#AWA SUPERCLASH 4 CODE#
#AWA SUPERCLASH 4 TV#

I love that the referee signals for the bell and no one rings it. In my final installment of the Team Challenge Series, I did a brief recap of all the players and where their careers went after AWA folded, so for the sake of going through all that again, I'd highly recommend reading Part IV in that series.

Not a lot of finesse here, and more basic than you'd imagine. Whip and Milliman with a sunset flip for three at 4:27. Becket with a slam for our first pin attempt of the night. Milliman escapes with elbows but runs into a knee. BUT IS IT A SUPER-CHIN-LOCK? No, but he does use the tights to keep Milliman grounded. Becker fights free, plants Milliman with a slam, and grabs a chin-lock. Milliman with a shoulder tackle and back to work on the arm. Milliman reverses a second whip and hits Becket with a soft elbow before taking him over into an arm-bar. Hip toss out of the corner and Becker with a choke across the top rope. Becker attacks from behind and sends Milliman to the corner. Milliman is a short and stout mainstay of the AWA, best known for his involvement in the infamous Great Turkey Hunt match featured the previous November. This is more like if WrestleMania VI opened with Iron Mike Sharpe vs. Ware… OK, even that looks better on paper. Todd Becker:īefore you complain, remember, WrestleMania VI opened with The Model vs.

#AWA SUPERCLASH 4 CODE#

I guess that's carny code for 'signed with WCW to stink up the ring against Ric Flair.' He'll be replaced on the card by Baron von Rashke, which draws a decent pop. The show opens with the announcement that the Junkyard Dog won't be here due to a 'torn knee ligament' suffered in Norfolk the day before. There's no commentary here, which automatically makes it better based on the work of guys like Lee Marshall during those final episodes on ESPN. There's tons of empty seats as the camera PANS THE ARENA during the playing of the national anthem (no, the budget didn't allow someone to sing it, just a recording from approximately 1943 over the house speakers).

#AWA SUPERCLASH 4 TV#

Based on their TV tapings at the time, that might be an incredibly generous number. Paul, MN with a reported 2,000 in attendance.

Despite their financial limitations, taping shows in empty rooms, and coasting on fumes, cameras were present for the final AWA 'Supercard', and yours truly gets to torture himself one more time. With the company out of money and running on a shoe-string budget, there's no way they recorded it. Most thought the final SuperClash was just a token house show, and based on the lineup, it's hard to argue coming to that conclusion. What more could there have been? Well, the WWE Network uncovered another Hidden Gem that piqued my interest. Who knew we'd be going back to the final days of AWA here at DWS? We've covered the infamous Team Challenge Series, as well as the unaired pilot to the TCS.

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