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AWA Championship Wrestling

Monday, Week 2, July 1991

Laredo Civic Center @ Laredo, TX

Announcers - Rod Trongard and Frank Reed

Attendance - 2,000 *SOLD OUT*

Rating - 0.35 *NEW RECORD*

SEGMENT 1 - The show opens with a pre-recorded video. Apparently the images were taken last weekend. The police are raiding a house. After a while, we realize that this house is Razor's house. He is being detained. We get detailed information about what happened from the announcers: Razor was reported to the police by an unknown person. Narcotics also raided his home and seized large quantities of drugs. Thus, Razor was sent to prison by re-committing the crime he was released from. They say the announcers learned all this from Eddie Guerrero, Razor's best friend. Eddie waited at the station all morning. He was pretty sure that Jerry Lawler was behind all this. By the way tonight: Ricky Steamboat vs. Eddie Guerrero! AWA Championship is on the line!

SEGMENT 2 - The NB Show - Guest: Eddie Gilbert - Bockwinkel is hosting Gilbert, the talent he admires the most in recent weeks. He watched his coming to the company with his drop teeth. He considered it the most shocking moment AWA had ever seen. For this reason, he congratulated him. “Why didn't you take action at the title ceremony of Ricky's new belt last week,” Bockwinkel asks. Gilbert grins: “Nick, I don't think anyone, including you, understood what this action I was involved in represented. It wasn't the AWA championship that I burned there. Any ordinary belt is fine for me. I do not attach any special meaning. What burned there symbolized the company itself. I burned it and caused it to rise from its ashes. In such a case, do they think that belt will stay on Ricky long? I don't think so."

SEGMENT 3 - Butch Reed and Diamond Dallas Page def. Owen Hart and Perry Saturn in 8:27 by pinfall - DDP wins the match by pinning Owen with the Diamond Cutter. Kevin Von Erich comes to the rescue as he slaps Owen after the match and continues his attack. Running out of the ring, DDP immediately grabs a microphone and speaks: “Kevin! Wait! While we're at it, I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse. At the TCS show in two weeks, a tag team match, whoever you take with you, doesn't matter. And there will be a reward on the line. 1 MILLION DOLLARS! Are you in? Since it will be the show where the most money is distributed in the professional wrestling world, let's raise the level a little more. But I have one condition: if you lose this time, your relationship with Elizabeth will be over!” Kevin agrees without hesitation.

SEGMENT 4 - Baron von Raschke def. The Wendigo in 7:28 by pinfall - After a long hiatus, we see Wendigo wrestling with someone other than Kamala. Kamala, who returned last week, comes to the ringside during this match. He is watching the match in a soulless and expressionless way, as he did last week. Wendigo seems to be distracted. In this way, Von Raschke manages to beat his opponent with a flash pinfall.

SEGMENT 5 - We remember Team Challenge Series match card. It will be a very expensive and remarkable event, in which a will be rewarded total of 1 million 500 thousand dollars.

SEGMENT 6 - Eric Bischoff interviews Eddie Guerrero. Eddie is pretty unhappy and tired. He says he didn't sleep until the morning during Razor's imprisonment. He usually talks about this subject. He couldn't wait to face Lawler. He would attack him wherever he saw his. He openly challenges Lawler for any show. He is also ambitious for the upcoming match. Even though he was tired and didn't sleep until morning, he could take the championship tonight. He was going to dedicate his championship to Razor.

SEGMENT 7 - AWA World Heavyweight Championship | Ricky Steamboat (c) def. Eddie Guerrero in 9:31 by pinfall - The match is very exciting. The wrestling styles of the duo fit each other very well and we are witnessing a very energetic match. Steamboat defends its title for the first time by defeating its opponent with the Dragon Suplex. The match is currently the best match of 1991 in terms of quality.

AWA Team Challenge Series - Match Card (Sunday, Week 4, July 1991)

Team Challenge Series - Semi Final
Racket Club (Sid and Terry Mawashi) vs. The Rumbustical Kickers (Brian Pillman and Dylan Dowboy)

Team Challenge Series - Semi Final
The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) vs. The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)

Team Challenge Series - Final
(Winner Gets $500.000 Prize Money)
TBA vs. TBA

AWA World Heavyweight Championship
Ricky Steamboat (c) vs. Eddie Gilbert

Steel Cage Match
Kamala vs. The Wendigo

Tag Team Match
(If DDP Wins, Kevin and Elizabeth Relationship Will End / If Kevin Wins His Team Gets $1.000.000 Prize Money)
Diamond Dallas Page and TBA vs. Kevin Von Erich and TBA

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AWA Championship Wrestling

Monday, Week 3, July 1991

Hart Recreation Center @ Worchester, MA

Announcers - Rod Trongard and Frank Reed

Attendance - 2,000 *SOLD OUT*

Rating - 0.29

SEGMENT 1 - DDP is announcing that it has signed a $1 million sponsorship for the match at the TCS. He shows the contract to the camera. The winner will get 1 million. “Hey Kevin, thanks to me, you're going to play the most valuable match in the world. But don't get me wrong, you're not valuable. What is valuable here is my hatred for you. Also, by the way, I'm not worried about your teammate. I don't give a damn. I'm sure he'll be just as worthless as you are. But you might want to hear about my teammate: Butch Reed!”

