FWA: Central States Wrestling

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All-Star Wrestling Presents:

Card 1 from Des Moines, Iowa

First round tournament matches for television, tag-team and heavyweight titles.

Match 1- Heavyweight Tournament Match
Don Leo Johnathan v, The Sheik with Abdullah Farouk

The Sheik resorted to multiple stabs with a foreign object to cut the big man down to size and got the pinfall. Following the match DLJ snatched the object away from The Sheik who bailed out of the ring, leaving Farouk at the big man's mercy. DLJ used the object on Farouk for a small measure of revenge. Johnathan promised the Sheik that this isn't over.

Match 2- Tag-Team Tournament Match
Les Thatcher & Pepper Gomez with Ida Mae Martinez v. The Mongols

Thatcher shocked Bepo with a flying headscissors followed by a stump puller for the upset win. Afterwards, the Mongols left Thatcher and Gomez laying in the ring following a monstrous beat-down.

Match 3- Television Tournament Match
Ivan Koloff v. Yukon Eric

Koloff advances with a Russian bear hug

Match 4- Television Tournament Match
Mad Dog Vachon v. The French Angel

A Mad-Dog Pounce finished off the Angel's chance for a title.

Match 5- Heavyweight Tournament Match
Bobo Brazil v. The Destroyer

Brazil needed the Coco Butt four times to get the win and advance.

Match 6- Tag-Team Tournament Match
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray "The Crippler" Stevens with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan v. The Vachons.

Bockwinkel pins Mad-Dog with his figure four. Rather disapointing match to watch for the fans considering the talent in the ring.

Match 7- Television Tournament Match
Ted Dibiase v. Fritz Von Goering

Dibiase only needed about 45 seconds to secure a spot in the semi-finals using his figure four.

Match 8- Heavyweight Tournament Match
Killer Kowalski with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan v. Magnum T. A.

Kowalski forced Magnum to submit when a second claw hold was applied.

Match 9- Tag-Team Tournament Match
The Sheepherders v. The Valiants

Sheepherders using a double team manuever got the pinfall victory on Johnny Valiant via the double gut-buster.

Match 10- Television Tournament Match
Les Thatcher v. Ray "The Crippler" Stevens with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

Stevens took the match with a Bombs Away in another disapointing match.

Match 11- Tag-Team Tournament Match
Hacksaw Duggan & Ted Dibiase v. Ivan Koloff & Fritz Von Goering

Duggan with a flying spear on the German superstar.

Match 12- Heavyweight Tournament Match
Nick Bockwinkel with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan v. Pepper Gomez with Ida Mae Martinez

Bockwinkel with the figure four leglock moves on to the semi-final round.

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All-Star Wrestling Presents:

Card 2 from Des Moines, Iowa


Match 1- Opening Match
Yukon Eric with the Kodiak Krunch over Butcher Vachon

Match 2- Opening Match
The Destroyer makes The French Angel submit to the figure four

Match 3- All-Star Wrestling Tag-team semi-final match
The Sheepherders used the double gut-buster on Les Thatcher and took a spot in the Championship.

Match 4- Television Semi-Final Match
Ted Dibiase defeats Ray "The Crippler" Stevens with Heenan in his corner when Heenan tried to interfere on his man's behalf was caught by Dibiase who knocked their heads together and slipped the figure four onto Stevens for the submission win.

Match 5- Mid card match
Fritz Von Goering upset Magnum T. A. with his devasting backbreaker.

Match 6- All-Star Wrestling Heavyweight Semi-Final Match
Killer Kowalski used an abdominal claw hold on Bobo Brazil.

Note: Bobby Heenan was absent from being in Kowalski's corner. Makes one wonder if Killer even needs a manager, hmm?

Match 7- All-Star Wrestling Tag-Team Semi-Final Match
Bockwinkel and Stevens advances over a game Dibiase & Hacksaw Duggan when Bockwinkel slapped on the figure four on the American Patriot, Jim Duggan.

Note: Again, no Bobby Heenan. Could the head knock given to him by Dibiase earlier have caused serious damage? Hmmm.

Match 8- Television Semi-Final match
Ivan Koloff turns back the challenge of Mad Dog Vachon with a Russian Bear Hug.

Match 9- Main Event All-Star Wrestling Semi-Final Match
Nick Bockwinkel by match's end was a bloodied mess from The Sheik and that dastardly foreign object, but still hooks the figure four on The Mad Sheik.

