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[bookerbill]

Card #1: AWLF @ Boston Garden, Boston, MA

AWLF Intercontinental Title Tournament

Match #1: Cowboy Bob Orton (1) v. Koko B. Ware (8)
The Garden is rockin’ with the Birdman. Somebody shoot me! Orton into the ropes – shoulder tackle. Middle rope splash – 2 count. All Orton. Elbow to the throat. SUPERPLEX. Three count. Ware has only one offensive move!

Match #2: King Kong Bundy (4) v. The Sandman (5)
Beer shower at ringside. Sandman avoids Bundy’s power. White Russian Legsweep. 1, 2, power out! Bundy is outside. Sandman scales the buckles. Falling body block to the floor. Fans are ballistic. Sandman into the ringside table. AVALANCHE – shoulder up at the last second. AVALANCHE. 1, 2, 3. Bundy wants the five – kick out! Outside again. Bundy into the table head first. Bundy drags Sandman outside. Whip to the steel ring post. There is the bell. Sandman is busted open. Justin Credible is here. Singapore Cane beat down. Sandman is on a ringside table. THAT’S INCREDIBLE through the table! HS Chant! Security arrives. Sandman is removed on a stretcher. (12 card injury)

Commissioner Cox lets Bundy & Credible off the hook.

Match #3: Ox Baker (2) v. Playboy Buddy Rose (7)
Rose is on the mic preaching his athletic abilities. Hilarious! Baker easily overpowers Rose. Rose into the steel rails at ringside. Baker climbs the buckles. Deathjump cross body block. 2 count. Rose comes back. Baker with a crushing clothesline. Cover – 1, 2, shoulder up! All Baker. Clothesline. 1, 2, 3. It is over. HEART PUNCH! HEART PUNCH. Baker stands over his fallen opponent. Rose requires assistance to the back. (6 card injury)

Commissioner Cox suspends Baker for 2 cards!

Match #4: Red Bastien (3) v. Justin Credible (6)
The fans love Bastien. Quick pace. Back and forth. Credible is trapped in the ropes. Bastien hammers away. Wild reaction. ATOMIC DROP. ½ count. Credible drags Bastien to the floor. Bastien into the steel ringpost shoulder first. Disqualification. Credible has his Singapore Cane. Bastien blocks with a chair. It is a standoff. Security arrives.

AWLF Title Tournament

Match #5: Mil Mascaras (1) v. The Destroyer (8)
Huge reaction for Mascaras. Handshake. Counters. Mascaras with full nelson suplex – cover. Destroyer lifts his shoulder at 2. Destroyer rams Masacaras’ head into the steel rails. Single leg Boston Crab. Mascaras kick free. Mascaras controls the pace. Destroyer rams Masacaras’ head into the steel rails again. “Boo!” Back and forth action. Charge to the corner - Mascaras moves. Destroyer hits the buckles hard. Roll up… 1, 2, NO! Deathjump Smash! Mascaras leaps to the top again. Deathjump Smash – Destroyer blocks with a boot! Destroyer misses a falling double hammer, crashes hard into the ringside rails! Destroyer is holding his ribs! Destroyer is trapped in the ropes. Mascaras with punches to the midsection. CROSSBODY ATTACK. 1, 2, shoulder up! Bow and arrow. Destroyer battles out. FLYING BODYPRESS. 1, 2, 3. Handshake. Great reaction from the crowd for both men.

Match #6: Giant Baba (4) v. George Hackenschmidt (5)
Japanese media are flooding ringside. Get down! Hackenschmidt dominates. Wristlock suplex shocks the fans. Baba tastes the steel rails. Baba into the steel ringpost shoulder first. RUSSIAN BEAR HUG. Baba hooks the ropes. RUSSIAN BEAR HUG. Baba chops away. RUSSIAN BEAR HUG. Baba makes the ropes. Hackenschmidt drags Baba to mid ring. RUSSIAN BEAR HUG. Baba submits. Total squash!