SEGMENT 2 - The United Nations of Terror is fully in the ring. Adnan insults America with boos for a long time: “Look at this situation. Look at the team champions of a wrestling company with the word 'American' in it! And they call the USA a 'super power'. Not at all! Thanks to us, America has suffered its worst defeat since Vietnam!” A surprise team interrupts these words; previous Tag Team champions Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson! They can't cut many promos themselves because they don't have microphone skills. However, at that point, no matter who comes, they get high support because they will react with nationalist feelings. They are challenging them right now. They were ready to get a chance to win the belt again.

SEGMENT 3 - AWA World Tag Team Championship | The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defeated United Nations of Terror (Ivan Koloff and Saniko) (c) (w/Adnan Al-Kaissie) in 8:54 when Robert Gibson defeated Saniko by pinfall with a Double dropkick - Morton and Gibson win AWA Tag Team titles for the second time. The whole arena embraces them. America embraces them! The UNOT on the other hand, is frustrated.

SEGMENT 4 - The NB Show - Guests: Racket Club - Today the program takes place in a gym. Sid and Terry Mawashi practice in the background as Bockwinkel talks to Cornette. Cornette watches them and cuts his promo: “Look at these two! It's the best thing I've ever owned. What I represent is the most hopeful thing I've ever been in. You know what this is Nick? This is the future of AWA. This is the future of the USA! And Pillman says he's the future of the company for his idiot friends. Since when has it been a promising phenomenon to be a bunch of losers and go and lose a match to everybody? Can you tell me Nick: Have you ever been such a loser at this company where you were a 4 time AWA World champion? In all sincerity, I believe that Sid and Mawashi will receive that half-million dollar prize on next week. They will get what they deserve and live what they deserve. That's all!"

SEGMENT 5 - Sid (w/Jim Cornette) defeated One Man Gang in 5:33 by pinfall with a Powerbomb - Although Sid is not in great shape, it is not felt much thanks to Cornette.

SEGMENT 6 - Announced a new match for TCS: Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Guerrero. After Razor's arrest, Guerrero vowed revenge, as it will be remembered. By the way, Jerry Lawler will be on the show tonight in the main event. His opponent: Tully Blanchard. Meanwhile, it is confirmed by Frank Reed that Razor leaves the company as he has returned to prison.

SEGMENT 7 - Owen Hart and Jackie Fargo cuts a promo. Fargo says: “Our topic today is Butch Reed. Butch, you're talking about respect. I heard what you said about Owen backstage. I know everything about what you said behind his back, that he was being bullied because of his family. But don't worry, Owen will prove his quality to you too. It will be either by force or by beauty. You will make the choice!”

SEGMENT 8 - Tully Blanchard speaks before the next game: “Arn is not in the building today. It doesn't even need to be. We're both focused on our match at the TCS show and half a million dollars. We'll take that money and we'll live the rest of our lives without moving a finger. I'm not going to waste my time with idiots like Jerry Lawler. That's the best part. To everyone who will participate in the TCS tournament, I openly say: don't get your hopes up. Frustration causes cancer.”

SEGMENT 9 - Tully Blanchard defeated Jerry Lawler in 8:33 by pinfall with a Slingshot Suplex - Eddie Guerrero intervenes and causes Lawler to lose. Lawler freaks out when the referee doesn't notice what happened.

AWA Team Challenge Series - Match Card (Sunday, Week 4, July 1991)

Team Challenge Series - Semi Final
Racket Club (Sid and Terry Mawashi) vs. The Rumbustical Kickers (Brian Pillman and Dylan Dowboy)

Team Challenge Series - Semi Final
The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) vs. The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)

Team Challenge Series - Final
(Winner Gets $500.000 Prize Money)
TBA vs. TBA

AWA World Heavyweight Championship
Ricky Steamboat (c) vs. Eddie Gilbert

Steel Cage Match
Kamala vs. The Wendigo

Tag Team Match
(If DDP Wins, Kevin and Elizabeth Relationship Will End / If Kevin Wins His Team Gets $1.000.000 Prize Money)
Diamond Dallas Page and Butch Reed vs. Kevin Von Erich and TBA

