411's AWA on ESPN Classic Report 08.15.08

Posted by Randy Harrison on 08.18.2008

I vacillated between reviewing this show and watching Olympic table tennis. Yes, ping-pong on television is now a more appealing option than watching the AWA...


411's AWA On ESPN Classic Report





AWA Championship Wrestling

Eric Bischoff welcomes us to the show and runs down the lineup which is going to feature BUCK ZUMHOFFE!! Oh, HELL YES!! We head back to last week's show and the finish of the Stewart/Denucci bout that was the main event. It's promo time from BUCK ZUMHOFFE!! He says that the news is out that the rock and roller is back in the AWA. He says it doesn't matter where he's been (prison) or what he's been doing (getting shower raped), because he's back and everyone's bringing their radios out of their closets and out of their basements because the fans are standing behind him in the AWA. Rock and roll will never die, and neither will Buck Zumhoffe because he's managed to pickle himself with all of the drugs and alcohol he's ingested in the past twenty years.


Match One:
Tom Stone and JR Carson vs. The Lumberjacks

Nord and Norton run the ropes and shoulderblock each other, chopping the piss out of each other and howling and hugging each other. Bob Lurtsema is the referee for this one and Lee and Ralph tell the retarded pancake story again, this time upping the number to 299. It's like Hulk Hogan and his claims of slamming 900-pound Andre The Giant in front of 230,000 people. Sadly, the promotion closed before they could lie Norton up to 500 pancakes. Norton and Stone get things underway with Stone grabbing a side headlock. Norton shoots him off into the ropes and takes Stone down with a shoulderblock and a clothesline. Norton whips him into the ropes and bearhugs him over to the corner, depositing him to tag Carson. Norton catches Carson with a side headlock and drags him over to tag Nord as we cut away from the ring and see Ox Baker at ringside, scoping things out. Nord with a kick to the gut and a BIG powerslam. He follows it up with another powerslam and an Irish whip into a BIG BEAVER SHOT!! Tag to Norton and there's an Irish whip into a HUGE POWERSLAM for the three-count. They pound on each other again after the bell, again inflicting more damage on thesmselves than their opponents were able to.

Winners: The Lumberjacks (pinfall, powerslam)

Match Analysis: Quick to keep The Lumberjacks and their cardio problems protected, but still a somewhat boring match for being quick. They were big, that's for sure, but I still want to see them in a match where they're up against an established team to see if they can hang.

Bischoff is in the interview area with The Lumberjacks and Bischoff asks Norton if he got many arm-wrestling challenges at the lumber camp. Nord says that they all had at it on the stump and that no one lasted more than two seconds with ol' Flapjack. Norton says that they want to break everything of The Destruction Crew and Nord says that they don't go down for nobody and that when they get in the ring it's only the Lumberjacks' way. They don't care and they "ain't" scared, apparently.


Back from the break, we have Eric Bischoff talking about Col. DeBeers and how smug and arrogant he is. Bischoff says that following this next match, he's going to get to announce a mystery opponent for DeBeers, which may make him just a little less arrogant.


Match Two:
John Pistolka vs. Col. DeBeers

That could be the jobber's name, I didn't hear it very clearly. I don't think he'll be too offended that I got it wrong if I did. DeBeers opens up quick with a couple of kicks to the gut and a BIG pair of slams and we see Ox Baker at ringside again, scouting out DeBeers. Big bodyslam from Pistolka and he tries for a clothesline but DeBeers ducks it. He doesn't duck the come around though and Pistolka hits him from behind with a clothesline that sends him sprawling. Pistolka tries to go up to the top rope but he gets caught and DeBeers slams him off, laying in a stomp for good measure. Kneelift from DeBeers and another stomp and here comes the PANCAKE PILEDRIVER!! DeBeers gets the pinfall and the three-count and steps over Pistolka to add some extra shame. DeBeers ends up coming to the apron and running into Ox Baker, who tries to court DeBeers with a business card. DeBeers looks it over and flips it over his shoulder. Coming soon to the Team Challenge Series, a fourth renegade team, Ox's Assholes.

Winner: Col. DeBeers (pinfall, pancake piledriver)

Match Analysis: Same old, same old from DeBeers, only with the addition of Ox Baker and a business card. Move along people, nothing to see here.