Match #7: Buddy Rogers (2) v. Antonio Inoki (7)
Rogers is strutting. The fans want to kill him. Japanese media remain at ringside. Inoki looks good. Belly to belly suplex/top rope knee drop – cover. Rogers is quickly out. ENZUIGIRI – 1, 2, ½ count. Rogers with a series of forearms. Inoki into the ropes. Backdrop – blocked with a piledriver. ENZUIGIRI – quick kick out. Inoki Irish whips Rogers into the rails. Fans are wild. OCTOPUS HOLD. Rogers grabs the ropes. ENZUIGIRI – Rogers kicks out again! Inoki climbs the buckles. Deathjump. Rogers rolls clear. Cover – ½ count. Inoki is trapped in the ropes. Rogers works over Inoki’s legs. FIGURE FOUR GRAPEVINE – Inoki drags himself to the ropes. Deathjump onto Inoki’s leg! Inoki is in the ropes again. Rogers with attack on Inoki’s knee. Jumping knee smash – 2 ¾ count. Back and forth action. Inoki into the ropes. Backdrop! Inoki into the ropes – flying cross body press & cover. 1, shoulder up! OCTOPUS HOLD – Rogers submits! Rogers submits!

Match #8: Bobo Brazil (3) v. Harley Race (6)
Brazil is loved by the fans. Brazil keeps the action on the mat. Charge into the corner – Race moves. Brazil crashes into the buckles. Small package – ½ count. The pace picks up. Race misses a standing dropkick. Red Bastien he is not! Bobo body slam. Cover – ½ count. COCO BUTT – ½ count. Back and forth exchanges. Brazil is coming on. Running slingshot in the corner. Race into the steel rails at ringside. Race is busted open. Where is the referee! COCO BUTT – Three slaps on the mat. The crowd erupts. Race is not pleased.

Next stop, Buffalo NY. The card will feature the semi-finals of the AWLF Tag Team Title Tournament with the Vachon Brothers meeting the Road Warriors and The Midnight Express taking on the Last of the Famous International Playboys. In the main event, Cowboy Bob Orton steps into the ring with Red Bastien in the finals of the Intercontinental Title Tournament. As well, the World Title Tournament continues with Mil Mascaras v. George Hackenschmidt and Antonio Inoki v. Bobo Brazil. The Title Tournament has taken on a real international feel with wrestlers from Japan, Russia and Mexico in the final four. All this plus three other matches.

[Gunslinger]

I like the way your AWLF title tournament is shaping up so far.

[bookerbill]

Thanks Gunslinger.

Card #2: AWLF @ Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY
Injuries: Sandman 12 cards, Playboy Buddy Rose 6 cards, Suspensions: Baker 2 cards

Match #1: Justin Credible v. Koko B. Ware
Someone get that bird. Fans are dancing in the aisle. Ware cannot even get a side headlock to work. Stomps in the corner. SINGAPORE CANE. 1 ½ count. Credible wipes the ringside area with Ware. THAT’S INCREDIBLE – ½ count. Superkick – 1, 2 – shoulder up. All Credible. Stomps in the corner/short powerbomb – cover. 1 ½ count. Superkick – 1, 2, 3.

Match #2: The Destroyer v. Buddy Rogers
Fans just hate the Nature Boy. Move for move. Rogers with a piledriver – covers… 1 count. Rogers rams Destroyer’s head off the ringside table. Destroyer crawls back into the ring. FIGURE FOUR GRAPEVINE. Destroyer submits.

Match #3: Giant Baba v. Harley Race
Japanese media cover Baba’s every move from ringside. It is back and forth. Both men counter well. Diving headbutt – Baba bails. Brawl at ringside. Baba shoves the referee aside and tears into Race. The bell sounds. Baba is disqualified. Both men fight to the back.

AWLF Tag Team Title Tournament – Semi-Finals

Match #4: Road Warriors w/Paul Ellering (1) v. Vachon Brothers (4)
The fans are ready for a wild one. Mad Dog hammers away on Animal. Charge to the corner- Animal moves and Vachon hits the buckles hard. Cover – 2 count. Animal into the steel post. Butcher climbs the buckles. Animal recovers and tosses Butcher off the corner to the mat (great pop!). DOOMSDAY DEVICE. Hawk blocks Mad Dog. Three count. King Kong Bundy nails Ellering at ringside. Justin Credible is in the ring. SINGAPORE CANE to each of the Warriors! Bundy crushes Hawk with an AVALANCHE. AVALANCHE to Animal. The mighty Warriors have been laid to waste! Ellering has a chair. Crack – Bundy takes a chair shot to the back. Credible takes out Ellering with THAT’S INCREDIBLE! Security arrives. Hawk and Animal are a mess. Medical team is the ring. The Warriors are taken away on stretchers. (five card injury each)

Commissioner Charlie Cox announces he has suspended King Kong Bundy & Justin Credible for 10 cards each. The Warriors will not be happy about this one.