Note: Neither man had their manager with them, Heenan missed his third match of the night likely due to the handling by Dibiase and Abdullah Farouk at the hands of Don Leo Johnathan following the previous card's results. Seems like Farouk was missed more in one match than Heenan being absent from three. Will wonderings never cease, hmmm?

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All-Star Wrestling
Card 3 matches from Des Moines, Iowa

Scheduled matches

All-Star Heavyweight Championship Match and Main Event
Killer Kowalski v. Nick Bockwinkel
Where does Booby Heenan's allegiance lie?

Television Championship Match
Ivan Koloff v. Ted Dibiase

All-Star Wrestling Tag-Team Championship Match
The Sheepherders v. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens w/ Bobby Heenan?

Other matches

France v. Germany Match
The French Angel v. Fritz Von Goering
will these men renew old feelings between their countries going back to WWII?

Les Thatcher v. Mad Dog Vachon

Don Leo Johnathan v. The Destroyer

Tag-team match
The Valiants v. The Mongols

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All-Star Wrestling

Card 3 from Des Moines, Iowa

Opening Match
The French Angel v. Fritz Von Goering
Old feelings between these two international stars over World War II between their countries. Angel wants to prove that the French people have heart and strength to stand up to Germany. While Von Goering wants to prove that the German way is the only way.

An evenly well-fought match between the two men through the entirety of the match. Von Goering made a mistake and had words with the referee but the French Angel took advantage and got the submission win over the big German with the bear hug when his arm fell three times.



All-Star Wrestling Television Championship
"The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff v. Ted Dibiase

quick videos of how both men arrived to this match

Koloff turned back the challenges of Yukon Eric and Mad Dog Vachon.

Dibiase advanced with wins over Fritz Von Goering and Ray "The Crippler" Stevens.

Onto the match
Dibiase just could not get any solid offense going and had his shoulders pinned for the 3-count following a Koloff leg drop.

Winner and All-Star Wrestling Televison Champion =
"The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff


All-Star Wrestling Tag-Team Championship

Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens with Bobby Heenan v. The Sheepherders.

Video package of the tag-team tournament for these two teams.

Bock & Stevens took out The Vachons followed by Ted Dibiase and Hacksaw Duggan.

The Sheepherders meanwhile collected wins over The Valiants and Pepper Gomez/Les Thatcher.

Onto the match

Heenan looked totally focused on this match even knowing what came later and was at his mangerial best but it sadly for The Brain's team that it wasn't enough when the Sheepherders win with a double gut-buster on Ray Stevens. Easily the match of the night this far.

Winners and All-Star Wrestling Tag-Team Champions= The Sheepherders

Intermission

Les Thatcher v. Mad Dog Vachon

Wild brawl outside the ring, the referee gave Mad Dog a second chance which was ignored causing a disqualification and giving Thatcher the win.


Don Leo Jonathan v. The Destroyer

DLJ took the winner's purse following multiple Mormon Swings. The Sheik tried to jump the big man but ended up dropping his foreign object in the ring which Jonathan recovered and The Sheik wanted nothing to do with DLJ after that.


Tag-Team Match
The Valiants v. The Mongols

Mongolian Drop on Johnny V ended a rather decently done match.


All-Star Wrestling Heavyweight Championship Match
Nick Bockwinkel with Bobby Heenan v. Killer Kowalski with Bobby Heenan

Let's look at how both men got here

Bockwinkel's road to the finals included wins over Pepper Gomez and The Sheik.

Kowalski's road went this way, Magnum T. A. and Bobo Brazil.

And now a quick word from the manager of both men, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.

BH: You idiots sitting in the cheap seats here and the millions sitting at home eating their microwave dinners watching this top notch action are probably laughing your heads off thinking that The Heenan Family is done and over.

BH: Let me tell you morons something, I am The Brain and I have a match here that is win/win for me and my men. Whether or not Bockwinkel or Kowalski wins means everything the loser will have his chance down the road believe you, me. Again I am The Brain and I know everything that goes on.

Onto the match, Heenan chooses to sit in a neutral corner while both men wait in the ring and there's the bell.

Bockwinkel took control of the match at about the eight minute mark and hooked on the figure four leglock for the victory collecting the championship belt. Heenan jumps into the ring and congratulates Bockwinkel and consoles Kowalski giving him words of encouragement.

And now a word from the All-Star Wrestling Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel.

I was the first man drafted by this exceptional promotion who had hoped that I would give them the results that they wanted from a man that they put so much research into for and not to toot my horn but I can outwrestle anyone. Not only here in All-Star Wrestling but anywhere around the world.

