Let's talk AWA member in LOW

[hollywoodlyn]

AWA wrestlers
Ox Baker
Red Bastien
Nick Bockwinkel
Bruiser Brody
Jim Brunzell
The Crusher
Curt Hennig
Larry Hennig
Don Leo Jonathan
Original Midnight Express - Dennis Condrey
Harley Race
Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk)
Buddy Rose
Superfly Snuka
Ray "The Crippler" Stevens
"Mad Dog" Vachon
"Butcher" Vachon
Larry Zbyszko
Reggie Lisowski (The Crusher)
Bobo Brazil

There are a few AWA stars that I would love to see in the LOW. Now I know the WWE owns the rights to most of the AWA items but maybe soemthing could be done to get some of these.

FORMER AWA CHAMPS
Verne Gagne
Stan Hansen
Fritz Von Erich
Dick the Bruiser
Jerry Lawler

FORMER TAG TEAM CHAMPS
Billy Robinson
Randy Rose
Scott Hall
Baron Von Raschke
Greg Gagne

Maybe a AWA type LOW issue?

Any thoughts???

[executioner]

Wow, until you made that list, I was unaware of how many former AWA stars were in LOW. A very impressive list.

An AWA set would be great (obviously it would have to have a different name). But the AWA, despite its lackluster demise, was home to alot of big names and a big part of wrestling history.

[markyhitch]

I enjoy watching the AWA on youtube. Would love an AWA set.

[hollywoodlyn]

ESPN Classics have been carrying AWA in 1988-1989 time periods

[crimsoncross]

I would like to see from the list are Randy Rose and Baron Von Raschke...

[Vegas]

Yeah, in my LOW fed Major League Wrestling (MLW), I have a brand split with 3 different brands: RAW, Smackdown, and (instead of ECW) the EAWA which stands for the Extreme AWA.

My EAWA brand has extreme rules for all of the matches and the roster is mostly a combination of 1) AWA Originals such as The Crusher, Larry Hennig, Angelo Mosca, Curt Henning (but I'm still calling him Mr. Perfect), the Vachons, Playboy Buddy Rose, Angelo Mosca, Ray Stevens, Giant Baba, and King Kong Bundy and 2) extremist stye wrestlers who wrestled in ECW such as Sandman, Justin Credible, Chris Candido, Danny Doring, and Sabu.

And when Major League Wrestling has its annual draft next June it's possible that some other AWA Originals such as Larry Zbyszko, Diamond Dallas Page, and possibly even Nick Bockwinkel might also go to the EAWA.

Two AWA wrestlers I hope someday sign with LOW are The Bruiser and Baron Von Raschke- both of whom won tag team championships with The Crusher.

[hollywoodlyn]

Matches over the years featuring AWA stars in the LOW

August 14, 1970–AWA Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois: Larry Hennig b Red Bastein, Pepper Gomez b Double X (Red Osbourne), Bobo Brazil wrestled Bill Miller to a 20 minutes, The Vachon Brothers (Maurice & Paul) defeated The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser in a “Steel Cage” match to retain the AWA Tag Team titles..


September 1, 1972–Soldiers Field in Chicago, IL at Soldiers Field: Rene Goulet b Don Muraco, Andre Rousimoff (The Giant) b Larry Hennig & Butcher Vachon in a “Handicap” match, Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (AWA Tag Team Champions) b Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder, Verne Gagne (AWA World Champion) b Ivan Koloff, The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser b Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza in a “Steel Cage” match..


September 7, 1974–Comiskey Park in Chicago, IL at Comiskey Park: Chris Taylor b Ox Baker by DQ. Pepper Gomez vs Baron Von Raschke ended in a DOUBLE DQ, Kim Duk b Jim Brunzell, The Crusher & Larry Hennig & Ivan Putski b Nick Bockwinkel & Billy Graham & Ray Stevens, The Sheik & Bobby Heenan b Dick the Bruiser & Bobo Brazil,


June 25, 1976–AWA Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois: Antonio Inoki vs Muhammad Ali ended in a draw after 15 Rounds in a “Wrestler vs Boxer” match (Shown on closed circuit TV), Greg Gagne b “Cowboy” Bob Orton Jr, The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser b Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum, Nick Bockwinkel (AWA World Champion) vs Verne Gagne ended in a NO CONTEST..


July 14, 1980–Comsikey Park in Chicago, IL at Comiskey Park: Greg Gagne b Bobby Heenan by COUNT OUT, Bobo Brazil b Super Destroyer Mark II. Verne Gagne b Nick Bockwinkel to win the AWA World title, The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon b Adrian Adonis & Jerry Valiant (Guy Mitchell), Jerry Blackwell won a “Battle Royal” (Included: Adrian Adonis, Bobo Brazil, Paul Christy, The Crusher, Greg Gagne, Tim Hampton, Roger Kirby, Pat O’Conner, Steve Regal, Billy Robinson, Tito Santana, Super Destroyer Mark II, Mad Dog Vachon & Jerry Valiant)..