Singles Match
Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Guerrero

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AWA Championship Wrestling

Monday, Week 4, July 1991

Palumbo Center @ Pittsburgh, PA

Announcers - Rod Trongard and Frank Reed

Attendance - 3,562

Rating - 0.32

SEGMENT 1 - We are at the United Nations of Terror headquarters. Morale is pretty low. The loss of the Tag Team titles has enraged the UNOT. Al-Kaissie says he has developed a brand new attack strategy. They generally talk about it. He also makes a surprise announcement: Ivan Koloff, who felt primarily responsible for the loss of the belts, was going to Iraq! He was going to continue the fight with the USA in there. In his farewell speech, Koloff said, “Now I entrust the front here to you. Do not despair. We only lost one battle, the war continues. Muraco, we have full faith in you. “Never forget what this country has done to your family.”

SEGMENT 2 - Larry Zbyszko opens the show in the ring. Zbyszko, who has been quiet since losing the AWA title, is sharing his new plans with everyone. He says he will take part in the big Crockett Cup tournament to be held in 2 months. It also announces to us the rule that the winner of this tournament will qualify for the AWA Championship at the next Championship Wrestling show. He's totally focused on that. After a while, AWA champion Ricky Steamboat interrupts him. Steamboat talks about the level the company has progressed since it became the champion. They knew him and AWA directly during his trips to Asian countries. They didn't even know Zbyszko's name or anything. Sid and Jim Cornette duo is coming this time. Cornette says no one should forget that Sid is the champion this year. “Racket Club will have half a million dollars this Sunday. If you need money, we can even buy the belt from you. We can even buy you. But never think that Sid has given up on the championship. I'm asking everyone, answer sincerely. Look at these two and look at Sid! Who looks more like a champion”, this time the duo of Owen Hart and Jackie Fargo interrupts. What a mess! Fargo also longs to praise Owen, mentioning that no one else in the company has his technique. Meanwhile, our cameras quickly turn to the backstage area. Here we see Jerry Lawler and Eddie Guerrero getting into each other. It's getting mixed up. Frank Reed, who has risen from his seat at the announce table, finally intervenes. “Everybody clear the ring. For God's sake send someone in the back area. Stop this fight! I'm telling the six people who've been bothering everyone with this mess so far: you're going to meet in a six man tag team match tonight." Thus, the main event of the night is determined.

SEGMENT 3 - The Wendigo defeated Perry Saturn in 2:34 by pinfall with a Spivey Spike - After the match, Wendigo passes a bag filled with insects down Saturn's head. This is how he threatens Kamala.

SEGMENT 4 - The NB Show – Tea-time with The Brain Busters - Bockwinkel has been a guest at the home of Anderson and Blanchard. The trio is having a beer party in front of the TV. Anderson zaps channels one by one and can't find anything good. “Look at this, there's nothing worth watching in the whole country. What do you say, Tully, after making half a million dollars, we start a local TV station?" They're finally coming to TBS. The channel is broadcasting a very old match from the Gauntlet 2 show in February this year. (Pillman vs. Blanchard – Steel Cage Match) Blanchard is incredibly angry at the broadcast of this lost match and smashes the television together with Anderson. “After making half a million dollars, we're going to **** off! This company does not deserve us,” he says at last.

SEGMENT 5 - The Rumbustical Kickers (Brian Pillman and Dylan Dowboy) defeated Paul Roma and Max Moon in 4:28 when Brian Pillman defeated Max Moon by pinfall with an Air Pillman - Max Moon is actually Paul Diamond. He changed his name. Pillman and Dowboy intimidate their opponents in the TCS tournament by winning the match. After the match, Roma, who is angry with Moon, pushes him and tries to attack. When Pillman and Dowboy intervene and prevent them, Moon thanks them and shakes his hand.

SEGMENT 6 - Six-Man Tag Team Match | Ricky Steamboat, Jerry Lawler and Owen Hart defeated Larry Zbyszko, Sid and Eddie Guerrero in 10:23 when Jerry Lawler defeated Eddie Guerrero by pinfall with a Piledriver - Even though it looks like it will be messy after the match, the face team cleans the ring. Lawler asks for a microphone to make a short speech: “I want to say something in all sincerity to everyone who is here tonight. Yes, I reported Razor. I sent him to prison. (Getting mixed reactions) Boo me if you want. Does not matter. If you believe that Razor and his gang have become the best people in the world after their release from prison, I can't tell you anything. But you can't expect me to have the same belief! If you're going to turn against me because I sent that scumbag who was selling drugs to 13-year-old children on the streets to prison, don't stop! Believe it or not, I took a step towards protecting you, your children, and even our future. (Applause rises) Eddie, I appreciate your personalization of all this. But it's also thanks to me that you stand here and challenge me, that you can still come and wrestle tonight! I didn't report you! Because you're one of those innocent teenagers poisoned by that scumbag called Razor. I will save you!"

