General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Samoa Looch]

ive never seen an AWA match

You're too late, mate. They aren't around anymore.

 

[Chris]

But early 80s even I think they were still pretty quality

 

[Comrade Khan]

You're too late, mate. They aren't around anymore.

lol i know

 

[Chris]

Had Rick martel as world champion, always will have my respect for that

 

[Lethal]

lol he was IWGP Champion and I completely forgot all of that. My very bad bad

 

[Lethal]

Major (American) Promotion. And no, what even is an AWA?

 

[Chris]

Verne was allegedly one of the people that thought Hogan would flop as a face bc he was too big to be one so I don't think he was ready for 80s pop culture

 

[Comrade Khan]

he was US champ too ya? not that it matters? I just remember US of Jay being a thing lol

 

[Chris]

Major (American) Promotion. And no, what even is an AWA?

American wrestling alliance, they were big back in the day

 

[Samoa Looch]

Here Jeff... go watch a random AWA show from 1985. It has "Burt Reynolds" Scott Hall in it.

Spoiler

 

[Chris]

he was US champ too ya? not that it matters? I just remember US of Jay being a thing lol

He's a grand slam, world, US, IC and Never

 

[Samoa Looch]

Verne was allegedly one of the people that thought Hogan would flop as a face bc he was too big to be one so I don't think he was ready for 80s pop culture

Verne was never ready for anything 80s or 90s.

 

[Samoa Looch]

There are loads of AWA shows on the YouTube

 

[Chris]

I did not know Pat O'Connor was a new Zealander tho lol he was actually a big name back in the day

 

[Chris]

He was a handsome fellow, look at that wiki headshot