I have been told prior to this match that the winner will get a guaranteed spot in the FWA Championship tournament. And since I have come out on top of a great competitor in Killer Kowalski I truly feel bed for whoever enters that tournament because they know that a intelligent and great mat technician as myself will not only advance thru each round, but will wear a world championship belt at night's end.

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All-Star Wrestling
Card 4
Madison, Wisconsin

Opening Match
Yukon Eric hit Fritz Von Goering with the Kodiak Krunch

"Crippler" Ray Stevens with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan nailed Hacksaw Jim Duggan with the Bombs Away

Pepper Gomez and Magnum T.A. over The Vachons

Television Title Match
Ivan Koloff retains his belt by forcing Les Thatcher to submit to the Russian bear hug. But that wasn't enough for Koloff who then resorted to pulverizing Thatcher with his russian chain. Koloff would've continued the beating if Bobo Brazil hadn't been in the next match and this brought him out just that much sooner for the save. Koloff bailed lout and Brazil got Thatcher some medical attention.

The Sheik with Farouk took advantage of Bobo Brazil who was concerned with the badly injured Les Thatcher, but that early advantage didn't last. Bobo took the win with several coco butts.

The Mongols won by DQ when Johnny Valiant slammed Bepo to the cement floor.

All-Star Wrestling Heavyweight Non-Title Match
Nick Bockwinkel with Bobby Heenan had little trouble disposing of Don Leo Jonathan in a squash match.

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ALL-Star Wrestling
Card 5
Green Bay, Wisconsin

Jimmy Valiant with a count-out win over Butcher Vachon

Mongol Geeto won by DQ when The French Angel used the steel ring post

Dibiase and Duggan by pinfall over The Sheepherders, the current Tag-Team Champions of this area earning a future tag-team title match

Killer Kowalski over Pepper Gomez

Magnum T.A. pins The Destroyer

Bockwinkel and Stevens with a DQ win over DLJ and Bobo Brazil

In a television title match Yukon Eric takes away the belt from Ivan Koloff

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All-Star Wrestling
Card 6
Milwaukee, WI

All-Star Wrestling Television Championship Match
Fritz Von Goering ruins the 1st title defense by Yukon Eric a nightmare by hooking him up in a backbreaker and leaving with his newly won belt.

The Mongols by DQ over The Valiants. This match marks the 3rd time that The Mongols beat them.

The Destroyer over Pepper Gomez who was accompanied by Ida Mae Martinez via the figure four. Following the match as Ida Mae was assisting Gomez to his feet, "King of Wrestling" Bobby Shane and Tina Morretti stormed the ring and laid waste to the veteran pair, and left with their hands raised.

Ted Dibiase over Mad Dog Vachon

The French Angel over The Sheik with Abdullah Farouk

In a Non-Title Match
Hacksaw Duggan was off to an impressive start and more importantly a probable upset win over ASW Champion Nick Bockwinkel who was without Bobby Heenan today. But Bockwinkel tricked Duggan into following him out of the ring where Bockwinkel turned the tables and caught Duggan with a clubbing right hand putting him down and then slapped on the figure four leg-lock.

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CSW presents from Bismarck, North Dakota part 1 of 3 promotion wide Memorial Day Blast!

Tina Moretti with the win following a 2nd jumping facebuster. Ida Mae hit on four straight dropkicks without a pinfall.
Final pin ratings- Tina 8, Ida Mae 6


Danny Hodge with the submission win with a Indian deathlock on Bobby Shane. Also, seen 2 Oklahoma side rolls that go without a successfull pin. Final pin ratings- Hodge 1, Shane 7


John Pesek with a 2nd double wristlock and a Tiger Man toe-hold gets the win over Claudio Castagnoli.
Final pin ratings- Pesek 3, Castagnoli 7


Hillbilly Jim clamped his bear hug on Fritz Von Goering for the submission win. Von Goering's television title was not at stake in this match.
Final pin ratings- Hillbilly Jim 4, Von Goering 6


Kendrick pins Mongol Bepo with Sliced Bread #2. London took a heavy beating which included being whacked with a pair of heavy chains.
Final pin ratings- Kendrick 4, London 6, Bepo 5, Geeto 5


Andre just dominated this match. His favorite move that he used was the sitdown splash several times and used it to win the match.
Final pin ratings- Andra 1, Killer Kowalski 10


Bobo hit The Sheik with a big hammer punch and went for the cover 1....2....when Farouk jumped to the ring apron distracting the referee, causing the ref and Farouk to argue and do a lot of finger pointing. While this was going on Brazil pounded his fist against the canvas 3 times for an unofficial result. Frustrated, Brazil got up and stalked towards Farouk giving the Sheik more time to recover.