Bischoff has DeBeers at ringside and DeBeers yells at the ringside crowd for having no respect for him. DeBeers says he's had it with the inept leaders, with Slaughter always sending DeBeers into battle instead of him. Bischoff tells DeBeers that next week he's facing "Flapjack" Norton in a Team Challenge Series takedown match. DeBeers shows flapjacks who the boss is by making fun of them for being fat egg and batter cakes. The look on DeBeers face when Bischoff tells him that Norton is a former arm-wrestling world champion is priceless. DeBeers goes through calling Slaughter a chicken again and says that he has no guts for not getting into the ring with "FlipFlop" Norton. The promo ends with Bischoff trying to throw it to a break and DeBeers rambling like a crazy, drunken, bus station pervert.


Lee Marshall joins us now for a TCS Report and we hear about how last week's main event and goes through and INCREDIBLY convoluted deal where Scott Norton beat Killer of the Texas Hangmen in a neck pull contest, and The Trooper beat three jobbers in three minutes while Mike Enous of The Destruction Crew only beat two, leading to the Blitzers gaining four points and that Trooper and Norton faced Psycho, Enos and captain Larry Zbyszko in the main event and beat them to sweep six points away from Larry's Legends. The Blitzers are on top with 38 points, followed by Sarge's Snipers with 31. Sucking hind tit is Larry's Legends with only 28 points as Lee Marshall tells us that time is running out for either team to catch Baron Von Raschke's Blitzers down the stretch.


Match Three:
WT Jones vs. Buck Zumhoffe

Zumhoffe's fringed jumpsuit with a piano-key necktie is something special. Lee Marshall says that Zumhoffe is where the Rock n' Wrestling connection REALLY began. Jones has updated his look with studded armbands and a collar that looks a lot like something you'd see in Club Vandersexxx. Zumhoffe gets the crowd behind him, clapping his hands and playing to the people, while Marshall talks about how Jones was angry with him for making him look bad in front of his homies. Jones wants his hair nub to be called tail. Marshall's "black" voice while telling the story and saying "Y'know what I'm sayin' " over and over again, probably set race relations back a good fifteen years. Zumhoffe ducks under a lockup attempt and shakes his ass before grabbing a side headlock into a hammerlock, taking Jones over with a snap mare. Zumhoffe scrubs the sole of his boot across Jones' eyes and Zumhoffe heads over to rake Jones' face before playing to the crowd again. Marshall shows how cool he is by saying that Jones is being 'dissed' and then COMPLETELY DEFINING THE WORD TO MAKE IT SOUND TOTALLY UNCOOL. Top wristlock takeover by Zumhoffe into a hammerlock and he turns it into a drop-down hammerlock, cranking at the arm before picking Jones up for a BIG bodyslam. Standing arm-wringer from Zumhoffe and Jones punches him in the face to break it, following it with a headbutt that drops Zumhoffe. Front facelock choke from Jones and Zumhoffe fires off a pair of right hands into the standing arm-wringer again. Jones pushes him into the corner and headbutts him in the chest before whipping him across hard into the corner. Another Irish whip into the corner and Jones follows him in with a BIG reverse elbow. Another Irish whip from Jones but Zumhoffe reverses and Jones hits the buckles sternum-first. Zumhoffe is ROCKIN' UP!! He rams Jones into a couple of the top turnbuckles, drops him in the middle of the ring and hits the Rock n' Roll Splash (Vader splash) off the second rope to get the 1-2-3!!

Winner: Buck Zumhoffe (pinfall, Rock n' Roll splash)

Match Analysis: Entertaining, if only for Marshall's incredibly un-hip commentary for the entire match. He was easily the best part of the match, for all the wrong reasons. Fun to see Zumhoffe in action, even though he's pretty dried up at this point. He was always small, but he looks like he's like 5'5" and 170 here, at the most. Again, fun to see Buck, but his best days were LONG gone and while it's fun , it's still a little sad as well.

Back to the interview area and we've got Eric Bischoff with Larry Zbyszko and Zbyszko doesn't want to talk about the lightweights, he wants to talk about the REAL men, the heavyweights. He mentions that the Championship Committee has given DJ Peterson a title shot and that Koloff and Trooper are the two biggest crybabies in wrestling. He says that they couldn't make the grade when they had their shot and so he's going to show the world what kind of champion he is. He calls DJ Peterson a piece of white meat and seems amazed that he WANTS to go to Larryland. He says that it's like a kid asking their parents to pass the Drain-O because it's suicidal to face someone who retired Sammartino and Bockwinkel. See you in Larryland, JERK!!


