Thursday, January 5, 2012

AWA - Andre the Giant promos w/ Mean Gene Okerlund

AWA World Heavyweight Tag Team Champions 1960 - 1991

Murder Inc.: Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski 60/08
Awarded NWA World Tag Team Title when Leo Nomellini, who has held the title with Verne Gagne, returns to San Francisco 49ers; recognized as the first AWA World Tag Team champions in 60/08 when AWA stops recognizing NWA champions.
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana 60/10/04 Minneapolis,MN
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski 61/03/18 St. Paul, MN
Montana's leg broken in a match against Verne Gagne & Leo Nomellini; Haggerty chooses Kinski as new partner.
Wilbur Snyder & Leo Nomellini 61/05/23 Minneapolis, MN
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski [2] 61/07/19 St. Paul, MN
Team split up on 61/08/08 when Haggerty's interference in a cage match between Kiniski and Verne Gagne backfires.
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel 61/06/26 St. Paul, MN
Haggerty defeats Kiniski and chooses Geigel as partner.
Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy (Bobby Graham) 61/11/16 Rochester, MN
Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp (Boris Malenko) 61/11/23 Rochester, MN
Vacant in January,'62 when Krupp is injured.
Larry Hennig & Duke Hoffman 62/01/15 St. Paul, MN
Defeat Ivan Kalmikoff & Nikita Kalmikoff in 9-team tournament final
Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski 62/02/13 Minneapolis, MN
Art Neilson & Stan Neilson 62/04 Cincinnati, OH *
Mr. High & Mr. Low (Doug Gilbert & Dick Steinborn) 62/12/16 St. Paul, MN
Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff 63/01/01 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser 63/08/20 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne & Moose Evans 64/02/09 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser [2] 64/02/23 St. Paul, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race 65/01/31 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Verne Gagne 65/07/24 Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race [2] 65/08/07 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser [3] 66/05/28 Minneapolis, MN
Larry Hennig & Harley Race [3] 67/01/06 Chicago, IL
Verne Gagne & Don Leo Jonathan defeat Hennig & Race on 67/03/28 in Winnipeg, MB but the title is returned to Hennig & Race when the decision is reversed.
Harley Race & Chris Markoff 67/11/01
Hennig's leg is broken by Verne Gagne in Winnipeg, MB; Race chooses new partner.
Pat O'Connor & Wilbur Snyder 67/11/03 Chicago, IL
Mitsu Arakawa & Dr. Moto (Tor Kamata) 67/12/02 Chicago, IL
Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser [4] 68/12/28 Chicago, IL
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 69/08/30 Chicago, IL
Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger # 71/02/23 Portland, OR
Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon # 71/03/18 Salem, OR
Win by DQ; above changes on Oregon are not recognized by AWA.
Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez 71/05/15 Milwaukee, WI
Red Bastien & Crusher Lisowski 71/08
Cortez killed in an auto accident on 71/07/23 near St, Cloud, MN; Bastien chooses Crusher as new partner.
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens 72/01/20 Denver, CO
Bill Robinson & Ed Francis 72/11/15 Honolulu, HI
Stripped in 72/12 for failure to defend the title; title returned to Bockwinkel & Stevens.
Verne Gagne & Bill Robinson 72/12/30 Minneapolis, MN
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens [2] 73/01/06 St. Paul, MN
Billy Robinson & Geoff Portz defeat Bockwinkel & Stevens on 73/10/12 in Minneapolis, MN, but title returned as Portz subbing for Red Bastien.
Crusher Lisowski & Wahoo McDaniel 74/05/17 Denver, CO
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens [3] 74/06/12 Denver, CO
Crusher Lisowski & Bill Robinson 74/07/21 Green Bay, WI
Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens [4] 74/10/24 Winnipeg, MB
Dusty Rhodes & Ivan Putski defeat Bockwinkel & Stevens on 75/05/01 in Winnipeg, MB, but title returned as Putski subbing for Billy Graham.
Crusher & Dick the Bruiser [5] 75/08/16 Chicago, IL
Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum 76/07/23 Chicago, IL
High Flyers: Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne defeat Lanza & Duncum on 76/10/07 in Winnipeg, MB but the title is returned to Lanza & Duncum when the decision is reversed; Verne Gagne & Ray Stevens defeat Lanza & Duncum on 77/06/24 in Minneapolis, MN but the title is returned to Lanza & Duncum when the decision is reversed.
High Flyers: Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne 77/07/07 Winnipeg, MB
Pat Petterson & Ray Stevens 78/09/23
Awarded after Brunzell is injured playing softball.
Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon 79/06/06 Winnipeg, MB
Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum 79/08/15 Winnipeg, MB
Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon [2] 79
East-West Connection: Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura 80/07/20 Denver, CO
Win by forfeit when Gagne no-shows scheduled defence.
High Flyers [2] 81/06/14 Green Bay, WI
Sheiks: Jerry Blackwell & Ken Patera 83/06/26 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski & Baron Von Raschke 84/05/06 Green Bay, WI
Road Warriors: Hawk & Animal 84/08/25 Las Vegas, NV
Jim Garvin & Steve Regal 85/09/29 St. Paul, MN
Curt Hennig & Scott Hall 86/01/18 Albuquerque, NM
Buddy Rose & Doug Somers 86/05/17 Hammond, IN
Midnight Rockers: Marty Janetty & Shawn Michaels 87/01/27 St. Paul, MN
Soldat Ustinov & Boris Zhukov 87/05/25 Lake Tahoe, NV
Soldat Ustinov & Doug Somers 87/10
Zhukov jumps to the WWF.
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee 87/10/11 Memphis, TN
Hector Guerrero & Dr. D 87/10/19 Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee [2] 87/10/26 Memphis, TN
Original Midnight Express: Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose 87/10/30 Whitewater, WI
Midnight Rockers [2] 87/12/27 Las Vegas, NV
Held up after a match against Rock'n'Roll Express: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson on 88/02/15 in Memphis, TN.
Midnight Rockers [3] 88/02/22 Memphis, TN
Defeat Rock'n'Roll Express in rematch.
Badd Company: Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka 88/03/19 Las Vegas, NV
Olympians: Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans 89/03/25 Rochester, MN
Vacant on 89/09/18 when Patera is injured by Destruction Crew (Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos).
Destruction Crew: Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos 89/10/01 Rochester, MN
Defeat Greg Gagne & Paul Diamond in tournament final.
The Trooper & D.J. Peterson 90/08/11 Rochester, MN
Promotion closes in 91.

