AWA SUPERCLASH III December 13th 1988

AWA SUPERCLASH III December 13, 1988
December 13th 1988 in Chicago, IL
UIC Pavilion drawing 1,672 ($25,081)
Shown live on PPV (0.5)

Hosted by Larry Nelson and Lee Marshall
Hector, Chavo and Mando Guerrero vs Cactus Jack and Rock-n-Roll RPMs
Eric Embry vs Jeff Jarrett
Jimmy Valiant vs Wayne Bloom
WCCW Texas Champ Iceman King Parsons vs Brickhouse Brown
Ricky Rice, Derrick Dukes and Wendi Richter vs Paul Diamond, Pat Tanaka and Madusa Micelli
Greg Gagne vs Ronnie Garvin for the AWA TV Title.
A "street fight lingerie battle royal" In the match were: Bambi, Peggy Lee Leather, Laurie Lynn, Brandi Mae, Malibu, Nina, Pocohantas, Luna Vachon and The Syrian Terrorist
Sgt Slaughter vs Col DeBeers in a "boot camp" match.
WCCW Tag Champs The Samoan Swat Team vs Michael Hayes and Steve Cox
Wahoo McDaniel vs Manny Fernandez in an Indian Strap match
AWA World Champ Jerry Lawler vs WCCW World Champ Kerry Von Erich
The Rock-n-Roll Express vs Jimmy Golden andRobert Fuller

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Results[edit]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
Dark	Koko B. Ware defeated The Brooklyn Brawler	Singles match	Unknown
1	The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) defeated The Barbarian and Haku (with Bobby Heenan)	Tag team match	10:41
2	The Texas Tornado defeated Dino Bravo (with Jimmy Hart)	Singles match	03:11
3	The British Bulldog defeated The Warlord (with Slick)	Singles match	08:15
4	The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) (with Jimmy Hart) defeated The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) (c)	Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	12:10
5	Jake Roberts defeated Rick Martel	Blindfold match	08:34
6	The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Jimmy Snuka	Singles match	04:20
7	The Ultimate Warrior defeated Randy Savage (with Sensational Queen Sherri)	Retirement match	20:47
8	Genichiro Tenryu and Kōji Kitao defeated Demolition (Crush and Smash) (with Mr. Fuji)	Tag team match	04:44
9	The Big Boss Man defeated Mr. Perfect (c) (with Bobby Heenan) by disqualification	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	10:47
10	Earthquake (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Greg Valentine	Singles match	03:14
11	The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated Power and Glory (Paul Roma and Hercules) (with Slick)	Tag team match	00:59[5]
12	Virgil (with Roddy Piper) defeated Ted DiBiase by countout	Singles match	07:41
13	The Mountie (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Tito Santana	Singles match	01:21
14	Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter (c) (with General Adnan)	Singles match for the WWF Championship	20:26
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

NWA World Tag Team Champions (Slaughter and Kernodle)

NWA World Tag Team Champions

Sgt. Slaughter and Don Kernodle

Won the belts September of 1982 (or were awarded the belts) in a fictional tournament final over Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba in Tokyo, Japan.

They held the belts for 192 days.  Lost the belts to Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood on March 12th 1983 in a cage at the now legendary "Final Conflict" match in Greensboro NC.

Here are the final brutal minutes of that match

Match of the Night (Sgt. Slaughter vs Bob Backlund 1981)

March 21 1981

Madison Square Garden

WWF Heavyweight Title
Cage Match

Sgt Slaughter

vs

Bob Backlund

WWF Champion

Match of the Night

October 14th 1984

Madison Square Garden

The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff

vs

Sgt Slaughter and Andre the Giant

NWA-AWA Star Wars

In February 1985 the NWA and AWA decided to join forces to put together a Super Card for the New Jersey Meadowlands.  This was, sadly, a desperate attempt to stem the tide of the WWF and Vince McMahon who was raiding the talent and the regions of the AWA and NWA.   They went to the heart of the WWF, New York City/NJ area, to try and promote themselves as a better alternative to the "cartoonish"  style the WWF had adopted in its spread across the US.

here is that first card from 1985 with the biggest names of the NWA and AWA.  Sadly this was ignored by the US wrestling press and television.  However, Japanese fans got to see the card and all the talent on display and that is why we have the japanese commentary.

Star Wars was held 3 more times with the only card to draw more than 10,000 fans was on December 29th 1985, well below the 18,500 fans for the first show.   All in all it was a money loser for both promotions and the small crowds finally convinced them to steer clear of the New York area for good.

If you notice Sgt Slaughter winning the Battle Royal in a nod to his recent departure from the WWF, they knew he still had a huge following in the NY/NJ area.

The scheduled matches

1. Ivan & Nikita Koloff beat Steve Keirn & Jimmy Valiant when Ivan pinned Valiant.
   
2. Jimmy Garvin beat AWA World Champion Rick Martel via DQ.
   
3. AWA World Tag Champs The Road Warriors beat Jerry Lawler & Baron Von Raschke when Raschke was pinned.
   
4. NWA World Champ Ric Flair pinned Harley Race (25:00).
   
5. Sgt. Slaughter won a "tag team battle royal." Slaughter's partner, Jerry Blackwell, was injured and could not compete, forcing Slaughter to wrestle alone. Also in the match were: The Road Warriors, Ivan & Nikita Koloff, Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell, Kamala & Billy Robinson, Mark & Chris Youngblood, Jerry Lawler & Baron Von Raschke, Bob Backlund & Jimmy Valiant, Mr. Saito & Masked Superstar, Nick Bockwinkel & Dory Funk Jr., Jimmy Garvin & Larry Zbyszko, and Steve Keirn & Jerry Oski.

Match of the Day

Today our match is from SummerSlam 1991.  Held on August 26th 1991 at Madison Square Garden the main event was a handicap tag team match with Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior against "The Triangle of Terror" with Sgt Slaughter/The Iron Sheik (Col Mustafa)/General Adnan with Sid Justice as the "guest referee".
This was Sgt Slaughte'rs last appearance as "the traitor/Iraqi sympathizer", a role he started during the Gulf War.

Royal Rumble 1991

Today in 1991 the WWF held its 4th annual Royal Rumble PPV, this year in Miami Florida.

The Ultimate Warrior would put up his WWF Title against Sgt. Slaughter.

Odd Tag Team

Here is a match from Japan (shocking) that had 2 teams that seemed to be just put together because they all happened to be in Japan at the same time. The heel team was Sgt Slaughter and Bobby Duncam while the face team was Dusty Rhodes and Bob Backlund. While all 4 men had men in single matches, with Backlund defending his WWF Heavyweight title against Slaughter and Duncam at different times and Rhodes had met them in singles and tag team action, this was the first time I think Rhodes and Backlund were a team. The true highlight was Slaughter and Duncam having to come to the ring to "Over The Rainbow", must have been a little joke by promoter Antonio Inoki.
I believe this is from the mid 80s.