Match #5: Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette (2) v. The Last of the Famous International Playboys (3)
Cornette gets into it with the fans. Classic heat. Midnights cut off Brutus Beefcakes. Double Goozle. Buff Bagwell fares better. Double arm DDT rocks Stan Lane. Dropkick. Cover – 1, 2, shoulder up. Bobby Eaton blocks Bagwell’s charge with an elbow to the face. Stinging right hand – cover 1, 2, kick out. Tags all around. Flapjack on Beefcake. Beefcake catches Lane with a knee to the chest in the corner. Bagwell is on fire! Dropkick, scoop slam, double arm DDT – cover 1, 2, Beefcake blocks Eaton, Cornette distracts the Bagwell. Plenty of tags. Eaton counters Bagwell’s attack. Bagwell drags Eaton to the floor. Eaton into the steel ring post shoulder first. Eaton blocks a falling double hammer at ringside. Eaton and Bagwell collide in the middle of the ring! Eaton is up first. He does not tag out. Eaton is on the top of the buckles – Deathjump! Bagwell rolls clear – one arm cover. Quick kickout. Beefcake and Eaton tear up ringside. The referee is outside. Both men shove the referee down. The bell sounds. Both teams brawl to the back. It is double disqualification.

Commissioner Cox announces that the Road Warriors have won the Tag Team Title Tournament and are the new Tag Team Champions! Hawk & Animal do not come to the ring to accept the Titles.

AWLF Title Tournament – Semi-Finals

Match #6: Mil Mascaras (1) v. George Hackenschmidt (5)
Great pop for Mascaras. Handshake starts the action. Octopus hold slows the bout. Hackenschmidt bails – here comes Mascaras off the top of the turnbuckles. Hack is down at ringside. The crowd is on fire. Hackenschmidt crawls back into the ring. Mascaras dominates the action tying up Hackenschmidt on the mat. Deathjump forearm smash. CROSSBODY ATTACK – 1, 2, 3. Mascaras is through to the finals without any difficulty. Handshake ends the match. Respect from the fans.

Match #7: v. Bobo Brazil (3) v. Antonio Inoki (7)
Plenty of media coverage for Inoki from the Japanese Press. Ovation for Brazil is off the charts. Handshake to start. Inoki into the ropes. Flying crossbody press – 1, 2, Brazil powers out. Running Slingshot in the corner. Bow and arrow/OCTOPUS HOLD – Brazil grabs the ropes. Deathjump smash. ENZUIGUIRI – Three count. The fans are stunned. Solid pop for the handshake. Brazil leaves Inoki with the Japanese Press.

Intercontinental Title Tournament – Finals

Match #8: Cowboy Bob Orton (1) v. Red Bastien (3)
Bastien is over with the fans. Orton is ready and starts strong. Elbow to throat sets up SUPERPLEX – ½ count. Orton goes into the steel ring post shoulder first. Bastien is on the top of the turnbuckles – leap to the outside. Orton is down! Back inside, Orton takes flying dropkicks. Orton tries to block a clothesline with one of his own. Crash! Both men are down. Bastien is up first and slows the match with a neck twist. Orton avoids an elbow drop. Piledriver plants Bastien. SUPERPLEX – 1, 2, 3 – New Champion! Bob Orton Sr. comes out of ringside and joins his son in the ring to celebrate.