Back from the break and we've got Curtis Hughes talking about the main event and that they're dealing with "The Cat" and they're going to get scratched. He says that Psycho is going down, 1-2-3. The Hangmen have words for Hughes, saying that they're men from Texas and that they're going to find out the hard way who the Hangmen are. They say that it's an ESPN main event and they're not going to lose. Bischoff talks about the next match and how there are rumors flying about where Wayne Bloom is and if he'll even be wrestling in this match or whether he's hurt. Enos comes out with Johnnie Stewart, so it looks as if the rumor that Bloom was hurt might have some merit to it.



Match Four:
Tommy Jammer and Jake Milliman vs. "Mean" Mike Enos and Johnie Stewart

Enos and Stewart jump Milliman and Jammer before the bell rings and they work over Milliman before double-teaming Jammer on the sinide. Enos RAMS MILLIMAN INTO THE RINGPOST ON THE FLOOR!! Jammer has Stewart in the corner for mounted punches and Enos attacks from behind!! Jammer shakes it off and turns his attention to Enos and STEWART COMES OFF THE TOP WITH A DOUBLE-AXEHANDLE!! ENOS THROWS THE REFEREE OUT OF THE RING!! Stewart picks Jammer up and Enos comes off the top rope for a SPIKE PILEDRIVER!!! HERE COMES BOB LURTSEMA!! RIGHT HANDS ON STEWART!! THROW TAKEDOWN ON ENOS!! SHOULDERBLOCK ON STEWART!! SHOULDERBLOCK ON ENOS!! IRON CLAW FOR ENOS!! STEWART'S BEGGING OFF AND RUNNING!!

Winners: Tommy Jammer and Jake Milliman (disqualification)

Match Analysis: All angle as they try to keep the Lurtsema/Destruction Crew deal going, though I'm not sure where Wayne Bloom was. This probably served a dual purpose as it kept Stewart and Enos from having to tag for too long so that they would be able to have the match, but not give away anything. Interesting to watch Lurtsema throw HORRIBLE punches and incredibly week offense and see Enos and Stewart sell it like he's Andre. I hope Verne put some extra rubber into their checks for selling that shit.

After the match, Lurtsema heads out to check on Gary DeRusha and helps him up to his feet as we see a replay of the action with Lurtsema at the end of the match.


Eric Bischoff says that Mike Enos is now complaining that he has a broken shoulder as a result of the attack from Bob Lurtsema, but that it's unsubstantiated for now as officials and doctors are waiting for the results of an X-ray. He promises an update as soon as it's available and it's time for the ESPN main event!


Match Five:
Psycho w/Killer vs. Curtis Hughes

Hughes does his boogie and slaps hands with the people at ringside, coming off as a cheap imitation of the Junkyard Dog. He gets into the ring and Psycho BLASTS him from behind with a cheap shot, taking over with forearms and some choking, trying to whip Hughes into the corner. Hughes with a reversal and he whips Psycho in for a HUGE back bodrydrop and Psycho begs off in the corner, taking some kicks and forearms. Psycho heads out to the floor to think things over and we see Ox Baker at ringside again with another business card. Psycho gets back into the ring and motions for a test of strength, with Psycho hitting a headbutt to the gut to take the advantage. Hughes fights through it and takes over, stomping on Psycho's hands on the mat and taking him over with a big armdrag into an armbar.Psycho makes it to his feet and slings Hughes into the ropes, with Hughes knocking him down with a shoulderblock and then taking him down again with an armdrag, back into the armbar. Another shot into the ropes by Psycho and Hughes barely leapfrogs over the back bodydrop attempt and then hits a pretty decent dropkick. Standing arm-wringer now as Killer on the outside is screaming that Hughes is pulling on the mask. Psycho goes to the eyes to break the hold but eats a couple of right hands and goes down. Psycho with some shots to the gut now and he takes over with a snap mare, dragging Hughes to the apron and hitting an elbow on the outside before moving back inside to distract the referee. Killer gets some choking done on the outside, thankfully staying away from his noose, though I don't think anyone was watching at this point anyways to complain about something that racist. Psycho comes over and chokes on Hughes with his boot before distracting the referee to allow Killer to do more dirty work from the floor. Psycho tries to ram Hughes into the top turnbuckle but Hughes reverses it and drops Psycho with a pair of headbutts for a long two-count. Psycho goes to the eyes to take over again, hammering Hughes with some right hands in the corner before raking his eyes across the top rope. Reverse chinlock from Psycho now as Killer tugs on the hand from the outside to put some extra leverage on the hold. Psycho lets go of the hold and hits a short kneedrop before whipping Hughes into the ropes for a reverse elbow. More kicking and punching from Psycho and Hughes tries a couple of shots to come back but Psycho goes to the eyes to break it up. We get essentially the same sequence again before Psycho shoots Hughes into the ropes. Clothesline ducked by Hughes and he fires off one of his own, whipping Psycho into the ropes for a dropkick and Psycho falls out to the floor. They pull the switcheroo on the outside and Killer gets up onto the apron, getting himself slingshotted over the top rope by Hughes. Killer begs off and takes a big headbutt as Hughes slingshots Psycho into the ring. DOUBLE-NOGGIN KNOCKER!! Dropkicks for everybody and the Hangmen bail to the outside!!

