Regal then slams Rheingans, and drops an elbow for a 2 count. Even the announcer says this headlock has gone on for quite a while. Some of the people in the crowd are yelling out “boring.” Ha. Regal goes to a headlock, Rheingans tries to break out of it and does the cheesiest facial impressions, but he fails and Regal takes him down again. He gets a 2 count from the dinosaur referee. Regal does a bit of heeling, and lands a pretty big shoulderblock. I know Gagne likes the LEGITIMATE CREDENTIALS, but Rheingans is bland as hell. Regal misses a charge to the corner, and back to the arm we go. Rheingans then transitions into an armbar. They then do a nice rope running sequence, which Rheingans gets the better of with a monkey flip. Rheingans, which is admittedly the hardest name I’ve had to spell in some time (I’m thankful for copy-paste), takes Regal down with a headlock. Match Review: A graphic pops up notifying me about a midget title match. And Regal has the biggest brick face I’ve ever seen. These guys are both wearing the most 80’s wrestler jackets, it’s unreal. Rheingans has some legitimate credentials, but that damn Commie boycott kept him from wrestling in the Olympics. Pre-Match Thoughts: I just wanted to say that this isn’t THAT Regal. Steve Regal for the AWA Light Heavyweight Championship We’ll see how that goes.īrad Rheingans vs. Larry Nelson is on commentary, and this is being proclaimed as the greatest night in the history of wrestling. – September 28th, 1985, from Chicago, Illinois This is the WWE 24/7 version of the show, so some of it will be out of order. I know the workers, but not the angles, and that cannot be controlled. Nobody is turning down a chance to watch and review a 25 minute Magnum TA/Ric Flair match, so I wasn’t going to pass on reviewing the show.
You guys be the judge of who, if anyone won that fight. I don’t think that Verne Gagne ever intended to draw 40k, the point was to run in a big venue. SuperClash drew 21k in an outdoor stadium that could pull 40k+.
The WWF ran on the next day with an Andre/Hogan tag team main event and drew 14k to an arena that could pull an 18k house. This is AWA turf, and Vince had just started running shows at Rosemont Horizon, so the competition is quite serious.
It didn’t work because promoters didn’t trust each other. They were banded together in the first place, with you know, the NWA and all, but they tried to tape shows together and that kind of stuff.
Chance to explain Pro Wrestling USA here…some of the territories decided to band together to try to fight Vince nationally. Pro Wrestling USA tie-in makes this a must watch. It’s a mega show, so it goes without saying. This was just reviewed by one of our writers, but I do have every intention of boring people with play by play and ratings.