Antonio Inoki continues to impress with his second straight upset victory. He now faces Mil Mascaras in the AWLF Title Tournament Finals on the next card which will be held at Madison Square Garden. Commissioner Cox has signed a number one contenders match on the same card between Midnight Express and The Last of The Famous International Playboys. The winners will go onto face new Tag Team Champions Road Warriors in Chicago on Card #4. That is if the Warriors are cleared to compete after the beating they took at the hands of King Kong Bundy & Justin Credible. Fans were shocked to see Bob Orton Sr. in the ring after his son’s convincing victory over Red Bastien to claim the IC Title. Following tonight’s card, AWLF officials quickly offered Orton Sr. a contract on a interim basis in an effort to fill out a roster that has become seriously depleted do to suspensions and injuries. Also signed for MSG, Harley Race faces Giant Baba in a Texas Death Match.

[bookerbill]

Card #3: AWLF @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Injuries: Sandman 11 cards, Playboy Buddy Rose 5 cards, Hawk 5 cards; Animal 5 cards; Suspensions: Ox Baker 1 card; Justin Credible 10 cards, King Kong Bundy 10 cards

Match #1: Koko B. Ware v. Playboy Buddy Rose (inj)
Rose is preaching his physical attributes. Great stuff. Here comes the Birdman. There goes my lunch! Rose grounds Ware. Ware with spinning neckbreaker and Rose bails. Ware into the ringside table. Rose tosses Ware to the floor and climbs the buckles. Falling body block to ringside. Highflying Buddy Rose?!? 8, 9, Ware rolls under the ropes. Ware into the ropes – blocks a backdrop with a piledriver. Irish whip into the corner and charge – Rose gets his knee up. Brainbuster/BOMBS AWAY – 1 count. Ware blocks a chokeslam and hits a flying head butt. Ware leaps to the top of the buckle, turns and hits a perfect cross body block. 1, 2, shoulder up! GHOSTBUSTER- 3 count. It cannot be true! Rose is livid. The fans are dancing with the Birdman.

Match #2: The Destroyer v. Iron Mike DiBiase
DiBiase is making his AWLF debut tonight after signing an interim contact with the federation. Handshake to start. Intelligent sleeper hold forces DiBiase to leave the ring. DiBiase trips up Destroyer and drags him to the floor. Destroyer into the ring post. There is the bell. DiBiase is disqualified. DiBiase beats down Destroyer at ringside. Here come the zebras to break things up.

Match #3: Red Bastien v. Bob Orton Sr.
Bastien is over with the New Yorkers. It is all Bastien. Orton manages to reverse a whip into the corner but Bastien avoids Orton’s charge. Roll up – ½ count. ATOMIC DROP – 2 count. Deathjump smash. ATOMIC DROP – 1, 2, Cowboy Bob Orton attacks Bastien. Bastien tosses Orton Jr. to ringside. Boston Crab. Orton Sr. grabs the ropes. Bastien drags Orton into the middle of the ring and applies the hold again. Flying dropkicks – cover 1, 2, 3. Solid win for Bastien who is looking for a rematch with Orton Jr. for the IC strap.

Match #4: Mad Dog Vachon v. Bobo Brazil
Monster ovation for Brazil. Mad Dog takes over quickly with bite to forehead. Deathjump clothesline. Figure four leglock. PILEDRIVER. Mad Dog scores the pin! The crowd is stunned. Match lasts less than 10 moves!

AWLF Tag Team Champions Road Warriors are interviewed by Bill Apter on the Hotseat. Hawk and Animal are not pleased that Commissioner Cox has suspended King Kong Bundy & Justin Credible but interest is running and Payback will be hell. Jim Cornette is in the ring. Cornette is complaining about Apter’s lack of coverage of the Midnight Express. Ellering tells Cornette to get lost before he gets hurt. Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane jump the Warriors. Cornette decks Apter! Cornette and the Express are out of here. The Warriors give chase.

Match #5: George Hackenschmidt v. Buddy Rogers
Rogers draws great heat. Hackenschmidt dominates tying up Rogers and countering everything the Nature Boy uses. Irish whip into the corner. Rogers charges – Hackenschmidt gets his elbow up. Rogers stumbles into a RUSSIAN BEAR HUG. Rogers grabs the ropes. Pair of single leg pickup and slams. Hackenschmidt with a deathjump smash. Rogers is trapped in the ropes. Hack hammers away. The crowd is electric. RUSSIAN BEAR HUG. Rogers hooks the ropes with his leg. Deathjump – Rogers recovers and tosses Hackenschmidt to the mat. Deathjump smash to the leg. Not good! FIGURE FOUR GRAPEVINE. Hackenschmidt submits. Great heat.

