The Gagnes should have upped sticks to Las Vegas and made that their base of operations, done their TV there and run house shows in California and other Western states. We saw Hogan in WWF where he actually had to wrestle (or had guys like Bock making him look great) when he became WWF hulk, it actually made us realize how much better AWA was and watch AWA more WWF was cartoonish and 10 min in te squash matches, Had good matches throughout the card, mix of new talent with fan favorite vets. We greatly preferred it to WWF at the time. Cards had Bockwinkel, Henning, Martel, Scott Hall, R&R, so forthĪWA was our “local” promo. Road warriors were a draw but not the draw. Into mid 80s AWA still had a lot of talent and remained popular. The Road Warriors were a much bigger draw than Blackwell and it wasn't even close. Which makes me surprised that A) Vince fired them so quickly and B) Verne wouldn't take them back until they had languished in Continental and Memphis for quite a while. It does seem like the Rockers were the last act the AWA had that was any kind of a draw. GoĪWA Women's Champion Sherri Martel beat Candi Divine Ray Stevens & Greg Gagne & Leon White beat Larry Zbyszko & Super Ninja & Mr. What was their biggest house after WrestleRock?ĪWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Doug Somers & Boris ZhukovĪWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dcor Curt Hennig Saito & Super Ninja & Larry Zbyszko beat Scott Hall & Leon White & Greg Gagne Midnight Rockers beat AWA Tag Team Champions Buddy Rose & Doug Somers That would have been just after the Bock vs Hennig 1 hour draw aired on TV.Īnother result had 3,500 for that card, which seems more in line with how the AWA was drawing in late 1986.ĪWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Curt Hennig dq WrestleRock was the Road Warriors' last night in the promotion.Īpparently "Brawl in St Paul" on Christmas Day 1986 drew 8000 to see Midnight Rockers vs Rose & Somers in a cage, and Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig. What was their biggest house after WrestleRock? That drew 23,000, SuperClashes 2, 3 and 4 all drew less than 3000. Though Crusher Blackwell was a demonstrably more effective draw and should probably get a big chunk of credit for keeping the promotion hot. The AWA had a very strong 1985, and the Road Warriors were a part of that. Beginning of the end maybe, but not the end. But it surely did not end with Hogan leaving. Is it just me, or does has pop-history mistakenly marked the end of the AWA as being when Hogan left? The Road Warriors, despite vastly inferior production values in the AWA, kept things blazing for a while. Message Board » Professional Wrestling & General Discussion 2010 - Current » Road Warriors in the AWA My profile | directory login | register | search | faq | forum home
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