AWA ALL STAR WRESTLING(10/5/84)
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AWA ALL STAR WRESTLING
Taped October 1, 1984 to air across the territory on October 5, 1984 at the studios of KMSP TV in Minneapolis. Rod Trongard on commentary and Ken Resnick as ring announcer and interviewer.
After the opening, we cut to Ken Reanick and Rod Trongard in front of the AWA logo.
RESNICK: Welcome to AWA All Star Wrestling. We have a great program with some exciting newcomers like Steve “Dr. Death William and “Hacksaw Butch Reed. We will see your AWA World Champion Rick Martel. The Fabulous One will wrestle Curt Hennig…
TRONGARD: You mean the Fabulous Ones, right, Ken?
RESNICK: Well, my rundown says the Fabulous ONE singular, accompanied by his valet, Baby Doll! I have no idea what that is about, Rod. We have a six man tag team bout involving Larry Zybysko, Nick Bockwinkel, and newcomer Jesse Barr. We also have a special video presentation from Superstar Billy Graham. Right now, let’s hear from our sponsors before we get underway….
COMMERCIAL
Steve “Dr. Death” Williams vs. Gerald Finley: Williams is accompanied to the ring by Paul Ellering. Williams look awesome as he squashes Finley and finishes him with with the Oklahoma Stampede powerslam. Trongard gets across Williams’ amateur background and puts over how the expansion of the Legion Of Doom could change the balance of power in the AWA!
Hacksaw Butch Reed vs. Paul Christy: The wily veteran Christy uses all of his dirty tricks, but Reed is too powerful and gets the win, pinning Christy after a shoulder block off the top turnbuckle. During the bout, Ellering, Williams, and the AWA World Tag Champions, the Road Warriors, make their way to the interview area.
RESNICK: I’m scheduled to speak with Butch Reed at this time, but Paul Ellering and his expanded Legion Of Doom have joined me….
ELLERING: Bruce Reed, please do come over. There is an offer on the table, Mr. Reed, from the Legion Of Doom, yet you don’t answer phone calls…you don’t respond to registered mail. Butch Reed, come join the most powerful force in wrestling today…THE LEGION OF DOOM!
REED: This is 1984, not 1844! I don’t work on anybody’s plantation, Ellering, especially not yours! Tell me something, Road Warriors, Steve, what percentage of your earnings does this man get? How does it feel to sell your soul and be another man’s puppet? I got something better than a manager or a Legion Of Doom, I have a FRIEND!
TONY ATLAS COMES OUT AND STANDS BY BUTCH REED’S SIDE!
ATLAS: You are doin’ right, Butch. I trust this man as far as I can sling a bull by it’s tail!
REED: I’m not taking your offer, Ellering! In fact, my man and I have an offer for you! Why don’t you have the Road Warriors put the tag team titles on the line against Tony and me?
ELLERING: Two million dollar bodies with ten cent brains! Hawk and Animal will take you apart! Reed, there better wrestlers than you begging to be in the Legion! You two will tremble in fear when you see the full power of my Legion of Doom!
COMMERCIAL
Including a promo for tonight at the St. Paul Civic Center!
AWA WORLD TITLE MATCH
RICK MARTEL VS. TATSUMI FUJINAMI!
AWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES
ROAD WARRIORS VS. TONY ATLAS & BUTCH REED!
TEN GREAT MATCHES!!! ALL OF THE TOP STARS OF THE AWA!!!
Larry Zybysko, Nick Bockwinkel, & Jesse Barr vs. Jerry Grey, Jesse Hernandez, & Jimmy Backlund:
Bockwinkel finishes Backlund with the sleeper. The Bockwinkel led threesome looks very impressive.
RESNICK: I’m here with some international superstars, men who have won championships all over the world, Afa & Sika, the Samoans! Welcome to the AWA, gentlemen.
AFA: It’s good to be here. Everywhere we go, New York, Texas, the west coast. Japan, the main goal of all of the wrestlers is to come here, the AWA.
Zybysko, Bockwinkel, & Barr are in the interview area!
