AWA SUPERCLASH 4 PRO

He had the look, he could go in the ring. Watching the match – combined with my memories from the early-1990s, I wondered why Wilkes didn’t become a bigger star. Patriot Games: The Trooper was, of course, Del Wilkes before he put on a red, white and blue mask and became The Patriot. Slow, plodding and mostly terrible for six minutes of my life I’ll never get back. A DeBeers-JYD match would be interesting considering the implications – DeBeers is labeled as being from an Apartheid-era South Africa – but it probably also would have been the worst match on the show. DeBeers by countout – Von Raschke was announced as a substitute for an “injured” Junkyard Dog. Really fun match on a mostly lackluster card. After the Destruction Crew attacked him, the ref retaliated, hitting a leg drop and putting the Trooper on top for the win. Former Minnesota Viking “Benchwarmer” Bob Lurtsema was the special guest referee, and he ended up being the deciding factor in the match. In this challenge, he had former Bad Company member Paul Diamond (who would soon be under a mask in the WWF as a member of the Orient Express) as his partner in a non-title steel cage match.

Through, though it did have some highlights.īest Match: Steel Cage Match: The Trooper and Paul Diamond defeated The Destruction Crew – One of the things I remember most about the dying days of the AWA was the Trooper’s quest to unseat dominant tag team champions The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom) with various partners. Random conversations of people near the camera.

The show has no commentary, and the camera microphone picks up Watching on the WWE Network, where it was added as a “Hidden Gem” in January, For the most part, AWA SuperClash IV is a stinker. Zbyszko’s own words “hated his guts” in former AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel.Ĭompared to the rest of the card, the Heavyweight Championship The American had to overcome not only the talent of Saito but a referee who, in Saito had defeated Zbyszko months earlier in Japan. The protégé of wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino, Larry Z was the AWA’s finalĬhampion, winning his second AWA Heavyweight Championship at this show,ĭefeating Masa Saito. Got my first taste of “The Living Legend” Larry Zbyszko. Monday through Thursday when I came home from school. Wrestling Illustrated, I occasionally caught the hour of AWA wrestling on ESPN

AWA SUPERCLASH 4 PRO

While most of my knowledge of the AWA came from the Apter mags like Pro Wrestling world in April 1990, and watching this show, it was easy to see why. The American Wrestling Association wasn’t long for the AWA, Destruction Crew, Larry Zbyszko, Masa Saito, The Top 10, The Trooper

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