Blackwell to defeat The High Flyers, Greg Gagne and Jumpin' Jim Brunzell, for The AWA World Tag Team Titles.


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June 10 1984, St. Paul Minnesota. AWA battle royal where Jerry "Crusher" Blackwell turned babyface after Sheik Adnan El Kassey and Abdullah the Butcher and Bruiser Brody turned on him also at the end look for Dusty Rhodes, Curt Hennig, and The Fabulous Ones, Steve Keirn and Stan Lane to save the day

Blackwell had been a hated heel for several years before this

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Here's a cheesy AWA Music Video for Stan Lane and Steve Keirn who were known as The Fabulous Ones

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Curt Hennig/Scott Hall vs Jimmy Garvin/Steve Regal


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The Midnight Express versus Bill Dundee/Jerry Lawler

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Poor Enos. Never got to speak his mind.

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Bockwinkel is the goods.

damn right :y:

even at almost 50 he was still damn good in the mid 80's

Also check out his match at WCW Slamboree '93 against Dory Funk, Jr.