ZYBYSKO: (pointing to Bockwinkel and speaking in a condescending tone)This best wrestler in AWA history….me big star…(pointing to Barr)Him rising star. We important men. Need talk to announcer man. You go pick bannanas. (pulls a pen out of Resnick’s jacket pocket) Here trinket we trade for you go away. Go pick bannanas and chase monkeys.
AFA SLAPS THE TASTE OUT OF ZYBYSKO’s MOUTH!
AFA: Who do you think you are talking down to me, you jerk? We are just as American as you are and we are definitely smarter! Nick, I expect better from you, you know better! Our nephew, Samu will be here soon and we’ll take you three jerks on anytime and anyplace!
BOCKWINKEL: You are making a major mistake. These are three wrestling machines that you are dealing with, boys! This is the big leagues and we’re the all star team.
SIKA: Your buddy here looks more like a screwball to me!
RESNICK: We’ll go to a break before things get out of hand here!
COMMERCIAL
The Fabulous One vs. Curt Hennig: Curt Hennig stands in the ring as “Everybody Wants You” begins to play. Steve Keirn comes out, dressed in full Fabulous Ones gear(top hat, bow tie, suspenders, etc.) and accompanied by Baby Doll, who is dressed in a sequined tux. Keirn wrestles as a complete cocky rulebreaker and Rod Trongard seems shocked by the change as he calls the match. Hennig looks to be well on his way to a win as he climbs to the top rope for a dropkick, but Baby Doll trips him and he winds up landing on his head! Keirn follows that up with a Russian leg sweep for the pin!
RESNICK: Well, here comes a man who I think owes us an explanation! Fabulous One Steve Keirn, there is a change in tactics and apparently in attitude!
KEIRN: It’s called winning, daddy! I got a long legged blonde on my arm and the brains and the body to go to the top! Ricky Martel, polish up that belt, baby! No more Steve and Stan. It’s like Michael Jackson got too big for the Jackson Five and Diana Ross outgrew the Supremes!
JACK BRISCO STEPS INTO THE SCENE!
RESNICK: Former NWA World Champion Jack Brisco! Now in the AWA!
BRISCO: What is wrong with you? We’ve been friends for ten years and I’ve never seen you like this! I thought what you and Stan were doing was bad enough, but at least you were still a scientific wrestler! Now, you’ve got this bimbo and you’ve forgot how to wrestle the right way! That Hennig boy kicked your butt all over the ring! Look Gerald and me tried it that way, but I like being able to look in the mirror and I’m here to do things right like Verne Gagne did all those years.
KEIRN: Brisco, you’re washed up and jealous! And don’t you ever call this lady a bimbo again! You wanna be a washed up old man like Gagne? Looks like you’re well on your way! Too bad you aren’t wearing your wrestling gear because I’d give you a wrestling lesson right here today!
BRISCO: There will be a lesson taught, but I plan on being the teacher, Steve!
Brisco stalks away!
BABY DOLL: You told him, baby!
KEIRN: Ken Resnick, Baby Doll and me are gonna rule the AWA. The Fabulous One is here to stay!
COMMERCIAL
Including a promo for tonight at the St. Paul Civic Center!
AWA WORLD TITLE MATCH
RICK MARTEL VS. TATSUMI FUJINAMI!
AWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES
ROAD WARRIORS VS. TONY ATLAS & BUTCH REED!
THE FABULOUS ONE VS. JACK BRISCO!
BILLY ROBINSON VS. MIL MASCARAS!
“DR. DEATH” STEVE WILLIAMS VS. LARRY “THE AX” HENNID!
TEN GREAT MATCHES!!! ALL OF THE TOP STARS OF THE AWA!!!
Non-Title Match: AWA World Champion Rick Martel vs. Goldie Rogers: Rogers tries to gain an advantage by brawling, but Martel puts on a clinic and looks like a World Champion should before putting Rogers away with the slingshot splash.
RESNICK: I’m joined by the World Champion Rick Martel. Champ, Sheik Adnan El Kaissey has been retained by a Japanese consortium to take that belt back to Japan and he has brought in one of the top names in the world to try to do just that, Tatsumi ”The Dragon” Fujinami. That will be a tough challenge and the Sheik says he has limitless funds to bring in almost any wrestler he wants.
