SuperClash
The SuperClash was the title of a series of major professional wrestling shows promoted by the American Wrestling Association (AWA) between 1985 and 1990, often co-promoted with other North American wrestling promotions. AWA held a total of four SuperClash shows, with one being broadcast on Pay Per View (PPV), AWA's only PPV show.
SuperClash '85
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Promotion | American Wrestling Association | |||
Date | September 28, 1985[1] | |||
Attendance | 20,347[1] | |||
Venue | Comiskey Park[1] | |||
City | Chicago, Illinois[1] | |||
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SuperClash '85 - The Night of Champions was a professional wrestling event promoted by the American Wrestling Association (AWA). This was billed as AWA's flagship supercard, their biggest event of the year held only a few months after WrestleMania I by rival the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The event was held at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois on September 28, 1985. The show drew a paid attendance of 20,347, although it was announced as 25,000, who sat through cold outdoor temperatures. SuperClash - Night of Champions was one of the co-promotional efforts by the AWA, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) to compete with the WWF's increasing national presence and popularity. The jointly promoted venture was known as Pro Wrestling USA.[2] Reportedly, promoters Verne Gagne (AWA) and Jim Crockett disputed the live gate for the show, with Crockett claiming $288,000 and Gagne claiming $200,000 was made. Due to the money dispute, several NWA stars set to appear on Gagne's upcoming AWA events were pulled, with some cards then cancelled altogether.[2]
On the show Mil Máscaras defended the IWA Heavyweight Championship, but the fact that the International Wrestling Association in Mexico had closed down in 1978. Since then Mil Máscaras continued to defend the championship, basically as his own personal championship used to give an air of prestige to some of Mil Máscaras' matches.[3] This practice was not unique to Mil Máscaras but has been a common occurrence in Lucha Libre.[4] Also on the show the team of Jumbo Tsuruta, Giant Baba, and Genichiro Tenryu are billed as defending the Asian Six-Man Tag Team Championship, a championship that was never mentioned outside the promotional material for the SuperClash show.[5] Records did not indicate if the trio wore title belts to the ring or not. In the tenth match of the night it appeared as if The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy) defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship. During the match Hayes used a set of Brass knuckles on Animal to win the match. Moments later promoter Verne Gagne reviewed the instant replay and decided to give the championship back to the Road Warriors, disqualifying the Freebirds.[1] The main event match between champion AWA World Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel and Stan Hansen only lasted a couple of minutes as the champion and the challenger fought first at ringside and then into the dugout of Comiskey Park, resulting in a double count-out.[1]
SuperClash '85 results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Steve Regal (c) defeated Brad Rheingans | Singles match for the AWA Light Heavyweight Championship | 08:15[1] |
2 | Sherri Martel defeated Candy Divine (c) | Singles match for the AWA World Women's Championship | [1] |
3 | Mil Máscaras (c) defeated Buddy Roberts | Singles match for the IWA Heavyweight Championship | 06:57[1] |
4 | Greg Gagne, Scott Hall and Curt Hennig defeated Ray Stevens, Nick Bockwinkel and Larry Zbyszko | Six-man tag team match | 12:30[1] |
5 | Little Tokyo (c) defeated a midget Mr. T | Singles match for the NWA World Midget's Championship | 06:54[1] |
6 | Jumbo Tsuruta, Giant Baba, and Genichiro Tenryu (c) defeated Harley Race, Bill Irwin and Scott Irwin | Six-man tag team match for the Asian Six-Man Tag Team Championship | 10:57[1] |
7 | Kerry Von Erich (c) pinned Jimmy Garvin | Singles match for the WCCW Texas Championship | 06:54[1] |
8 | Krusher Khruschev, Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff (c) defeated Crusher, Dick the Bruiser and Baron von Raschke | Six-man tag team match for the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship | 08:54[1] |
9 | Jerry Blackwell defeated Kamala | $10,000 "Bodyslam Match" | 09:54[1] |
10 | The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal,) (c) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy) by disqualification | Tag team match for the AWA World Tag Team Championship | 14:12[1] |
11 | Sgt. Slaughter (c) defeated Boris Zukhov by disqualification | Singles match for the AWA America's Championship | 09:34[1] |
12 | Ric Flair (c) defeated Magnum T.A. | Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | 19:10[1] |
13 | Rick Martel (c) fought Stan Hansen to a double count out | Singles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship | 02:30[1] |
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SuperClash II
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Promotion | American Wrestling Association | |||
Date | May 2, 1987[6] | |||
Attendance | 2,800[6] | |||
Venue | Cow Palace[6] | |||
City | San Francisco, California[6] | |||
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SuperClash 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by the American Wrestling Association (AWA) at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California on May 2, 1987. The show was the second event promoted under the "SuperClash" name and promoted as the AWA's most important show of the year, their SuperBowl event. Unlike SuperClash I and SuperClash III, the second event featured mainly AWA wrestlers. While not the last match of the show the main event was a match between Curt Henning and Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. The show featured six additional matches that were taped for television and shown as part of the AWA's weekly television shows in subsequent weeks.
