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  1. the autumn wind

    AWA 1989: A Financial Savior Is (Badly) Needed

    AWA ON ESPN TAPINGS - SHOWBOAT SPORTS PAVILION - LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 1989 (2nd Taping Re-Cap) Match Commentator: Lee Marshall Color Commentator: Lord James Blears In-Ring Interviewer: Larry Nelson Show Intro: In-Studio - Larry Nelson welcomed viewers and ran down the program: TV MAIN...
  2. the autumn wind

    AWA 1989: A Financial Savior Is (Badly) Needed

    SUMMER 1989 VERNE GAGNE'S HOME ON LAKE MINNETONKA AWA boss Verne Gagne had a lot on his mind. He was battling local officials who were trying to seize his home via eminent domain laws to make way for a new public park by the lake. And he was wondering what happened to his AWA sale to SF...
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    AWA 1989: A Financial Savior Is (Badly) Needed

    SUMMER 1989 AWA HEADQUARTERS - ST. LOUIS PARK, MN Potential AWA buyer Bob Lurie had a couple of his personal accountants visit the AWA headquarters to go over the books. It wasn't good... What the accountants found was a company that was a money pit. TV syndication was vanishing at an...
  4. the autumn wind

    AWA 1989: A Financial Savior Is (Badly) Needed

    (NOTE: These ****** mean a highlight from a previous show.) AWA ON ESPN TAPINGS - SHOWBOAT SPORTS PAVILION - LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 1989 (4th Taping Re-Cap) Match Commentator: Lee Marshall Color Commentator: Lord James Blears In-Ring Interviewer: Larry Nelson Show Intro: In-Studio - Larry...
  5. the autumn wind

    AWA 1989: A Financial Savior Is (Badly) Needed

    SUMMER 1989 AWA HEADQUARTERS - ST. LOUIS PARK, MN A day after Verne Gagne talked on the phone with Greg Valentine, the AWA boss was out in the hall talking with AWA TV director Mike Shields when Verne's secretary walked up to him. Secretary: You have a call. It's Greg Valentine. Verne...
  6. the autumn wind

    AWA 1989: A Financial Savior Is (Badly) Needed

    SUMMER 1989 AWA HEADQUARTERS - ST. LOUIS PARK, MN (Note: For those who wish to read the previous discussion between Verne and this WWF wrestler about coming into the sinking AWA, please go to post #83.) Verne Gagne was in an upbeat mood after his morning meeting with salesman Eric Bischoff...