Bobo grabs Farouk and draws his arm back ready to release a haymaker, the ref grabs Brazil's right arm causing the punch to not be thrown and releases his hold on Farouk which causes Farouk to fall onto the apron . The ref goes between the ropes to admonish Farouk. Brazil turns around just in time to cover his face with his arms as The Sheik releases a fireball striking Brazil square bringing the big man to the mat.

The Sheik rushes over and falls on the fallen and wounded man, Farouk pushes the referee back towards the action. He falls and measures Bobo's shoulders to the mat and brings his hand down 3 times giving The Sheik the pinfall victory.
Final pin ratings- Sheik 3, Brazil 2

< Next up matches from New Orleans>

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CSW presents from New Orleans, Louisana part 2 of 3 Memorial Day Blast.

Eddie Gilbert with back-to-back DDT's finished off Colt Cabana.
Final pin ratings- Gilbert 3, Cabana 5


Epic struggle between the 2 native New Orleans born female wrestlers, both really wanted to wear the gold of their home city. The crowd of course was split between the two, but in the end Sherri Martel took the championship.
Final pin ratings- Martel 5, Jazz 9


Stevens with bombs away on Thatcher for the win.
Final pin ratings- Stevens 3, Thatcher 5


Both teams were disqualified after a good hard-hitting match between 2 teams who obviously did not like each other.
Final pin ratings- Mad Dog 5, Butcher 6, Jimmy Valiant 5, Johnny Valiant 6


Super Crazy hit the triple moonsault real early in the match but Koloff took over keeping Crazy grounded on the mat. And with a distinctive power advantage finished it with a Russian bear hug.
Final pin ratings- Koloff 4, Super Crazy 4


From the Liberty Pro Wrestling area
Jushin Liger used his quickness and high-flying ability hitting both the brainbuster and fisherman's buster for 2 early pinfall attempts. Bryan Danielson countered by using tremendous mat wrestling and martial art kicks. 2 triangle chokes and cattle mutilation put the Japanese star down for the count.
Final pin ratings- Liger 6, Danielson 4


Magnum T.A. had some offense early on, but Rick Rude overpowered the Boss with 2 Rude Awakenings.
Final pin ratings- Rude 2, Magnum 4


The Sheepherders defend CSW tag-team gold in a rather lackluster championship match from both sides. Duggan ended up being the one pinned.
Final pin ratings- Williams 4, Miller 4, Duggan 6, Dibiase 3


<Next up matches from Chicago>

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CSW presents from Chicago, Illinois part 3 of 3 of Memorial Day Blast.

Yukon Eric with the Kodiakl Krunch on Greg Valentine
Final pin ratings- Yukon Eric 2, Valentine 5


Brodie Lee took down the bigger Don Leo Jonathan with repeating big boots. Tough, hard-hitting match.
Final pin ratings- Lee 5, DLJ 9


The Briscoes and Tyler Black controlled Nick Jackson from the start. Match did not live up to the card itself.
Final pin ratings- Jay Briscoe 4, Mark Briscoe 3, Tyler Black 2, Nick Jackson 7, Matt Jackson 3, Chris Hero 4


The Destroyer wore down Johnny Saint's knees with figure fours and a single leg Boston crab picking up the win with his bombs away kneedrop.
Final pin ratings- Destroyer 3, Saint 7


The French Angel had controlled Mr. Saito the majority of the match until he lost of his temper and introduced Saito's head to the steel post causing a DQ.
Final pin ratings- French Angel 2, Saito 4


From West Coast Wrestling area
Rikidozan took out Buddy Rose with thunderous chops. All men got involved but the match itself was relatively short.
Final pin ratings- Rose 4, Gorgeous George 3, Baba 2, Rikidozan 1


George Hackenschmidt caught Jim Londos twice with his bearhug but Londos stubbornly refused to surrender instead turned the tables by using his Boston crab followed by his airplane spin for the win.
Final pin ratings- Hackensdchmidt 3, Londos 4


CSW Heavyweight Champion ship Match
Bockwinkel proved to everyone why he wears the CSW title belt. He did make a small mistake once by attacking the ribs of Pepper Gomez who reversed it on the champ for a short time. But following 3 straight Bockwinkel sleepers it was light's out for the challenger.
Final pin ratings- Bockwinkel 3, Gomez 5