SEGMENT 7 - Our announcers talk about the whole TCS match card at the close. Meanwhile, Kevin Von Erich has chosen Owen Hart as his teammate.

AWA Team Challenge Series - Match Card (Sunday, Week 4, July 1991)

Team Challenge Series - Semi Final
Racket Club (Sid and Terry Mawashi) vs. The Rumbustical Kickers (Brian Pillman and Dylan Dowboy)

Team Challenge Series - Semi Final
The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) vs. The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)

Team Challenge Series - Final
(Winner Gets $500.000 Prize Money)
TBA vs. TBA

AWA World Heavyweight Championship
Ricky Steamboat (c) vs. Eddie Gilbert

Steel Cage Match
Kamala vs. The Wendigo

Tag Team Match
(If DDP Wins, Kevin and Elizabeth Relationship Will End / If Kevin Wins His Team Gets $1.000.000 Prize Money)
Diamond Dallas Page and Butch Reed vs. Kevin Von Erich and Owen Hart

Singles Match
Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Guerrero

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AWA Team Challenge Series

Sunday, Week 4, July 1991

Grand Olympic Auditorium @ Los Angeles, CA

Announcers - Rod Trongard, Frank Reed and Eric Bischoff

Attendance - 8,639
Buy rate - 0.42 *NEW RECORD*

PRE SHOW - Paul Roma defeated Perry Saturn in 6:17 by pinfall with a Missile Dropkick

PRE SHOW - United Nations of Terror (Saniko and Don Muraco) defeated The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) in 6:54 when Don Muraco defeated Pitbull #1 by pinfall with a Muraco Hammer

PRE SHOW - Larry Zbyszko defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in 8:06 by pinfall with a Piledriver

SEGMENT 1 - Team Challenge Series – Semi Final | The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) in 7:45 when Arn Anderson defeated Robert Gibson by pinfall with a Spike piledriver - The duo of Morton and Gibson, who surprisingly recaptured Tag Team titles last week, dazzle in this match with the momentum they have captured. The Brain Busters team is one step closer to the grand prize by winning the match.

SEGMENT 2 - Racket Club is cutting a promo at the backstage. Cornette speaks: “Actually, we don't need a gram of money. It's normal for aged people like Anderson and Blanchard to need money. Their retirement is near. It is also clear that they have chosen a place where they will spend the rest of their lives. That's the only reason they want the money so much. Not to mention the Pillman and fake cowboy Dowboy duo. They don't even have a life purpose."

SEGMENT 3 - Team Challenge Series – Semi Final | The Rumbustical Kickers (Brian Pillman and Dylan Dowboy) defeated Racket Club (Sid and Terry Mawashi) (w/Jim Cornette) in 8:45 via DQ - When Cornette hits the referee with a racket from behind and knocks him down, Sid and Mawashi work together to beat their opponents. However, when the referee regains consciousness, he disqualifies Racket Club instead of counting the pin. Apparently, he realized that it was Cornette who attacked him. Thus, the final match is clear.

SEGMENT 4 - Steel Cage Match | The Wendigo defeated Kamala in 7:50 - Kamala has an expressionless face again. The announcers comment that Wendigo was not so surprised by this situation that "he may have sold some of his soul to the devil". The lights go out just as Kamala will win the match by escaping the cage. It is pitch dark for a long time. Then a spotlight shows only Kamala. Kamala has an attack as if surrendering her soul and faints. When the lights come back on, the Wendigo escapes the cage and wins the match. Kamala's spirit seems to have been absorbed.

SEGMENT 5 - Eddie Guerrero defeated Jerry Lawler in 8:46 by knockout with a Gory Special - Just as Lawler was going to win the match, suddenly Salazar Luuv (a.k.a. El Dandy) rushes into the ring, interferes with the match and attacks Lawler. In this way, Guerrero stuns his opponent with a Gory Special and wins the match! It looks like Guerrero has a brand new friend from prison. After the match, Chris Youngblood comes running backstage to check on Lawler, who was unconscious in the ring.

SEGMENT 6 - Before the next match, we see Kevin Von Erich and Miss Elizabeth in the locker room. Elizabeth is not at all comfortable. He's even angry at Kevin for having tied the future of their relationship to the outcome of such a match. However, Elizabeth softens when Kevin says that they can have a magnificent wedding and honeymoon with the 1 million dollars they will earn with this match.

SEGMENT 7 - Kevin Von Erich and Owen Hart (w/Jackie Fargo and Miss Elizabeth) defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Butch Reed in 8:20 when Kevin Von Erich defeated Diamond Dallas Page by pinfall with a Diving Crossbody - Kevin wins the match, sharing the $1 million prize with Owen Hart! He takes Elizabeth in his arms and shakes him, enjoying the victory. On the other hand, Fargo congratulates Owen.