MARTEL: It’s my job to defend against the best and Fujinami is one of the best ever. This is the top title in the world and the toughest competition is here. You heard Steve Keirn out here earlier. Billy Robinson, Jack Brisco, Nick Bockwinkel, all great wrestlers and all deserving a match. I’m up to the challenge of anybody Adnan signs up or anybody else in the AWA!
RESNICK: Let’s take a look at some footage of Tatsumi Fujinami.
VTR:
A music video of highlights of Fujinami in action from Japan set to some generic Oriental music. At the ends of the highlights, Adnan appears on screen, ranting in a foreign tongue. The words “Martel” “Fujinami”, and “title” are the only familiar words in the diatribe.
COMMERCIAL
RESNICK: Paul Ellering has joined me once again. The Legion Of Doom is expanding and I understand Steve Williams is only the beginning..
ELLERING: Be afraid, be very afraid! You have seen the Road Warriors and Dr. Death! The Barbarian, one of the most fearsome wrestlers in the sport, is on his way! Imagine a man who makes Tony Atlas and Butch Reed look small in comparison! You mentioned a video of the great Superstar Billy Graham. Pay very close attention to said video. This is wonderful news for the Legion and dreadful news for everybody else!
VTR:
A closeup of a huge bicep flexing. The camera zooms out to show Superstar Graham posing.
GRAHAM: The Superstar is on his way, baby. The man of the hour, the tower of power, too sweet to be sour will soon be back in the AWA! I am coming to break bones, make money, win titles, and rule the world! No man alive can break the full nelson of Superstar Graham! No man can break the bearhug of Superstar Graham or escape the devastating backbreaker! Of course, I have joined the Legion Of Doom, baby! The Road Warriors! Dr. Death! The brutal Barbarian! My main man, Precious Paul! The greatest assemblage of power in the history of the universe, daddy! Ricky Martel! Tony USA Atlas! Butch Reed! Steve O! Ax Hennig! Prepare to bow before the power of the Supertsar and the Legion of Doom!
RESNICK: What an outstanding hour of AWA All Star Wrestling! Next week, we’ll have an action packed hour. The AWA is the Major League Of Professional Wrestling and we are ready to prove it!
Taped October 1, 1984 to air across the territory on October 5, 1984 at the studios of KMSP TV in Minneapolis. Rod Trongard on commentary and Ken Resnick as ring announcer and interviewer.
After the opening, we cut to Ken Reanick and Rod Trongard in front of the AWA logo.
RESNICK: Welcome to AWA All Star Wrestling. We have a great program with some exciting newcomers like Steve “Dr. Death William and “Hacksaw Butch Reed. We will see your AWA World Champion Rick Martel. The Fabulous One will wrestle Curt Hennig…
TRONGARD: You mean the Fabulous Ones, right, Ken?
RESNICK: Well, my rundown says the Fabulous ONE singular, accompanied by his valet, Baby Doll! I have no idea what that is about, Rod. We have a six man tag team bout involving Larry Zybysko, Nick Bockwinkel, and newcomer Jesse Barr. We also have a special video presentation from Superstar Billy Graham. Right now, let’s hear from our sponsors before we get underway….
COMMERCIAL
Steve “Dr. Death” Williams vs. Gerald Finley: Williams is accompanied to the ring by Paul Ellering. Williams look awesome as he squashes Finley and finishes him with with the Oklahoma Stampede powerslam. Trongard gets across Williams’ amateur background and puts over how the expansion of the Legion Of Doom could change the balance of power in the AWA!
Hacksaw Butch Reed vs. Paul Christy: The wily veteran Christy uses all of his dirty tricks, but Reed is too powerful and gets the win, pinning Christy after a shoulder block off the top turnbuckle. During the bout, Ellering, Williams, and the AWA World Tag Champions, the Road Warriors, make their way to the interview area.
RESNICK: I’m scheduled to speak with Butch Reed at this time, but Paul Ellering and his expanded Legion Of Doom have joined me….
ELLERING: Bruce Reed, please do come over. There is an offer on the table, Mr. Reed, from the Legion Of Doom, yet you don’t answer phone calls…you don’t respond to registered mail. Butch Reed, come join the most powerful force in wrestling today…THE LEGION OF DOOM!
