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Jimmy Kimmel Champion Posts: 917 Gender:	What are some of your favorite AWA Matches? Mar 14^th, 2008, 11:50am What are your favorite AWA Matches?
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Re: What are some of your favorite AWA Matches?
Reply #1 - Mar 15^th, 2008, 11:38pm

I haven't seen nearly the amount of AWA as I have most of the old territories, but these stick out based on what I have seen:

Rockers vs Rose & Somers - both the bloodbath and the cage match

Hennig vs Bockwinkel - the match where Hennig wins the AWA title. I've never seen the New Years Eve classic between them, but I sure would like to.

Badd Company vs RPM's - a random tag bout from 88' that I thoroughly enjoyed

Lawler vs Kerry at Superclash 3

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Re: What are some of your favorite AWA Matches?
Reply #2 - Mar 16^th, 2008, 1:05am

There was actually a pretty decent match with David Sammartino challenging Stan Hansen for the AWA Title on ESPN Classic the other night. Well at least I thought it was good Could be 1. There was actually a clean finish in an ESPN main event...or 2. I am a HUGE Stan Hansen mark. Ehh Probably both.

The only thing I dislike about the AWA shows is that during squash matches, why do the jobbers get in so much offense? I mean, sometimes the matches seem way too competitve. When at any time should a star beat a jobber with a rollup/insdie cradle maneuver?

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Re: What are some of your favorite AWA Matches?
Reply #3 - Mar 16^th, 2008, 12:37pm

I'm like Shannon, as I didn't really get caught up in to the AWA until 1986 or so, so I'm on the bandwagon of the Rockers vs. Rose/Summers and Hennig vs. Bockwinkel

However one incident that still sticks in my mind is a TV match with Snuka where he was on the top rope ready to make the leap and Col. DeBeers runs in and pushes him off and Snuka lands face first on the floor, to which DeBeers follows up with a forward/reverse piledriver. I remember blood being splattered all over the floor and thinking Snuka was dead.

Then again there is the time when Madusa made her debut and was wearing this hot little lace number and Ron Trongard was commentating and acted like a 9 year old looking at a Playboy for the first time.

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Re: What are some of your favorite AWA Matches?
Reply #5 - Apr 7^th, 2008, 6:04pm

Bruiser and Crusher vs. Blackjacks (Chicago early 70's)
Bruiser and Ernie Ladd vs. Valiants (Chicago 1974)
Bruiser and Crusher vs. Murdoch and Rhodes (Chicago early 70's)
Gagne and Brunzell win AWA tag titles from Lanza and Duncum (1977)
Verne Gagne regains AWA title from Nick Bockwinkel (1980)
The Sheik and Bobby Heenan vs. Bruiser and Art Thomas (Chicago 1976)
Verne Gagne vs. Billy Robinson (Chicago 1974)
Crusher non title cage match win vs. Nick Bockwinkel (1979)
Billy Graham and Dusty Rhodes vs Baron von Raschke and Horst Hoffman (Chicago 1975)

Here are a few great angles thrown in for good measure:

Jerry Blackwell face turn in battle royal (St. Paul 1984)
Crusher attacks and destroys Mad Dog Vachon (AWA TV 1971)
Mad Dog Vachon attacks and bloodies Joe LeDuc (AWA TV 1976)
Larry Hennig run in and face turn vs. Heenan family (AWA TV 1974)
Ray Stevens face turn and attack on Heenan family (AWA TV 1976)
Billy Graham attacks Ken Patera during weightlifting contest (Winnepeg early 70's)

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mgcrans Champion Posts: 468	Re: What are some of your favorite AWA Matches? Reply #6 - Apr 11^th, 2008, 9:21pm I am holding out hope for the one hour draw match to be on the WWE Hennig DVD coming out soon. I can't seem to find a good copy of it anywhere.
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