SEGMENT 8 - Before the next match, Nick Bockwinkel interviews the finalists. The tension is too high. In summary, both teams are talking about what they will do with 500 thousand dollars. Then we go back to the ring. Frank Reed brings the big cash prize in the bag and lays it openly next to the ring.

SEGMENT 9 - Team Challenge Series - Final | The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) defeated The Rumbustical Kickers (Brian Pillman and Dylan Dowboy) in 18:10 when Tully Blanchard defeated Brian Pillman by pinfall with a Spike piledriver - The new United Nations of Terror, Saniko and Muraco, intervenes in the match and attacks Pillman. While Dowboy is trying to save his teammate, they break away from the match. While the referee will end the match with no contest, Frank Reed does not allow it. He definitely wants the company invested heavily in the show and this tournament and there will be a winner. With this directive, the match continues, albeit difficult, and The Brain Busters wins the grand prize of 500 thousand dollars.

SEGMENT 10 - After the match, the award ceremony starts quickly. Frank is very happy to have a winner. When asked what they would do with the money, the Brain Busters replied, “Maybe we can go and start a wrestling promotion? We train more successful wrestlers than the idiots here. Who knows, Frank. What do you think we should do?" they reply. Frank is getting pretty upset.

SEGMENT 11 - Eddie Gilbert speaks to Nick Bockwinkel before the main event: “Nick, a brand new championship will rise from the ashes here today. The audience in front of the television right now, I'm telling you; you deserve ME, not Ricky! I'll give you what you deserve."

SEGMENT 12 - AWA World Heavyweight Championship | Eddie Gilbert defeated Ricky Steamboat (c) in 17:59 by pinfall with a Hot Shot - Gilbert takes the title with big boos and becomes the new AWA World Heavyweight champion. Coming to his senses after the grueling match, Gilbert does what he did before: he pours gasoline on his belt and burns it! Frank gets very angry and stands up at the announce table. We are coming to the end of the program as the AWA championship is on fire once again.

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Crockett Cup History

Year	Winner(s)	Runner Up	Location
1992	Shawn Michaels	Red Hook Machine	New Haven, CN	Bracket
1991	Rick Rude	Dylan Dowboy	Chicago, IL	Bracket
1988	Sting and Lex Luger	The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard)	Greensboro, NC
1987	The Super Powers (Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes)	Tully Blanchard and Lex Luger	Baltimore, MD
1986	The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk)	Ronnie Garvin and Magnum T.A.	New Orleans, LA

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AWA Championship Wrestling

Monday, Week 1, August 1991

Century II Convention Hall @ Wichita, KS

Announcers - Rod Trongard and Frank Reed

Attendance - 4,571

Rating - 0.35

SEGMENT 1 - We remember what happened yesterday at the Team Challenge Series and the re-blaze of the AWA World title. Trongard, “Will another championship belt be produced?” he asks. Frank, on the other hand, says that there is a more serious problem on their agenda and that he will soon solve this problem in the ring.

SEGMENT 2 - Frank Reed invites new AWA champion Eddie Gilbert to the ring. Gilbert arrives after a while. Of course he doesn't have a belt. Frank immediately begins to speak: “Do you remember our first meeting with you, Eddie? Do you remember what we talked about? I thought we had mutual friendly feelings. However, since you came here, you have set fire to this company's number one belt twice! Let me ask you a very clear question: what's wrong with you?" Gilbert replies: “Isn't it obvious, Frank? I've said it over and over, it's not the belt that's important to me, it's not winning a match either. Every time I burn that belt, things stand up, people look me in the eye and question whether I really did it, they can't believe me, they can't believe what I've done… These are the things I care about. Want to hear what's the funniest? Whatever I burn, you produce a new one. And after you've produced it, you think you've reborn that thing from its ashes. You know what? Things turn to ash if only I want to. And if only I will, something will born from the ashes.” Frank replies: “You know what? This time, the company took a decision that might surprise you a bit. We will not produce a new championship belt. You heard right. Don't get me wrong, we still recognize your championship. But we will not give you a belt to symbolically express that. Because you don't deserve it. I hope you realize what you've destroyed. Because you didn't just burn the belt down."

SEGMENT 3 - We're watching a Crockett Cup commercial. The tournament will be held for the first time since 1988. Unlike previous years, we learn that singles wrestlers will participate in the tournament. The tournament will start with the matches to be played today. We are watching the promos of the wrestlers who will be participating.

SEGMENT 4 - Crockett Cup 1st Round - Larry Zbyszko defeated One Man Gang in 5:47 by submission with a LarryLand Dreamer - Before the match that opened the tournament, Zbyszko gives an interview in the back area. He repeatedly emphasizes that this tournament is the opportunity that will make him the “face of the company” again.

