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Old 08-01-2009, 12:31 PM   #13
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I'm old enough to remember the original AWA albeit when it was in bad shape around '88 til '90

But I still like to watch the old re-runs on ESPN Classic every once in awhile

I have a bunch of them taped

Funny to see Eric Bischoff on those later shows and who woulda thought in 1989 this guy would go on to be president of WCW


1986 was their last good yr with the big supercard Wrestlerock at the Metrodome in Minneapolis

plus they had Superfly Jimmy Snuka!

Here's the card for WrestleRock

Event: AWA WrestleRock
Date: April 20, 1986
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Arena: The MetroDome
Attendence: 22,000

Brad Rheingans pinned Boris Zuhkov....Little Mr. T and Cowboy Lang defeated Lord Littlebrook and Little Tokyo....Col DeBeers defeated Wahoo McDaniel by Disqualification....Doug Somers and Buddy Rose defeated The Midnight Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) when Somers pinned Jannetty....Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) pinned Buck Zumhoffe....Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda defeated The Fabulous Ones (Steve Kiern and Stan Lane) when Windham pinned Lane....Giant Baba pinned Bob Brown....Rick Martel and Harley Race (16:00) fought to a Double Count Out....Battle Royal: Sherri Martel won a "battle royal." Also in the match were: Debbie Combs, Candi Divine, Rose Divine, Joyce Grable, Kat LeRoux, Despina Montagas, Misty Blue Simmes, and Luna Vachon....AWA America's Heavyweight Title Match: Sgt Slaughter defeated Kamala by Disqualification....AWA World Tag Team Title Match: Curt Hennig and Scott Hall defeated Bill and Scott Irwin when Hall pinned Bill to retain the tag team titles....Boxing Match: Scott LeDoux defeated Larry Zbysko by Disqualification in a "boxing" match....AWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Stan Hansen defeated Nick Bockwinkle (10:00) by Disqualification to retain the title....Steel Cage Match: The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) defeated The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (7:00) in a "steel cage" match when Animal pinned Garvin....Steel Cage Match: Jimmy Snuka and Greg Gagne defeated Nord the Barbarian and Bruiser Brody in a "steel cage" match when Snuka pinned Nord....Steel Cage Match: Verne Gagne pinned Adnan Al-Kassie in a "steel cage" match.
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