REED: This is 1984, not 1844! I don’t work on anybody’s plantation, Ellering, especially not yours! Tell me something, Road Warriors, Steve, what percentage of your earnings does this man get? How does it feel to sell your soul and be another man’s puppet? I got something better than a manager or a Legion Of Doom, I have a FRIEND!
TONY ATLAS COMES OUT AND STANDS BY BUTCH REED’S SIDE!
ATLAS: You are doin’ right, Butch. I trust this man as far as I can sling a bull by it’s tail!
REED: I’m not taking your offer, Ellering! In fact, my man and I have an offer for you! Why don’t you have the Road Warriors put the tag team titles on the line against Tony and me?
ELLERING: Two million dollar bodies with ten cent brains! Hawk and Animal will take you apart! Reed, there better wrestlers than you begging to be in the Legion! You two will tremble in fear when you see the full power of my Legion of Doom!
COMMERCIAL
Including a promo for tonight at the St. Paul Civic Center!
AWA WORLD TITLE MATCH
RICK MARTEL VS. TATSUMI FUJINAMI!
AWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES
ROAD WARRIORS VS. TONY ATLAS & BUTCH REED!
TEN GREAT MATCHES!!! ALL OF THE TOP STARS OF THE AWA!!!
Larry Zybysko, Nick Bockwinkel, & Jesse Barr vs. Jerry Grey, Jesse Hernandez, & Jimmy Backlund:
Bockwinkel finishes Backlund with the sleeper. The Bockwinkel led threesome looks very impressive.
RESNICK: I’m here with some international superstars, men who have won championships all over the world, Afa & Sika, the Samoans! Welcome to the AWA, gentlemen.
AFA: It’s good to be here. Everywhere we go, New York, Texas, the west coast. Japan, the main goal of all of the wrestlers is to come here, the AWA.
Zybysko, Bockwinkel, & Barr are in the interview area!
ZYBYSKO: (pointing to Bockwinkel and speaking in a condescending tone)This best wrestler in AWA history….me big star…(pointing to Barr)Him rising star. We important men. Need talk to announcer man. You go pick bannanas. (pulls a pen out of Resnick’s jacket pocket) Here trinket we trade for you go away. Go pick bannanas and chase monkeys.
AFA SLAPS THE TASTE OUT OF ZYBYSKO’s MOUTH!
AFA: Who do you think you are talking down to me, you jerk? We are just as American as you are and we are definitely smarter! Nick, I expect better from you, you know better! Our nephew, Samu will be here soon and we’ll take you three jerks on anytime and anyplace!
BOCKWINKEL: You are making a major mistake. These are three wrestling machines that you are dealing with, boys! This is the big leagues and we’re the all star team.
SIKA: Your buddy here looks more like a screwball to me!
RESNICK: We’ll go to a break before things get out of hand here!
COMMERCIAL
The Fabulous One vs. Curt Hennig: Curt Hennig stands in the ring as “Everybody Wants You” begins to play. Steve Keirn comes out, dressed in full Fabulous Ones gear(top hat, bow tie, suspenders, etc.) and accompanied by Baby Doll, who is dressed in a sequined tux. Keirn wrestles as a complete cocky rulebreaker and Rod Trongard seems shocked by the change as he calls the match. Hennig looks to be well on his way to a win as he climbs to the top rope for a dropkick, but Baby Doll trips him and he winds up landing on his head! Keirn follows that up with a Russian leg sweep for the pin!
RESNICK: Well, here comes a man who I think owes us an explanation! Fabulous One Steve Keirn, there is a change in tactics and apparently in attitude!
KEIRN: It’s called winning, daddy! I got a long legged blonde on my arm and the brains and the body to go to the top! Ricky Martel, polish up that belt, baby! No more Steve and Stan. It’s like Michael Jackson got too big for the Jackson Five and Diana Ross outgrew the Supremes!
JACK BRISCO STEPS INTO THE SCENE!
RESNICK: Former NWA World Champion Jack Brisco! Now in the AWA!