SEGMENT 5 - We learn that new talent Salazar Luuv, who debuted yesterday, is now on AWA. He is, presumably, another friend of Eddie Guerrero's from prison. He's trying to cut a promo himself, but because his English is not very good, we can't watch a very good promo.

SEGMENT 6 - Salazar Luuv (w/Eddie Guerrero) defeated Sabu (w/Rob Van Dam) in 3:25 by submission with a Dandina

SEGMENT 7 - After the commercial break, there is a great carnival atmosphere in the ring. Kevin Von Erich and Elizabeth's wedding ceremony takes place. Looks like Kevin invested the $500,000 he earned yesterday into this magnificent wedding. Things get tense when the wedding officer doesn't arrive at the expected time. After a while, a bearded man comes and suddenly attacks Kevin. Then the same man makes a mess and ruins the wedding. He's pulling off his fake beard, this person is DDP! Elizabeth is crying her way backstage while DDP gets a huge reaction.

SEGMENT 8 - Jerry Lawler is connecting to the show with phone. The announcer says he wants to talk to Frank Reed at his desk about something important. After what happened yesterday, he tells Eddie Guerrero that he will no longer show mercy and asks him to arrange a new match. “I want him and the nappy he brought with him, in a tag team match. My teammate will be another young man I previously recovered from drugs: Chris Youngblood.” Frank says he'll think about it. He'll make his decision next week.

SEGMENT 9 - Crockett Cup 1st Round - Brian Pillman defeated Paul Roma in 8:23 by pinfall with an Air Pillman

SEGMENT 10 - At the close of the show, we learn that Eddie Gilbert will defend his title against Dylan Dowboy next week. It's also announcing the first match for the next PPV, Gauntlet 5, Frank: Gilbert vs. Steamboat. The genre of the match is also Steamboat's favorite: Submission Match. “The company is with you, the AWA is with you,” Frank also shows his support for Steamboat. He also says that if Steamboat becomes the champion again, a new championship belt can be produced.

AWA Gauntlet 5 - Match Card (Saturday, Week 3, August 1991)

AWA World Heavyweight Championship
Submission Match
Eddie Gilbert (c) vs. Ricky Steamboat

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AWA Championship Wrestling

Monday, Week 2, August 1991

Cobb County Civic Center @ Marietta, GA

Announcers - Rod Trongard and Frank Reed

Attendance - 2,500 *SOLD OUT*

Rating - 0.34

SEGMENT 1 - We watch footage from Frank Reed's office before the show. Jerry Lawler inquires about the status of his tag team request from last week. Lawler gets furious when Frank says there may not be any vacancies on the show Gauntlet 5. “I must definitely take revenge,” he insists too much. Frank is arranging this match right now!

SEGMENT 2 - Frank Reed is in the ring to introduce someone very special: Jesse Ventura! He is now on AWA! The audience is going crazy. After Ventura comes to the ring and shakes hands with Frank, he cuts a short promo. He didn't come to the AWA alone. “Here he is,” he says, pointing to the entrance. It's RICK RUDE! He's in AWA too! Frank added him directly to the Crockett Cup tournament by giving him a welcome surprise. The match will start right now.

SEGMENT 3 - Crockett Cup 1st Round - Rick Rude (w/Jesse Ventura) defeated Owen Hart (w/Jackie Fargo) in 6:59 by pinfall with a Rude Awakening - To the cries of the female audience, Rude starts the game after doing a belly dance. Ventura constantly distracts the referee during the match. Rude also takes advantage of this and makes many illegal moves to his opponent. Eventually, Owen is distracted when Butch Reed comes and attacks Fargo outside the ring, and Rude wins the match.

SEGMENT 4 - We see Kevin and Elizabeth enter the building, whose wedding was ruined last week. Their relationship is also in a very bad state. Elizabeth proposes to leave everything behind and walk away, as usual. But Kevin is more insane than ever before. It looks like he will challenge DDP one last time.

SEGMENT 5 - Jerry Lawler and Chris Youngblood defeated El Tiradores (Eddie Guerrero and Salazar Luuv) in 9:15 when Jerry Lawler defeated Salazar Luuv by pinfall with a Piledriver - The name of the duo Guerrero and Luuv is mentioned for the first time as "El Tiradores". Lawler celebrates with Youngblood after winning the match. He says he is proud of him.

SEGMENT 6 - A new match is announced for Gauntlet 5: Kevin Von Erich vs. DDP. DDP accepted the match with a special condition. For now, no one knows this requirement except Kevin, DDP and Frank. We'll find out on show day.

SEGMENT 7 - AWA champion Eddie Gilbert comes to the ring with boos. He will retain the belt in the next match. However, he doesn't really have a belt around his waist. It's a totally weird moment.