April 24, 1983 - AWA Super Sunday in Saint Paul, Minnesota: Rick Martel & Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne b Jesse Ventura & Ken Patera & Blackjack Lanza, Nick Bockwinkel b Hulk Hogan by DQ to retain the AWA Heavyweight title…Verne Gagne & “Mad Dog” Vachon b Adnan El-Kassie & Jerry Blackwell..


September 28, 1985 - AWA SuperClash in Chicago, Illinois: Mil Mascaras b Buddy Roberts to retain the IWA Heavyweight title, Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba & Genichiro Tenryu b Harley Race & Bill & Scott Irwin, Sherri Martel b Candi Divine to win the AWA Women’s title, Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) b Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes) via referee’s decision to retain the AWA Tag Team titles, Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel & Larry Zbysko vs Greg Gagne & Scott Hall & Curt Hennig…. Krusher Khruschev & Ivan & Nikita Koloff vs The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser & Baron Von Raschke,

April 20, 1986 - AWA WrestleRock in Minneapolis, Minnesota: Doug Somers & Buddy Rose b The Midnight Rockers (Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels), Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) b Buck Zumhoffe, Giant Baba b Bob Brown, Rick Martel vs Harley Race fought to a DOUBLE COUNT OUT, Sherri Martel won a “Battle Royal” (Women Involved: Debbie Combs, Candi Divine, Rose Divine, Joyce Grable, Kat LeRoux, Despina Montagas, Misty Blue Simmes & Luna Vachon), Curt Hennig & Scott Hall b Bill & Scott Irwin to retain the AWA Tag Team titles, Scott LeDoux b Larry Zbysko by DQ in a “boxing” match, Stan Hansen b Nick Bockwinkel by DQ to retain the AWA World title, The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) b The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin & Michael Hayes) in a “Steel Cage” match, Jimmy Snuka & Greg Gagne b Nord the Barbarian & Bruiser Brody in a “Steel Cage” match


April 28, 1986 - AWA/NWA Rage in a Cage in East Rutherford, New Jersey: Bruiser Brody b Steve O, Scott Hall & Curt Hennig b Konga the Barbarian & Boris Zuhkov to retain the AWA Tag Team titles, Nick Bockwinkel b Larry Zbysko in a “Texas Death” match, The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) b Ivan & Nikita Koloff in a “Steel Cage” match..


June 28, 1986 - AWA Battle by the Bay in Oakland, California: Larry Zbysko vs Scott LeDoux wrestled to a DOUBLE COUNT OUT, Sherri Martel b Candi Divine to win the Women’s title, Jimmy Snuka b Jay York, Nord the Barbarian b Nick Bockwinkel, Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels & Curt Hennig b Buddy Rose & Doug Somers & Alexis Smirnoff..


December 25, 1986 - AWA Brawl in St. Paul in Saint Paul, Minnesota: Greg Gagne & Scott Hall & Leon White (aka Vader) b Larry Zbysko & Mr. Saito & Super Ninja, Jimmy Snuka b Colonal DeBeers by COUNT OUT, Nick Bockwinkel b Curt Hennig by DQ to retain the AWA World title, The Midnight Rockers (Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels) b Buddy Rose & Doug Somers in a “Steel Cage” match..


May 2, 1987 - AWA SuperClash II in San Francisco, California: Sherri Martel b Madusa Micelli to retain the AWA Women’s title, Curt Hennig b Nick Bockwinkel to win the AWA World Heavyweight title, Ray Stevens & Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty b Buddy Wolfe & Doug Sommers & Kevin Kelly, Jimmy Snuka & Russ Francis b The Terrorist (Brian Knobbs) & The Mercenary (Ron Fuller)..


April 16, 1988 - AWA Rage in a Cage II in Las Vegas, Nevada: Soldat Ustinov & Teijo Khan b Ray Stevens & Baron Von Raschke, Wahoo McDaniel b Curt Hennig in a “Steel Cage” match..


December 13, 1988 - AWA SuperClash III PPV in Chicago, Illinois: Jimmy Valiant b Wayne Bloom in 24 seconds, The Samoan Swat Team (Samu & Fatu) b Michael Hayes & Steve Cox to retain the World Class Tag Team titles,

June 23, 1989 - AWA War in the Windy City in Chicago, Illinois: Larry Zbysko (AWA World Champion) vs Greg Gagne ended in a DRAW

April 8, 1990 - AWA SuperClash IV in Saint Paul, Minnesota: Larry Zbysko b Masa Saito to win the AWA World Heavyweight title,

Just a few of the matches from the past for the LOW.

[hollywoodlyn]

I love it Mr Vegas...I will be watching more of your EAWA