SuperClash II results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy defeated Buck Zumhofe | Singles match | 10:45[6] |
2 | D.J. Peterson wrestled Super Ninja to a time-limit draw | Singles match | 15:00[6] |
3 | Sherri Martel (c) defeated Madusa Miceli | Singles match for the AWA World Women's Championship | 11:00[6] |
4 | Curt Hennig defeated Nick Bockwinkel (c) | Singles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship | 26:00[6][7] |
5 | The Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and Ray Stevens defeated Buddy Rose, Doug Somers and Kevin Kelly | Six-Man tag team match | 16:00[6] |
6 | Jerry Blackwell pinned Boris Zhukov | Singles match | 10:00[6] |
7 | Jimmy Snuka and Russ Francis defeated The Terrorist and The Mercenary | Tag team match | 12:00[6] |
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SuperClash III
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Promotion | American Wrestling Association | |||
Date | December 13, 1988[8][9] | |||
Attendance | 1,672[8][9] | |||
Venue | UIC Pavilion[8][9] | |||
City | Chicago, Illinois[8][9] | |||
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SuperClash III was held on December 13, 1988 from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. It was the third annual SuperClash event produced by the American Wrestling Association and the first and only AWA show to be broadcast on Pay Per View (PPV). The Texas-based World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA; formerly known as "World Class Championship Wrestling"), women wrestling promotion Powerful Women of Wrestling (PWOW), and Memphis-based Championship Wrestling Association (CWA) also provided talent for the show. The show was not a financial success and soon after the WCWA was bought out by Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett and merged with the CWA to become the United States Wrestling Association (USWA). In the sixth match of the night AWA promoter Verne Gagne's son Greg Gagne defeated Ron Garvin by count out. Since this match was for the vacant AWA International Television Championship Gagne won the championship without pinning his opponent.[8]
SuperClash III results
SuperClash IV
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Promotion | American Wrestling Association | |||
Date | April 8, 1990April 8, 1990[10] | |||
Attendance | 2,000[10] | |||
Venue | St. Paul Civic Center[10] | |||
City | St. Paul, Minnesota[10] | |||
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SuperClash IV was a professional wrestling event promoted by the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and was held at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 8, 1990. Larry Zbyszko pinned AWA World Champion Mr. Saito to win the title at 16:01 after Saito delivered the Saito Suplex, with both wrestlers' shoulders down and Zbyszko lifting his shoulder during the three count. Nick Bockwinkel served as special guest referee and awarded the championship to Zbyszko. During the show, NWA World Champion Ric Flair and Brian Pillman were announced as appearing at the next AWA event in St. Paul on May 5th but neither wrestler appeared. There were no TV cameras were present for this event and the matches were not recorded. The Junkyard Dog was reportedly injured the previous night during a show in Norfolk, Virginia.
SuperClash IV results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Jake Milliman defeated Todd Becker | Singles match | 04:25[10] |
2 | The Texas Hangmen (Killer and Psycho) defeated Brad Rheingans and D.J. Peterson | Tag team match | 12:11[10] |
3 | Baron Von Raschke (sub. for Junkyard Dog) defeated Col. DeBeers by count out. | Singles match | 08:40[10] |
4 | Tully Blanchard defeated Tommy Jammer | Singles Match | 16:02 [10] |
5 | John Nord defeated Kokina Maximus | Singles match | 06:55[10] |
6 | Larry Zbyszko defeated Mr. Saito (c) | Singles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. special referee Nick Bockwinkel | 16:01 [10] |
7 | The Trooper and Paul Diamond defeated The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom) | Steel Cage match | 24:52[10] |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 "SuperClash I". Pro Wrestling History. September 28, 1985. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tim Hornbaker (2007). "Promotional Wars". National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling. ECW Press. pp. 250–271. ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3.
- ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: International Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 395. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "All". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 "SuperClash II". Pro Wrestling History. May 2, 1987. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 "Historical Cards". 2007 Wrestling Almanac and Book of Facts (Kappa Publications). p. 159. 2007 Edition.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 "SuperClash III". Pro Wrestling History. December 13, 1988. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.10 "SuperClash IV". Pro Wrestling History. April 8, 1990. Retrieved April 4, 2015.