SEGMENT 8 - AWA World Heavyweight Championship - Eddie Gilbert (c) defeated Dylan Dowboy in 7:48 by pinfall with a Hot Shot - The match gets messy at the end. United Nations of Terror members Muraco and Saniko enter the match and dive into Dowboy. Even though Pillman comes to the rescue and saves him, he gets beat up too. No particular side comes out of the fight. We learn that these four will meet in the show Gauntlet 5.

AWA Gauntlet 5 - Match Card (Saturday, Week 3, August 1991)

AWA World Heavyweight Championship
Submission Match
Eddie Gilbert (c) vs. Ricky Steamboat

Mystery Match Type (will be announced at Gauntlet 5)
Kevin Von Erich vs. Diamond Dallas Page

Tag Team Match
United Nations of Terror (Don Muraco and Saniko) vs. The Rumbustical Kickers (Brian Pillman and Dylan Dowboy)

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AWA Championship Wrestling

Monday, Week 3, August 1991

Sioux City Auditorium @ Sioux City, IA

Announcers - Rod Trongard and Frank Reed

Attendance - 3,500 *SOLD OUT*

Rating - 0.34

SEGMENT 1 - Rod Trongard and Frank Reed comment on the last matches of the Crockett Cup tournament as the show opens. The first round matches will continue today.

SEGMENT 2 - AWA World Tag Team Championship Contendarship Match | El Tiradores (Eddie Guerrero and Salazar Luuv) defeated The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) in 5:44 when Eddie Guerrero defeated Pitbull #2 by pinfall with a ¡Termina el trabajo! - The Pitbulls are AWA's new tag team. They come tied to each other on dog leashes and are constantly barking, enticing the audience. El Tiradores wins the match and qualifies for a chance for the teams' belt at the Gauntlet 5 show.

SEGMENT 3 - Butch Reed introduces us to a brand new talent: James Sandoval. Against all of Jackie Fargo's "white wrestler" polishing methods, they formed the Black Panthers Rising team together. “I don't want anyone new in the Hart family to be polished. We will defend the rights of black wrestlers,” he says briefly.

SEGMENT 4 - The NB Show – Guest: Jesse Ventura - Ventura, who made a surprise debut last week, is guesting this week. Ventura participates in the talk show with five different women who are constantly caressing him and sitting on his lap. Bockwinkel really watches him with admiration. Ventura briefly talks about bringing quality to AWA. “From now on, I have the out-of-ring quality and Rick Rude's in-ring quality,” he says.

SEGMENT 5 - Baron von Raschke, who has not been seen for a long time, interrupts the promo. He says that he is aiming for the Crockett Cup, and that the prestige of this trophy will suit the royal family he belongs to. “Besides, maybe I can show them why I still wrestle at this age by getting this trophy,” he says.

SEGMENT 6 - Crockett Cup 1st Round - Baron von Raschke defeated Steve Dawn in 3:41 by submission with The Iron Claw

SEGMENT 7 - Announcing a new match for the Gauntlet 5: Butch Reed vs. Owen Hart

SEGMENT 8 - Next up, we watch the Tully Blanchard skit, which has not been seen since the Team Challenge Series. After making $500,000, Blanchard really did what he said and opened a professional wrestling company. While some young wrestlers are training in the ring, Blanchard cuts a promo for the cameras: "Since you're watching this disgraceful show, let me watch something good for a minute," he says. We watch the match of two random wrestlers from the ring. Blanchard shouts like a beast and directs them from outside the ring.

SEGMENT 9 - Crockett Cup 1st Round - Dylan Dowboy defeated Kevin Von Erich (w/Miss Elizabeth) in 6:30 by pinfall with a Super Kick - During the match, DDP comes by talking with a microphone and tries to sabotage the match. He asks the audience to guess what the genre of the match on the Gauntlet 5 show this Sunday is, and hands out the microphone to one by one. He hugs Elizabeth last. “Didn't Kevin tell you? This type of match is about you,” Elizabeth gets very worried and gets angry with Kevin and goes backstage.

SEGMENT 10 - A new match has been announced for the Gauntlet 5: United Nations of Terror vs. The Rumbustical Kickers (Pillman and Dowboy)

SEGMENT 11 - Rick Rude appears on the screen at the close of the show. Eric Bischoff interviews him about the Crockett Cup. “Thanks to Mr. Reed for including me in the tournament at the last minute. Normally, the participants of such tournaments are announced months in advance. But Mr. Reed did me a favor. What can I say, he is so right. If it were me, I'd get myself into the tournament too. I assure you, Mr. Reed; By the time I get to the final, the arena will be packed. After the match, we will count the money we have won.”