Match #6: Texas Death Match – Giant Baba v. Harley Race
Japanese media cover Baba’s introduction. Race is stone faced. Back and forth. Exchange of headbutts wows the crowd. Baba Chop – cover ½ count. Race reverses an Irish whip into the steel rails. Total mayhem at ringside. Brawl into the fans. Race has a metal pipe. Crack – Baba is busted open. Race grabs a chair – smashes Baba in the face. Indian Deathlock – Baba breaks free. Race uses a rope to choke out Baba at ringside. Race works over Baba in the ring. Pair of diving headbutts. Cover – 1, 2, 3. Race conquers the Giant.

Match #7: No 1 Contenders Match – Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette v. The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Cornette is yipping at the fans. Great heat. Beefcake takes it to both Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton. Tennis racket to the back/SUPERKICK – 1, 2, shoulder up. Tags by both teams. Cornette smashes Beefcake again! Come on referee. Divorce Court. 2 count. Tags again. Express miss a double team attack. Lane sends Bagwell into the ropes. Both men go for a clothesline! Bagwell recovers first. Swinging neckbreaker – 1, 2, kick out. Lane gets an elbow into Beefcake’s face. Deathjump smash. VEG-O-MATIC. Eaton cuts off Bagwell. 1, 2, Hawk and Animal storm the ring and attack the Midnight Express. Cornette quickly gets his men out as the referee calls for the disqualification. Bagwell is not impressed and shoves Ellering. DOOMSDAY DEVICE for Buff. DOOMSDAY DEVICE for Beefcake. Monster ovation for the Tag Team Champions.

AWLF Title Tournament – Finals

Match #8: Mil Mascaras (1) v. Antonio Inoki (7)
Media from around the world are at ringside including Bill Apter. Handshake at the bell. Mascaras takes the match to the mat with an octopus hold followed by a bow and arrow. Inoki grabs the ropes. FLYING BODYPRESS – ½ count. Mascaras is all over Inoki. Mascaras with a deathjump smash. Mascaras traps Inoki in the ropes and hammers away. Heat from ringside for the masked Mexican. Inoki tastes the ringside rails. Inoki is busted open. More heat. The media is eating this up. Bow and arrow. Inoki breaks free. FLYING BODYPRESS – 1, kick out. The fans are getting behind Inoki. Mascaras dominates in and out of the ring. Slingshot plancha. 1, 2, no. CROSSBODY ATTACK. 1, 2, shoulder up! Great pop. Inoki finally gets something going. Mascaras counters a boot to midsection with octopus hold. Inoki cannot reach the ropes and Mascaras is your first AWLF Champion! Mixed reaction as Commissioner Cox presents Mascaras with the Title belt. Inoki confronts Mascaras. Inoki extends his hand and Mascaras shakes it to a standing ovation.

Congratulations to new AWLF Champion Mil Masacaras. Up next, the AWLF heads off to the Windy City for a series of shows.

Playboy Buddy Rose is blaming his lose to Koko B. Ware on his injuries suffered at the hands of Ox Baker on Card #1 and saying Ware just got lucky. Rose will get a chance to back up his statement when he meets the Birdman one on one once again.

Was Iron Mike DiBiase trying to make a statement by laying the boots to Destroyer after their bout tonight or was he simply caught up in the emotions of his debut match? We may find out next card when Destroyer looks for some payback when he steps into the ring with DiBiase once again.

The Vachon Brothers will face The Last of the Famous International Playboys. Both of these teams need a win in a big way. With Mad Dog Vachon’s shocking victory over Bobo Brazil tonight, will he be focused and dedicated to teaming with this brother or will the prospect of a run at one of singles titles be on his mind?

Ox Baker makes his return to after a 2 card suspension. Buddy Rose wanted no part of getting in to the ring with Baker but Bobo Brazil has accepted the challenge and the two heavyweights will do battle in which is sure to be a wild match.