Winner: Psycho (disqulification)

Match Analysis: Standard big man action, just with two big men who weren't very good, so it tended to get a little boring. You could see from a mile away that the Hangmen would pull the switch, but I'm glad that it wasn't quite the predictable finish that everyone expected. At the same time, I'm not sure why they would use the switch move and then not pay it off with the heels getting the win. It seems like a little bit of a waste to me that way, but I suppose I shouldn't expect much at this point from the AWA.

Back in the interview area, Eric Bischoff has Curtis Hughes with him and Hughes says that he was a man playing football but he's a bigger man now that he's wrestling. He says that the Hangmen got lucky this time, but next time they'll go down for the 1-2-3, and that's a promise, baby! Hughes is all out of time, and so is the AWA!



Final Thoughts

It seems to be a pattern for the AWA at this point. Bad matches in the opening and then a bland main event. The ratio of bad to bland may vary from show to show, but both will be there and rest assured, both will exact their pound of flesh. There's guys on here that have flashes where they look like they could develop into something, but Verne doesn't have time to let them develop. He needs them to be stars immediately and they just can't do that when they don't have the talent or the experience needed to be draws. A meh show usually gets at least two jugs, but with the poor main event, let's tack on another one, just for shits and giggles...



Now, let's hit the comments before my liver taps out!!



Fun With Comments


From Steven:
"I'll tell you what, that music that Buck Zumhofe was playing on his boombox made a lot of sense, because he was making "Money for Nothing". The AWA had become a shell of what it was when Zumhofe returned in 1990. Don't know if he got the chicks for free, though I won't be surprised if he didn't with the way he looked in 1990. "

Oh, he was paying to tap anything with how rough he looked then. It certainly looked like Buck got all he could out of those years and he looked rather harsh by the end of it.


From AWA_4_Life:
"You've got to love the crack AWA post-production team. On the show airing Wednesday, the TCS report had the graphic showing Baron's Blitzers with 33 points, Sarge's Snipers with 29 and Larry's Legends with 28. Lee Marshall, while the graphic is still on the screen brilliantly states the Baron's team is 3 points ahead of Sarge's team and 5 points ahead of Larry's!!

But that isn't the best part... On the show that aired yesterday, they repeated the same segment, error and all! It's bad enough that something like this made it into one show, but to rebroadcast it in the next show is just beyond belief.

I'm surprised that you didn't catch this Randy. It seems like something that you would be all over. I guess these AWA shows are finally starting to get to you! (I know that they are getting to me!) "

Actually, I tend to space out a little bit when those Team Challenge Series segments come on, since they're dreadfully boring, but I have to say that I'm not shocked that the standings had errors in them, since they've been riddled with errors from the beginning.


From Robert Tivari:
"Have you noticed that with these 1990 shows, Verne Gagne hasn't made a single appearance? Its like, even he was embarrassed to be associated with it at that point. In prior years, he would do his little segments with Larry Nelson, name dropping the WWF among other things.

By the way, I know I'm probably in the minority, but I actually kind of dig Johnny Stewart. He's not that bad of a worker and is one of the few people that actually make these AWA shows watchable for me. It took me a little while to warm up to him, but he actually looks like he's putting in a little effort while the rest of the guys are either green as grass, or they're just phoning it in.

And what more needs to be said about Buck Zumhoffe, the guy who would blast Jerry Lee Lewis on his boombox, hence the name "rock n roll" Just showed how out of touch Verne really was when it came to modern day 80's pop culture. "

You're definitely in the minority on Stewart, though I do agree that he seems to be putting some effort into it. I have noticed that Verne is nowhere to be seen, as is Greg, though they did mention him today at least. My guess is that it's partly that he didn't want to be seen with the product, and partly that he was under a lot of stress in trying to keep the promotion running, trying to fight the state of Minnesota in the eminent domain case, and everything else that he had going.


