(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Jim Zordani and various news clippings)
American Wrestling Association Results 1990
Promoting the Areas of: Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, Iowa, and Manitoba, Canada
Promoter: Verne Gagne
1/13/90 – Rochester, MN
Paul Diamond & The Trooper defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Destruction Crew Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom via DQ
Yukon John Nord defeated Colonel DeBeers via DQ
Taped Fist Match: Sgt. Slaughter defeated Russian Brute
Colonel DeBeers & Magnificent Mimi defeated Baron Von Raschke & Candi Divine
Enos & Bloom also lost two squash matches by via DQ
1/27/90 – Philadelphia, PA
AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko defeated David Sammartino
Nikita Koloff defeated Manny Fernandez via DQ
Dog Collar Match: Junkyard Dog defeated Paul Jones
Bam Bam Bigelow double count out with Terry Gordy
Larry Winters defeated DC Drake
WWA Junior Champion Johnny Hot Body defeated Tony Stetson via DQ
Reported Attendance: 1,400
2/10/90 – Tokyo Dome
Special Referee: Lou Thesz
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi defeated Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Chono
Koji Kitao defeated Bam Bam Bigelow
IWGP Champion Big Van Vader double count out with Stan Hansen
Genichiro Tenryu & Tiger Mask defeated Riki Choshu & George Takano
Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido
Mr Saito defeated Larry Zbyszko to win AWA title
Steve Williams defeated Salman Hashimikov
Brad Rheingans defeated Victor Zangiev
The Wild Blonds Norio Hanaga & Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito defeated Hiroshi Hase & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Kantaro Hoshino
Naoki Sano & Pegasus Kid defeated Jushin Liger & Akira Nogami
Takayuki Iizuka defeated Osamu Matsuda
2/17/90 – Rochester, MN
Number One Contender Match:
Nikita Koloff defeated Larry Zbyszko in a 2/3 falls match
Non-Title Cage Match: Paul Diamond & Brad Rheingans (sub The Trooper) defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Destruction Crew Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom
Yukon John Nord and the Night Stalker in action
3/18/90 – Rochester, MN
Larry Zbyszko & Tully Blanchard defeated DJ Peterson & Paul Diamond
Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom & Tully Blanchard defeated The Trooper & Paul Diamond & DJ Peterson
Kokina Maximus defeated Sgt Slaughter via DQ
The Texas Hangmen, Colonel DeBeers and Jake Milliman also wrestled at the TV taping
3/22/90 – Nagoya, Japan
AWA Champion Mr Saito defeated Bam Bam Bigelow
Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Riki Choshu & George Takano
Koji Kitao defeated Larry Cameron
Shinya Hashimoto defeated Punisher Dice Morgan
Naoki Sano & Pegusus Kid defeated Jushin Liger & Takayuki Iizuka
Masa Chono defeated Mike Kirchner
Osamu Kido & Hiroshi Hase defeated Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi
Hiro Saito defeated Akira Nogami
Reported Attendance: 9,140
3/31/90 – Manitowoc, WI
Larry Zbyszko vs. Yukon John Nord
-Can’t speak to whether that match took place; it was between Larry Z’s runs as AWA world champ, so not a title match. This card was on the same night as the first Nu-Age Wrestling show in New London, WI that drew about 1700 to the high school gym with Ken Patera, Jim Brunzell and Ninja Go (Steve Olsonoski) on the card. Sketchy reports, but the
Manitowoc show was said to have maybe 200 that night.