George Hackenschmidt came very close to upsetting Buddy Rogers tonight. Will he be able to get past his next opponent Harley Race? Race is coming off a dominating performance against Giant Baba and has to be considered for a Title shot in the coming weeks.

Fresh off his win over Bob Orton Sr., Red Bastien will be looking to do the same to Intercontinental Champion Cowboy Bob Orton in a rematch from the IC Tournament final.

In the main event, AWLF Tag Team Champions Road Warriors make their first title defense against the Midnight Express. With the Warriors not 100%, opportunity is knocking for Jim Cornette’s team. Will they be able to take advantage?

[bookerbill]

The final match has been annouced for the next AWLF card with Nature Boy Buddy Rogers taking on Antonio Inoki. Rogers is looking to prove Inoki's victory in the AWLF Title Tournament was a fluke. Inoki's is looking to rebound from tonight's defeat.

[bookerbill]

Card #4: AWLF @ Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, IL
Injuries: Sandman 10 cards, Playboy Buddy Rose 4 cards, Hawk 4 cards; Animal 4 cards; Suspensions: Justin Credible 9 cards, King Kong Bundy 9 cards

Match #1: Playboy Buddy Rose (inj) v. Koko B. Ware
Rose is on the mic telling us he is 217 pounds, not 271. His rib injury must make him look heavier. Classic heel stuff. Here comes Koko. He comes my headache. Rose dominates the contest. Ware avoids an elbowdrop and leaps to the top of the buckles. Flying headbutt – cover - 1 ½ count. Ware sends Rose into the steel rails at ringside. All Ware now. Rose blocks a shoulder tackle and works over Ware. Ware into the ropes – flying shoulder ram. Ware with top rope dropkick – 1, kick out. Ware’s face into the ringside table. Ware avoids a shoulder tackle. Flying headbutt. Top rope dropkick/GHOSTBUSTER 1, 2, 3. Two in a row for the Birdman. Could Ware be on the path to a title shot!

Match #2: Iron Mike DiBiase v. The Destroyer
Mixed reaction for both men. Destroyer goes for quick win with an intelligent sleeper hold. DiBiase brawls. Destroyer with a series of handstand kneedrops. Destroyer mounts the buckles – Deathjump cross body block. 1, 2, 3. Destroyer offers a handshake after the match, DiBiase accepts it. The fans show their appreciation.

Match #3: Butcher & Mad Dog Vachon v. The Last of The Famous International Playboys
Great heat for the Vachons. Beefcake & Bagwell are posing for photos and kissing the ladies at ringside. Back and forth action from the bell. Mad Dog & Brutus Beefcake both go for a clothesline and collide. Beefcake is cut off. Bagwell hot tags. Vachon works over Bagwell. Illegal abdominal stretch/backbreaker. Cover – 1 ½ count. HANGMAN – Bagwell grabs the ropes. Vachon tosses Bagwell. Butcher dragged to the floor and tastes the ring post. The referee disqualifies Bagwell. All four men brawl after the bell. Security is called out.

Match #4: Bobo Brazil v. Ox Baker
Baker makes his return after a two card suspension. Massif heat. Brazil is the most popular competitor in the AWLF. Trade power moves. Dueling shoulder blocks. Bobo gets an elbow into Baker’s face in the corner. Big hammer punch and Baker bails. Brawl at ringside. Table is overturned. Brazil comes out on top. COCO BUTT. Three count.

Bill Apter welcomes AWLF Champion Mil Mascaras to the Hot Seat. Apter presses Mascaras about his aggressive tactics against Antonio Inoki in the tournament final and Mascaras responds that he is sure Inoki would have done the same if the opportunity presented itself. Mascaras tells Apter that the AWLF Champion is recognized as the best in the world and he will take on all comers. If things get out of hand in the heat of battle, them so be it.

Match #5: George Hackenschmidt v. Harley Race
Race is all business during the introductions. Hackenschmidt has the fans behind him. Counterwrestling clinic from the open bell. Neither can put together a series of moves. Hackenschmidt avoids a knee to the gut and scores with a wristlock suplex. ½ count. Hackenschmidt mounts the buckles – leaps. Race gets his boot up. Swinging neckbreaker forces Hack to the floor. Race is outside and they are exchanging blows. The referee is outside. Race decks the official. The fight continues as the bell sounds signifying the disqualification. Both men mix it up back to the dressing room. Hackenschmidt is announced as the winner by DQ.