From piperfan01:
"Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo vs. Cowboy Lang & Little Mr. T? Holy Batman...um Batman... If that is true, that will be a highlight of this entire AWA run for me. I assume Little MR T is the Haiti kid. Lord Littlebrook and Little Tokyo were always gold together, lots of good childhood memories to be had. As far as this peticular show, ROCK N ROLL is back!...Wait, no thats his older deformed brother, wait no thats him, life was not kind to Buck, but damn if it won't be fun having him around again. Does Buck fight Larry Z at anytime upcoming? "

We've actually seen some AWA midget goodness earlier in the run, I'm pretty sure that it was actually those four in a tag match, so it might end up being the same one. Little Mr. T is indeed Haiti Kid, and if I remember correctly, the match wasn't terribly good. I'm not entirely sure about Buck and Larry Zbyszko, but I would assume they probably hooked up at least once, since there were no real stars left when it came to main event match-ups. And yes, Buck looked like life kicked his ass and then asked for seconds.


From Bryan:
"The AWA may have finally hit rock bottom with that main event. I did get a nice chuckle when the mic cut off during Lee's introduction of Peterson and McCord. Too bad his mic did not cut out when he was calling matches.

Mike George had a good run in Mid-South in the early 80's, but there is a reason that he was stuck in Central States for the rest of the decade. Speaking of Central States, despite the constant claims of Peterson and McCord being tag champs there, they were never champs together. Peterson held the title with Todd Champion while McCord held it with Bart Batten and Porkchop Cash.

Looking at the ESPN Media Zone web site, it looks like in September we start getting repeats of 1986 and the 1988 Superclash III build up shows. Also, it looks like no more Sgt. Slaughter, Paul Diamond or Kokina Maximus as they are not listed in any upcoming matches from what I remember. "

Thanks for the info, on both Mike George and the future episodes. If it starts turning into a huge repeat party in September, I might just have to move forward with my plans to set up WWE 24/7 online and start the WWF Wrestling Challenge shows from the beginning, which would be all kinds of fun for me. Of course, I still have the UWF to fall back on, but that's akin to saying that I would like to break my fall with a bed of nails.


From Josh:
"Verne at this point has pretty much given up and his idea of a "Light Heavyweight" would work...if it wasn't 1990 when guys like Jushin Liger were revolutionizing Light Heavyweight Wrestling. Its amazing how far behind America was behind Mexico and Japan in that aspect. Can you imagine Verne booking something like a triple threat or ladder match? They would would be too busy hanging from the ladder doing Greco Roman Knucklelocks to grab the belt.

On to my real point of my commentary however. It says a lot about the quality of the site that has been around since 1987 when their ass-kissing waterboys have to rip off a smaller free site for material. Just looking at the "No Dressing Porch".com site it looks like my elderly grandmother put it together. I for one rarely go there but i would encourage people to show disgust and let their feelings be known to Wade Keller about such tactics. Keller should spend more time making sure his writers are not ripping off other websites and more time fact checking his info so guys like Jim Cornette won't have to tear a hole in his ass.

On a light hearted note, who's for Ox Baker starting a racially motivated riot?



So different from the old geezer i saw in Ring of Honor having to take a breather just to sell Dusty's elbows"

Wow, as much as I used to love seeing crowds like that, I'm glad that wrestling has been able to get past that because if they hadn't, there's probably a pretty good chance that someone would have ended up getting killed if the crowds were that white-hot these days.


From Guest. :
"Missed the show last night to go see Clone Wars, a decent popcorn flick. Decided to catch your review to see if it was worth it, and I think I'll just look up the Larryland promo, cause that's about all that looked good.

Here's the real morbid thing though: These shows are 2 hour shows apparently. So ESPN is cutting down the shows to one hour, and is only showing us the best of the shows I think. Then there's the other AWA shows in syndication. Would the jugs increase by the hour if you reviewed that stuff?

Anyways, got the Gagne Guest Booker DVD today. Its kinda funny to see Greg drinking beers and cussing all the time, considering the kinda straight-laced image he always gave off in the AWA. Anyways, its a definite buy if you want an insight into AWA booking strategy, which makes a lot of sense looking at how some of their cards were put together. Its also got some great stuff on how Vince would do pretty much anything to put the AWA out of business, and claim he just did it in the spirit of competition. Then there's a short Iron Shiek story which humbled him into accepting wrestling as legit, which I found kinda funny. He also showed great insight as to why Dusty failed as a booker for the most part in the NWA, talking about how he was booking weekly angles like he did in Florida, since they ran the same shows every week, and how the AWA did monthly angles since they ran the big cities once a month. Meltzer has a real good piece on this in one of his '91 back issues up on the sight, and the varying philosophies on booking.