BRISCO: What is wrong with you? We’ve been friends for ten years and I’ve never seen you like this! I thought what you and Stan were doing was bad enough, but at least you were still a scientific wrestler! Now, you’ve got this bimbo and you’ve forgot how to wrestle the right way! That Hennig boy kicked your butt all over the ring! Look Gerald and me tried it that way, but I like being able to look in the mirror and I’m here to do things right like Verne Gagne did all those years.
KEIRN: Brisco, you’re washed up and jealous! And don’t you ever call this lady a bimbo again! You wanna be a washed up old man like Gagne? Looks like you’re well on your way! Too bad you aren’t wearing your wrestling gear because I’d give you a wrestling lesson right here today!
BRISCO: There will be a lesson taught, but I plan on being the teacher, Steve!
Brisco stalks away!
BABY DOLL: You told him, baby!
KEIRN: Ken Resnick, Baby Doll and me are gonna rule the AWA. The Fabulous One is here to stay!
COMMERCIAL
Including a promo for tonight at the St. Paul Civic Center!
AWA WORLD TITLE MATCH
RICK MARTEL VS. TATSUMI FUJINAMI!
AWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES
ROAD WARRIORS VS. TONY ATLAS & BUTCH REED!
THE FABULOUS ONE VS. JACK BRISCO!
BILLY ROBINSON VS. MIL MASCARAS!
“DR. DEATH” STEVE WILLIAMS VS. LARRY “THE AX” HENNID!
TEN GREAT MATCHES!!! ALL OF THE TOP STARS OF THE AWA!!!
Non-Title Match: AWA World Champion Rick Martel vs. Goldie Rogers: Rogers tries to gain an advantage by brawling, but Martel puts on a clinic and looks like a World Champion should before putting Rogers away with the slingshot splash.
RESNICK: I’m joined by the World Champion Rick Martel. Champ, Sheik Adnan El Kaissey has been retained by a Japanese consortium to take that belt back to Japan and he has brought in one of the top names in the world to try to do just that, Tatsumi ”The Dragon” Fujinami. That will be a tough challenge and the Sheik says he has limitless funds to bring in almost any wrestler he wants.
MARTEL: It’s my job to defend against the best and Fujinami is one of the best ever. This is the top title in the world and the toughest competition is here. You heard Steve Keirn out here earlier. Billy Robinson, Jack Brisco, Nick Bockwinkel, all great wrestlers and all deserving a match. I’m up to the challenge of anybody Adnan signs up or anybody else in the AWA!
RESNICK: Let’s take a look at some footage of Tatsumi Fujinami.
VTR:
A music video of highlights of Fujinami in action from Japan set to some generic Oriental music. At the ends of the highlights, Adnan appears on screen, ranting in a foreign tongue. The words “Martel” “Fujinami”, and “title” are the only familiar words in the diatribe.
COMMERCIAL
RESNICK: Paul Ellering has joined me once again. The Legion Of Doom is expanding and I understand Steve Williams is only the beginning..
ELLERING: Be afraid, be very afraid! You have seen the Road Warriors and Dr. Death! The Barbarian, one of the most fearsome wrestlers in the sport, is on his way! Imagine a man who makes Tony Atlas and Butch Reed look small in comparison! You mentioned a video of the great Superstar Billy Graham. Pay very close attention to said video. This is wonderful news for the Legion and dreadful news for everybody else!
VTR:
A closeup of a huge bicep flexing. The camera zooms out to show Superstar Graham posing.
GRAHAM: The Superstar is on his way, baby. The man of the hour, the tower of power, too sweet to be sour will soon be back in the AWA! I am coming to break bones, make money, win titles, and rule the world! No man alive can break the full nelson of Superstar Graham! No man can break the bearhug of Superstar Graham or escape the devastating backbreaker! Of course, I have joined the Legion Of Doom, baby! The Road Warriors! Dr. Death! The brutal Barbarian! My main man, Precious Paul! The greatest assemblage of power in the history of the universe, daddy! Ricky Martel! Tony USA Atlas! Butch Reed! Steve O! Ax Hennig! Prepare to bow before the power of the Supertsar and the Legion of Doom!
RESNICK: What an outstanding hour of AWA All Star Wrestling! Next week, we’ll have an action packed hour. The AWA is the Major League Of Professional Wrestling and we are ready to prove it!
Working on it now.