AWA 8-8-81 2 out of 3 falls for no reason Greg Gagne and Jiim Brunzell vs Mickey Shannon and Butch Shall I do not know why this match was a 2/3 falls match have 0 clue Maybe they wanted to fill time? Greg Gagne did some moves nobody cared. Jim Brunzell did a toe hold nobody cared. Greg had some bad looking back drops. Jumping Jim was the good worker of the group. Now the second fall wtf? Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell won took forever wtf Mean Gene plugged an 18 thousand dollar battle royale and an arm wrestling contest between Hulk Hogan and Jesse Ventura Hogan said Jesse Ventura needs to lock up with him in wrestling Johnny V said there's a science to arm wrestling and Johnny V said hogan can win in arm wrestling style and it doesn't care he got the size. So why are both bad guys doing an arm wrestling contest George scrap iron gadasky vs Dizzy Ed Boulder Brutus Beefcake as Dizzy Hogan wtf so Brutus was wearing a wrestling singlet and his hair WTF is with his hair looked like a wig haha This maybe the first time I can say Ed Boulder AKA Brutus Beefcake did a amateur wrestling take down. I believe Ric Flair’s first ever match was against George Scrap iron Gadasky Dizzy Ed Boulder Hogan won with a full Nelson. Dizzy tried to do a swinging full Nelson. Dizzy Ed Boulder posed down Now it went to Greg Gagne in a studio Greg pointed out that Dizzy Ed Boulder was Brutus Beefcake and the next match was Baron VonRaske and put over Baron's claw. Baron VonRaske vs Ricky Young Baron did an arm lock and a head lock Baron kept going for the head lock. Baron had an impressive suplex. Someone in the crowd called Baron Kojak Baron won with the claw. Hulk Hogan vs Sunny Rogers and Chick Grinley someone from Chicago said the ring announcer Hogan must defeat two men Hogan looked huge! Johnny V joined commentary and said you can never put away Hulk! Hogan did a weird arm wrestling deal with the two guys. JohnnyV got kicked off of commentary Hogan slammed one guy like the guy was nothing sunny Rogers actually have Hogan an eye rake! Hogan gave two men a double bear hug for the win this move was known as the golden squeeze at the time. Tito Santana vs Nacho Barerrea Tito got no reaction by the crowd. I don’t think the AWA crowd knew Tito. Tito won with a flying burrito Adrian Adonis and Jesse Ventura Jesse said he isn't afraid of Hogan and that 50 thousand is on the line and hogan has a bad case of insert foot in mouth (true in 2022) Jesse said he will show hogan Adrian Adonis called out Jim Brunzell Jesse Ventura said he will wrestle billy Martin for a warm up Andre the giant walked in. Andre said he will be in the battle royale and he knows the rules for the battle royale (I had no idea what he was talking about.) AWA 8-15-81 Two men were already in the ring Rock n roll Buck Zumolff vs Butch Shul Poor Buck :o Hahaha I’m joking Maybe there should be a dark side of the ring about Buck. The crowd clapped like a game show Roger Kent said more people watch AWA than any other sport. (An outright lie) Roger Kent said Buck moved to Hawaii for wrestling training? I thought Buck was trained by Verne Gagne? So butch Shul put a nerve hold on Buck hahah Roger Kent said he used to do that nerve hold as a kid. (I think that was the same nerve hold Edge used to beat Randy Orton at wrestlemania) Shul really connected with a kick to Buck. Buck won with a Vader Bomb. George Scrap iron Gadasky vs Sheik Agdon El Kaisey Sheiks a freak chant Sheik looked ripped here Sheik has a weird looking arm bar Sheik did a nerve hold Roger Kent said it was comparable to putting a C-Clamp to your neck. Sheik had a crazed look in his eyes. Sheik tied George in the ropes and won with a camel stretch. Ricky Young vs Nick Bockwinkle W/ Bobby Heenan Heenan said he won manager of the year four years straight. Nick had an impressive toe hold. Roger Kent said the heavyweight title itself if heavy. You gotta take a lot of bumps in order to win the title. Nick won with an oriental sleeper hold. Hulk Hogan vs Nacho Barrea so this episode Hogan was billed from Venice Beach on the last episode he was billed from New York City. Johnny V wanted another wrestler to face Hogan. So another jobber ran out. Roger Kent compared Hogan to Yukon Eric Both men tried a double leg pick up on Hogan keyword tried Hogan double leg dropped both jobbers for the pin hahah it was impressive! In a 2/3 fall match Sonny Rogers and Chuck Greenly vs Jesse Ventura and Adrian Adonis Jesse had some hat that made him look like a chicken haha Roger Kent said Adrian Adonis learned how to be tough from loading and unloading ships hahaha Jesse Ventura got sonny Rogers to submit with a back breaker. Jesse posed down. Roger Kent asked who had bigger arms Jesse or Hogan. A we want the hulk chant broke out. Hogan is getting over a heel. Hence the baby face turn. Adrian Adonis won with an elbow drop? off the top. AWA 8-22-81 Herman Schaffer vs Tito Santana Tito has a nice roll thru Here’s the thing I’ve been noticing about Tito in AWA he's just here like no feud or anything he's just here for no reason. Both men traded headlocks which felt like forever. Tito made a comeback which the studio audience popped for. Tito clobbered the jobber with a huge punch Tito won with a flying body press Nick Bockwinkel vs Tony Leoni Bock was great. Severely underrated. Bock had a helluva leg lock. It was a very interesting submisson I've never seen that before. Nick won with the oriental sleeper hold. Roger Kent said that Nick picked up the move from the orient Hulk Hogan vs Freddie Torres Hogan was getting cheers. Hogan is just getting over. The babyface turn is just naturally happening. I think the people are cheering hogan at this time because he just beats ass. Hogan with a huge back elbow. Hogan won with the legdrop hogan got some air on that leg drop. The crowd cheered like crazy when hogan posed down after the match. Tom Stone and Chris Curtis vs Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell Greg Gagne got zero cheers. Hogan is still a heel at this point got the biggest cheers compared to anyone. Greg actually had a few good looking punches. Jim Brunzell got the pin for the first fall with a drop kick. Greg then started botching shit. Greg’s dropkicks omg Anyways Greg got the win with the Gagne sleeper. Why was that match two out of three falls? Poncho vs Baron VonRaske Baron had a shoot looking take down. Baron started to goose step. While goose stepping baron got cheered. Roger Kent said could you imagine what would happen is Baron VonRaske walked into the grocery store?