AWA Gauntlet 5 - Match Card (Saturday, Week 3, August 1991)

AWA World Heavyweight Championship
Submission Match
Eddie Gilbert (c) vs. Ricky Steamboat

Mystery Match Type (will be announced at Gauntlet 5)
Kevin Von Erich vs. Diamond Dallas Page

Tag Team Match
United Nations of Terror (Don Muraco and Saniko) vs. The Rumbustical Kickers (Brian Pillman and Dylan Dowboy)

Singles Match
Owen Hart vs. Butch Reed

AWA World Tag Team Championship
The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) (c) vs. El Tiradores (Eddie Guerrero and Salazar Luuv)

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AWA Gauntlet 5

Saturday, Week 3, August 1991

Kiel Auditorium @ St. Louis, MO

Announcers - Rod Trongard, Frank Reed and Eric Bischoff

Attendance - 9,300 *SOLD OUT*
Buy rate - 0.32

PRE SHOW - Larry Zbyszko defeated Jason Anderson (Jobber) in 1:39 by pinfall with a Piledriver

PRE SHOW - Sid and Terry Mawashi (w/Jim Cornette) defeated James Pitt and Mike Durham (Jobbers) in 1:54 when Sid defeated Mike Durham by pinfall with a choke slam

PRE SHOW - Baron von Raschke defeated Glen Osbourne (Jobber) in 2:49 by submission with The Iron Claw

SEGMENT 1 - DDP finally announces the type of tonight's match: Guest Referee! But more important than the type of the match is who the referee is.

SEGMENT 2 - Special Guest Referee: Miss Elizabeth | Diamond Dallas Page defeated Kevin Von Erich in 9:07 - Kevin is shocked that Elizabeth is the referee. Before the match starts, the two immediately start arguing. The match begins when Elizabeth gets angry and rings the bell for match start. Elizabeth cries and gives the pin and Kevin loses the match. Kevin shouts at the Elizabeth like an animal after the match. Finally, Elizabeth slaps him and goes backstage.

SEGMENT 3 - AWA World Tag Team Championship | El Tiradores (Eddie Guerrero and Salazar Luuv) defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) (c) in 7:32 when Salazar Luuv defeated Ricky Morton by submission with a Dandina - During the match, the Pitbulls interpret the match between the announcers. By winning the El Tiradores match, they become the new holders of the AWA World Tag Team titles.

SEGMENT 4 - The NB Show - Guest: Frank Reed - This week guest AWA president Frank Reed. Generally he's talking about the Gilbert vs. Steamboat match. He reiterates his support for Steamboat on this show, saying Gilbert has greatly disappointed the company. When the subject is brought up about Gilbert's mismatched and aggressive behavior behind the scenes, Frank gets very angry and tells what happened to him. Although Bockwinkel wants to defend Gilbert, Frank quickly gets tough. He then talks about the Crockett Cup and talks about the company's future plans.

SEGMENT 5 - At the backstage, Owen Hart and Jackie Fargo cut a promo against the new team formed last week by Butch Reed and James Sandoval. Fargo says it will be clear today who is the better wrestler. He says that Butch has done nothing but heroism. “If the Hart family is this successful, it's not about where they're from. This is because they are a real wrestling factory."

SEGMENT 6 - Butch Reed (w/James Sandoval) defeated Owen Hart (w/Jackie Fargo) in 11:06 by pinfall with a Gorilla Press Slam - Butch and Sandoval celebrate the win by raising their left fists after the match.

SEGMENT 7 - United Nations of Terror cuts promo. Al-Kaissie speaks: “Pillman and Dowboy are representatives of this fake and aggressive country. When we look at you, we see only pain. We see the suffering of the US armies in the Middle East. But here, in your heart, we challenge you. You will not make us suffer!”

SEGMENT 8 - The Rumbustical Kickers (Brian Pillman and Dylan Dowboy) defeated United Nations of Terror (Don Muraco and Saniko) (w/Adnan Al-Kaissie) via DQ in 12:44 - When Muraco hits Dowboy with a chair by ignoring the referee, the referee disqualifies him. With Adnan's directives, the attack continues after the match. The Pitbulls come to the rescue.

SEGMENT 9 - AWA World champion Gilbert cuts the promo: “Frank, you knew right from the start that I was a bombshell. Yet you brought me here. In such a situation, you are responsible for everything I do. I will never stop! And for tonight's match, I can say: it will be really hot!”

SEGMENT 10 - AWA World Heavyweight Championship | Submission Match | Ricky Steamboat defeated Eddie Gilbert (c) in a Submission match in 19:13 by submission - Steamboat knows to win by making his opponent surrender in his favorite match. Gilbert is trying to burn the Steamboat when he wakes up after the match! However, at the last moment, Steamboat realizes this and sends Gilbert out of the ring. Steamboat becomes AWA champion again! Frank Reed's happiness does not go unnoticed.

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