Pat O'Connor (3/22/81)īockwinkel was given several different challengers during his period as a contender to the title. Often the champions would talk of having the option of pushing the challengers in these matches to the back of the line for getting title shots if the challengers lost, which was the case here as best as I can recall from the interviews of the time. This is a non-title cage match (as all cage matches in the AWA at the time were). The Flyers had been and continued to be the primary challengers to the Connection for the title.Įast-West Connection vs.
Ventura and Adonis are the Tag Team Champions here, and had been feuding with the High Flyers for some time, both in singles and in tag matches. This match was a quasi “#1 contenders match” as the winner would go on to face Ventura and Adonis for the titles at a future date.Įast-West Connection vs. Studd and Blackwell were established as monster heels and had just crippled Mad Dog Vachon the previous month.
Awa wrestling 1980 series#
Note the date of the match here, as this was one of SD II’s last AWA appearances as he had begun in the WWF at this point and engaged in a series of title matches with Bob Backlund at MSG beginning that same month.īig John Studd & Jerry Blackwell vs. SD II and the Heenan family had a falling out at some point after April of 1980, and SD II turned to teaming with Greg Gagne and others in a quest for revenge. Heenan and Bockwinkel had avoided Gagne as much as possible (there is a notable title match between the two from 2/10/79 in Chicago that is available on one of the Japan Classics discs) until this Chicago match, held outdoors at Comiskey Park. Nick Bockwinkel (7/18/80)Īfter two years of chasing Verne, Bockwinkel finally won the title in November of 1975 due to interference by Bobby Duncum and some questionable refereeing from Paul Perschmann (aka Playboy Buddy Rose). The Gagnes had a continuing feud with the Heenan family and this was an extension of that feud, with SD II being managed by Bobby Heenan at the time. This set the Hayes-Heenan feud in motion, which included this singles match and several tag matches. He then introduced his new manager…Bobby Heenan.
Awa wrestling 1980 tv#
A few weeks after SD II lost a TV match against the unheralded-in-the-AWA Dino Bravo (and being forced to unmask due to the loss), he came to the ring for a squash and took the mic and fired Hayes. Hayes was the Manager of Super Destroyer Mark II for a few years in the AWA, notably feuding with Billy Robinson. Discussion and questions are welcomed, along with corrections and additional relevant information. This thread will attempt to give some background on the stories behind the matches included on the newly-released AWA set.
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