Anyways, short version is their best months were always from the Battle Royals in October up until their Supercard in April, which was the period they booked with the talent available in Pro Wrestling USA. The Supercard ended up being Ric Flair (champ) vs. Nick Bockwinkel; Tully, Arn, and Ole vs. Road Warriors and Dusty in a Steel Cage; Jake Roberts vs. Sgt. Slaughter; Brody Squash; High Flyers vs. R&R Express 20 minute Broadway; Kerry Von Erich Squash; Butch Reed vs. Ted Dibiase; and Ivan & Nikita vs. Rick Martel and Curt Hennig. The big angle was a subtle AWA vs. NWA angle between Bock and Naitch, carried through promos and wins by Bock over Flair's rivals, and Naitch over Bock's rivals.

Only problem is, they had a ton of talent that they ended up leaving on the table, and this was probably the biggest issue. You get stars not being used, Vince will just pick them up, after stealing the guys who get used. Theoretically, it might've still been possible if he could've worked with WCCW and Memphis, but that was a screw up of Epic Fail. Oh yeah, and Gagne hates Jerry Lawler, and thinks he's a jerk. Apparently, Jerry Jarret was supposed to hate him, but told Lawler Verne was to pay him, which lead to the issues. "

That sounds awesome and I cant wait to see that Guest Booker DVD when I finally manage to pick it up. As for the extra hour, if there is any way that this show gets more terrible, I'll have to up the jug scale to ten jugs and go from there.


From Brian:
"NICE jugs Randy!!! (Heh)

As much as I dislike the Trooper, I believe that he is actually Del Wilkes, the future "Patriot" and he was grrrrreat in that role. (Am I correct as to his idenity?)

Like you, I VERY much enjoy the "Hidden Highlights" articles. Not sure about the issues you mentioned regarding it, (and am glad I don't) but just as in rasslin', good will prevail over evil!!!!!

I love the promos by the Destruction Crew...(Beverly Brothers) Or should I say, the promos by Wayne Bloom. ("I've got this") Good stuff.

Last...I just HAVE to comment on Tony Denucci. This was the first time I'd seen him on a rasslin' show and in the ring. I knew of him having been an AWA rassler because he appeard a number of years ago in some local commercials for a business. (Don't recall what the business was, possibly used cars.) I remember thinking that if he was a rassler, I hoped he had a manager, or some kind of spokesperson since he had a voice that NO ONE could possibly take seriously. I actually started to laugh out loud when I watched him cut a promo!!!!! Ya...he sure does sound intimidating.

Keep doing the J.O.B. - This can't go on forever...can it??? (Heh) "

It can't go on forever, it just feels like it will. Denucci didn't seem like he had anything going for him, outside of his look, but even that was nothing special compared to most of the guys around in those days. Glad to see you noticed the jugs make their comeback.


From Guest#3646:
"On the whole Hidden Highlight/JP/ideal stolen issue, there is really only one thing to say.....SO!! Wrestling promotions steal from each other all the time. Seems like JP should get thick-skined, put away the kleneex, and feel flattered that they "borrowed" from him. Besides, HH sucks anyway!! "

Personal preference aside, the issue is that the guys essentially told him they were going to steal it, apparently in a joking manner, then lo and behold, they really stole it. That's probably the part that bothers the most. But again, it's a done issue and in the past and JP will handle it on his own.


From The Kid:
"Am I the only one who caught Tony Denucci say something about finding every cook and nanny instead nook and cranny? That was a priceless promo flub. "

You just might be, since I had pretty much tuned Denucci out by that point, but it's pretty damn funny to think of him looking around for cooks and nannies. I guess he liked the older women.


Finally, from Guest:
"ESPN have come to terms on the release of anyone who can wrestle. ESPN wishes them the best in all their future endeavors. "

BWAHHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....I've been thinking that for weeks now. Thank you for the laugh.


That's it for the show and that's it for the week of AWA action. 1990 rolls on next week, and I'm still waiting for that potentially epic nine-match show. That could end up breaking the jug system entirely!! See y'all tomorrow.