Match #6: Antonio Inoki v. Buddy Rogers
The Nature Boy draws awesome heat. The Japanese media cover Inoki’s introduction from ringside. Inoki into the ropes. Duck under and into the ropes. Again. 3rd duck under. Flying shoulder tackle. Rogers stops Inoki with a piledriver – ½ count. FIGURE FOUR GRAPEVINE – Inoki cannot reach the ropes. The bell sounds. Rogers is strutting for the Japanese media.

Match #7: Intercontinental Title Match – Cowboy Bob Orton (ch) v. Red Bastien
Great pop for Bastien. Orton seems focused. Bastien with a flying body press and Orton bails. Flying dropkicks downs Orton. ½ count. ATOMIC DROP. 1, 2, Bob Orton Sr. attacks Bastien. Orton Sr. goes over the ropes. Bastien continues his attack. Bastien with a noggin knocker at ringside. Orton tries to slow down the match with arm drags. Bastien keeps coming. Orton bails. Bastien scales the corner – falling body block to ringside. Orton is crushed. 7, 8, 9, Orton Sr. rolls his son back into the ring. The referee orders security to remove Orton Sr. Bastien dives out of the ring onto Orton Sr and the security team. The crowd is on fire. Back inside, Orton blocks an elbow drop and hits a vertical suplex. Bastien bails, drags Orton to the floor. Orton into the steel post and comes up bloody. The bell sounds. Bastien is hammering away on the Champion. Orton Sr. is back. He has a chair. Crack – Bastien goes down. Huge heat. Security floods ringside. Orton Sr. gathers his son and retreats to the back as Orton is announced the winner by disqualification.

Match #8: AWLF Tag Team Title Match – Road Warriors (inj) w/Paul Ellering (ch) v. Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette
Great heat for Cornette and the Express. Hawk and Animal have their ribs tapped up. Animal is cut off. Divorce Court. ROCKET LAUNCHER. 1, 2, Hawk with a boot to Eaton’s face. Animal tosses Eaton to the floor. Animal misses double hammer and crashes into the rails. Those ribs! Double Goozle. Double face first suplex – cover . Eaton blocks Hawk. Ellering distracts the referee. The Champions are in trouble. Lane works over Animal’s ribs. Hawk hot tags in. Gorilla press slam to Lane. Eaton is in. Hawk with a running clothesline. Eaton spills to the floor. Eaton trips up Hawk and drags him to the floor. Hawk into the post shoulder first. Cornette distracts the referee, the action continues. Cornette with a tennis racket to Hawk’s back. Multiple tags all around. Hawk stops Lane with a choke slam. ½ count. Gut wrench suplex. Vertical suplex. DOOMSDAY DEVICE. Hawk takes out Eaton. 1, 2, 3.

The AWLF next action comes from Chicago Stadium with the federation’s 2nd night of a three night stand in the Windy City. Here are the announced matches:

The Last of the Famous International Playboys will be facing the Vachon Brothers, this time in singles action. Buff Bagwell takes on Butcher Vachon while Brutus Beefcake meets Mad Dog Vachon.

In a rematch from tonight, Harley Race steps into the ring against the Russian powerhouse George Hackenschmidt. Both men need a clean victory in this one to be considered for a title match in the near future.

Nature Boy Buddy Rogers has been undefeated since the AWLF Title Tournament. He looks to make it four in a row against Iron Mike DiBiase

The Destroyer & Giant Baba have had great success in Japan and will team for the first time in the AWLF when they take on the Midnight Express.

Koko B. Ware looks to continue his recent winning ways but will have his hands full when he steps up in weight class to face Ox Baker.

Red Bastien has enlisted the aid of Bobo Brazil to take on the Ortons in tag team action.

In the main event, AWLF Champion Mil Mascaras defends the title against Antonio Inoki in a rematch from the tournament final. Mascaras won the last meeting handily. Buddy Rogers is furious about not being put in the main event after his convincing victory over Inoki but it was Inoki who took it to the Nature Boy on his way to Title Tournament Finals.