4/8/90 – St. Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
Special Referee: Nick Bockwinkel
Larry Zbyszko defeated Mr Saito to regain the AWA Title
Non-Title Cage Match:
Paul Diamond & the Trooper defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Destruction Crew Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom
Nord The Barbarian defeated Kokina Maximus then Kokina turned face and defeated Sheik Adnan
Tully Blanchard defeated Tommy Jammer
Baron Von Raschke (sub Junkyard Dog) defeated Colonel DeBeers via count out
Texas Hangmen defeated Brad Rheingans & DJ Peterson
Jake Milliman defeated Todd Becker
Reported Attendance: “under 1,000”
4/14/90 – Rochester, MN
The Trooper defeated AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko via DQ
AWA Tag Team Champions Destruction Crew Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom defeated DJ Peterson & Tommy Jammer
Yukon John Nord double count out with Colonel DeBeers
Baron Von Raschke won battle royal
Sgt Slaughter defeated Jonnie Stewart
Brad Rheingans defeated Mike Enos
5/5/90 – St. Paul, MN @ the Civic Center
NWA Champion Ric Flair defeated Brian Pillman
Special Referee: Nick Bockwinkel
Nikita Koloff defeated AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko via DQ
Brad Rheingans & The Trooper & Bob Lurtsema defeated Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom & Tully Blanchard
Yukon John Nord & Flapjack Scott Norton double DQ against Texas Hangmen
DJ Peterson defeated Jonnie Stewart
Tony Denucci defeated Todd Becker
Reported Attendance: 2,000 paid
6/17/90 – Hinckley, MN
Tommy Jammer defeated AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko via DQ
Jonnie Stewart drew Buck Zumhofe
Larry Cameron defeated Jimmy Valiant
Tim Hunt & Big Rhett defeated Joey Cazano & Jerry Lynn
Yukon John Nord & Baron Von Raschke no contest Wayne Bloom & Larry Cameron
Ricky Rice defeated Charlie Norris
Derrick Dukes defeated Shiek Adnan
6/23/90 – St. Paul, MN cancelled
7/11/90 – Westfield, WI @ the Marquette County Fair
Buck Zumhofe & Steve Berg defeated AWA Tag Team Champions Destruction Crew Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom via DQ
Non-Title Match: Baron Von Raschke defeated AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko via DQ when Zbyszko hit the Referee
Tommy Jammer defeated Hangman Killer
Hangman Psycho defeated Dave Gusto when Hangman Killer snuck into the ring and pinned Gusto
Jonnie Stewart drew Buck Zumhofe
7/20/90 – East Moline, IL
The Trooper defeated AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko via DQ
AWA Tag Team Champions Destruction Crew Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos defeated Buck Zumhofe & Tommy Jammer
Baron Von Raschke defeated Jonnie Stewart
Hangman Psycho defeated Steve Berg
Curtis Hughes defeated Hangman Killer
8/11/90 – Rochester, MN
AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko defeated Harley Race via DQ
DJ Peterson & The Trooper defeated Destruction Crew Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom to win AWA Tag Title
Buck Zumhofe defeated Jonnie Stewart to win AWA Light Heavyweight Title
Jake Milliman won a battle royal to give Larry’s Legends the victory in the AWA Team Challenge Series for $100,000
8/18/90 – Wall, NJ
Brian Blair defeated AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko via DQ
Ken Patera double count out with Ivan Koloff
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Manny Fernandez via count out
After folding in 1990, Verne Gegne would continue to run random shows throughout the early 1990’s. While these shows weren’t necessarily always ran under the “AWA” banner, they were Gagne promoted events. As I receive info on these shows I will add them below. Big thanks to the records of James Zordani for this help.
5/2/91 Bemidji, MN
Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke beat Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos
Larry Cameron ddq Tommy Jammer
Ricky Rice beat Jamie Magnum
Karate Kid beat Little Tokyo
Buck Zumhofe beat Johnny Love
att: 450
5/3/91 Bloomington, MN @ Bloomington-Kennedy High School
Greg Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel beat Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom when Gagne pinned Enos
Larry Cameron beat Tommy Jammer
Steve O beat Ricky Rice
Buck Zumhofe beat Johnny Love
The Karate Kid beat Tokyo Joe
From 1994,
Jan. 22, Verne Gagne promoted a guaranteed show paid for by Treasure Island Casino in Red Wing, Minn. Attendance was free and the show, which was heavily advertised in the local papers in the preceding week, was used to draw new customers to the highly competitive casino industry in Minnesota. An estimated 700 were allowed to enter the facility before they closed the doors, turning away hundreds, many of whom went next door to gamble.
1/22/94 – Steve “The Viking” Berg beat Randy Gust, “Mean” Mike Enos beat Baron Von Raschke, Larry Zbyszko beat Repoman, and Jim Brunzell & B. Brian Blair beat The Texas Hangmen in the four-match, one hour card.
American Wrestling Association Dec. 18 at the Treasure Island Casino in Minnesota, the AWA held their second four-match card for free for patrons of the casino. Mike Enos pinned Buck Zumhoff, Erik Watts pinned Wayne Bloom when Mike Enos interfered, Bobby Darren & Karate Kid beat Little Tokyo & Cowboy Lance, and Larry Zbyszko pinned Tito Santana when special referee Nick Bockwinkel made the three count. Lots of restholds throughout, especially in the main event. About 345 were in attendance. Verne Gagne was in attendance behind the scenes.
Last month at the same location in front of around 400, Baron Von Raschke (virtually immobile) beat “Hater” Jamie Magnum, Jerry Lynn beat J.B. Trask, Destruction Crew (Enos & Bloom) beat Erik Watts & Chad Fortune, and Santana beat Zbyszko via DQ when Zbyszko hit Bockwinkel.
American Wrestling Association Jan. 22 at Treasure Island Casino in Minnesota (375), Jerry Lynn wrestled J.B. Trask to a draw (Lynn was pinning Trask as the time limit expired, although the three count should have fit in before the bell rang), The Evil Clown pinned Randy Gusto, Candi Devine pinned Peggy Lee Leather to retain the AWA Treasure Island Womens Title, and Larry Zbyszko defeated Wahoo McDaniel