AWA World Heavyweight champions 1960 - 1991

Pat O'Connor 59/01/09 St. Louis, MO
Reigning NWA World Heavyweight champion, recognized as the first AWA World Heavyweight champion in 60/05, but given 90 days to defend the title against Verne Gagne or be stripped.
Verne Gagne 60/08/16
Awarded after O'Connor fails to defend the title against Gagne.
Gene Kiniski 61/07/11 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne [2] 61/08/08 Minneapolis, MN
Mister M (Bill Miller) 62/01/09 Minneapolis, MN
Verne Gagne [3] 62/08/21 Minneapolis, MN
Crusher Lisowski 63/07/09 Minneapolis, MN
Has won Omaha version of the World Title from Verne Gagne on 63/02/15 in Omaha, NE.
Verne Gagne [4] 63/07/20 Minneapolis, MN
Wins both Omaha and AWA titles.
Fritz Von Erich 63/07/27 Omaha, NE
Wins both Omaha and AWA titles.
Verne Gagne [5] 63/08/08 Amarillo, TX
Wins AWA world title; defeats Von Erich on 63/09/07 in Omaha, NE to unify Omaha version.
Crusher Lisowski [2] 63/11/16 St. Paul, MN
Verne Gagne [6] 63/12/14 Minneapolis, MN
Mad Dog Vachon 64/05/02 Omaha, NE
Verne Gagne [7] 64/05/16 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon [2] 64/10/20 Minneapolis, MN
Mighty Igor Vodic 65/05/15 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon [3] 65/05/22 Omaha, NE
Crusher Lisowski [3] 65/08/21 St. Paul, MN
Mad Dog Vachon [4] 65/11/12 Denver, CO
Tim Woods # 66/01/08 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon # 66/01/14 Omaha, NE
AWA president Stanley Blackburn reviews the match from 66/01/08 and declares it "no contenst" on 66/01/14 since Woods's legs are on the rope while pinning Vachon during the final fall; Vachon defeats Woods on 66/01/14.
Dick the Bruiser 66/11/12 Omaha, NE
Mad Dog Vachon [5] 66/11/19 Omaha, NE
Verne Gagne [8] 67/02/26 St. Paul, MN
Dr. X (Dick Beyer) 68/08/17 Bloomington, MN
Verne Gagne [9] 68/08/31 Minneapolis, MN
Nick Bockwinkel 75/11/08 St. Paul, MN
Wrestle to a double cout-out against WWF Heavyweight champion Bob Backlund on 79/03/25 in Toronto, ON.
Verne Gagne [10] 80/07/18 Chicago, IL
Nick Bockwinkel [2] 81/05/19
Awarded when Gagne retires.
Hulk Hogan # 82/04/18 St. Paul, MN
Defeats Bockwinkle, with both parties using a foreign object during the match, and is declared by the referee as champion.
Nick Bockwinkel # 82/04/24
Awarded back by AWA president Stanley Blackburn due to the involvement of a foreign object during the match.
Otto Wanz 82/08/29 St. Paul, MN
Nick Bockwinkel [3] 82/10/09 Chicago, IL
Jerry Lawler # 82/12/27 Memphis, TN
Held up afterwards.
Nick Bockwinkel # 83/01/10 Memphis, TN
Defeats Lawler in rematch; Hulk Hogan defeats Bockwinkle on 83/04/24 in Minneapolis, MN in a no DQ match; however, AWA president Stanley Blackburn, unable to disqualify Hogan for throwing Bockwinkle over the tope rope, strips Hogan of the title anyway and returns it to Bockwinkle right after the match.
Jumbo Tsuruta 84/02/23 Tokyo, JPN
Rick Martel 84/05/13 St. Paul, MN
Wrestles to a double count-out against NWA World heavyweight champion Ric Flair on 85/10/21 in Tokyo, JPN.
Stan Hansen 85/12/29 E. Rutherford, NJ
Nick Bockwinkel [3] 86/06/29 Denver, CO
Awarded when Hansen leaves the promotion after not appearing the match on 86/06/28 in Denver, CO, but Hansen takes the belt and defends it on All Japan cards in 86/07.
Curt Hennig 87/05/02 San Francisco, CA
Jerry Lawler 88/05/09 Memphis, TN
Unifies WCWA World title defeating Kerry Von Erich on 88/12/13 in Chicago, IL to become Unified World Heavyweight Champion, but stripped of AWA title on 89/01/20 after CWA splits with AWA.
Larry Zbyszko 89/02/07 St. Paul, MN
Wins title in battle royal, eliminating Tom Zenk.
Mr. Saito (Masa Saito) 90/02/10 Tokyo, JPN
Larry Zbyszko [2] 90/04/08 St. Paul, MN
Stripped on 90/12/12 when Zbyszko leaves inactive AWA for WCW; AWA closes in 91; still claims the title as of 95/01.