AWA All Star Wrestling
10/29/88 The Rock n Roll Express vs Terry Adonis & ???
Intro is not on here as we are JIP for the finish here. Match went under 2 mins regardless.
Manny Fernandez plugs the PPV. He wants either Lawler or Kerry as he deserves both belts. He talks about watching the PPV from Japan or some shit??? He closes by talking about how hard it is to ride a Raging Bull. Couldn't he just focus on Wahoo instead of whatever the hell that promo was?
Lee Marshall is at the SuperClash 3 control center. He announces the Guerreros vs Cactus Jack and the RPMS. No build at all, cool!
Kerry Von Erich talks in an echo chamber about unifying the belts. Lawler does a promo in the same echoing room. Did they just put the SuperClash set in the bathroom?
Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden call out the RnR Express. At least they are focused on the actual PPV match.
The Guerreros cut a promo in Spanish.
WCCW Texas Champion Iceman King Parsons vs Michael PS Hayes
This is actually a WCCW feud from 88, but I am doubting Marshall and Verne are going to mention anything about the “Black Bird" angle.
Hey! Verne actually says these guys have “no love lost” between them. I guess that’s something.
They mention that Iceman Parsons was recently WCCW World champ, which actually kind of makes the title seem rinky dink.
The men have a decent 5 min scrap before the Samoan Swat Team and Buddy Roberts run in. They heels barely touch Hayes before Steve Cox and Kerry rush the ring to chase them off. Well, if nothing else it built to a PPV match.
Wahoo promo. He wants to settle things with Manny. AWA President Stanley Blackburn wants the feud to end. So everybody but Manny are focused on this feud. Wahoo name-drops Rick Rude as he talks about wrestling Manny in the NWA.
Bill Apter interviews Kerry Von Erich. KVE is dressed like Flair with sports coat and fancy sunglasses. Apter grills Von Erich on if Kevin losing a title in a match Kerry subbed for him in and lost is a "fair rule”. Kerry doesn’t give a clear answer and Apter pushes him on the issue. Kerry's actions seem heelish here, but none of this has anything to do with Lawler and the PPV.
Kerry gets his talking points in about how Savage and Flair only work with guys in their Feds, and KVE and Lawler work anybody. “There is one world, so there should only be one world champion"
Apter says Kerry has injured 326 men with his claw hold since his debut. Yup. Heel interview.
Lawler gets a 10 second promo. He again just says it is title for title. .
Steve Cox vs Terry Garvin
Garvin looks like Jimmy Garvin and is apparently a Garvin relative in kayfabe. Marshall then actually says he’s Jimmy's brother. Cox hits a nasty looking German suplex. Cox hits a powerslam and a Russian leg sweep to win things in a hurry. High impact 2 min squash. Did Cox fall off the face of the earth? He worked Global like every other Texas wrasslin' survivor and basically has no results after that.
Sgt. Slaughter & Keith Eric vs T Joe Kahn Soldad Ustinov
I guess this is Sarge’s return match? Sarge comes out alone. Verne explains Jimmy Snuka was injured in Japan and is missing this booking. Sarge talks to the ref, then goes back to the locker room and brings out Jabroni Keith Eric. It’s cute that they actually paid off the weeks of plugging Snuka’s return. I think it’s a little funny that with a “loaded” locker room of talent, Sarge couldn't find a replacement who wasn't a scrub. I know the AWA really liked doing the Star teams with a jobber angle though. Heels and faces both faced these poor odds over the years.
Eric gets mauled for several mins before Sarge can make the hot tag, He locks the Cobra Clutch on Soldat almost right away. Col. Debeers appears and Sarge gives chase. Eric is attacked by Debeers at some point, but the camera misses it and Verne isn’t sure if it actually happened or not.
Sarge tries to get back in the ring, but can’t be bothered to run or anything and gets counted out as he waddles to the ring. Sarge cuts a promo over the corpse of Eric and reveals Debeers attacked Snuka two nights ago to set Sarge up to be in a handicap situation. Debeers brings a stretcher to the ring to mock Sarge and his “friend”, who is dead on the concrete. Sarge begs Debeers to fight and even lays down in the ring. Debeers just spits on him and runs off. Awesome.
Sarge challenges Debeers to a Boot Camp match at the PPV and says the Col may die at the hands of Sarge given the brutal rules of this match. Okay. I’m digging this campy shit.
Debeers does a promo in the back. He says he attacked Eric because he was blocking Debeers view. LOL. Debeers doesn’t know what a boot camp match is, but assumes since this is America, it will be RIGGED.
Oh! I know who Trump took his notes from now.
Commercial: Morton Downey Jr. is bringing in Boston U brass to face the students as the youth of America is protested proposed curfews that are designed to reduce FORNICATION.
Larry Nelson closes the show with another Super Clash rundown. He still doesn’t know what a boot camp match is.
