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Monday, January 1, 1990

AWA On ESPN Jan 1st 1990

Presented by Lee Marshall & Ralph Strangis. Nope, I've never heard of them either.
Insert message from Eric Bischoff who wasn't there recorded in front of a very obvious blue screen.

Bad Boy Brown vs Tommy Jammer - Jammer wins from a Submission off an Abdominal Stretch.

The Menace vs "Yukon" John Nord - Nord was better known as The Berzerker in WWF. Against masked wrestler The Menace, John was running as the face here and won off a Leg Drop. Completely unremarkable.

Jimmy Magnum & Red Tyler vs Psycho & Killer aka The Texas Hangmen - The Hangmen were basically running a masked imitation of Demolition, The Texas Hangmen won off a double team into a pin on Tyler.

Larry Zbyszko vs The Unknown Soldier - The mask came off pretty quickly to reveal Masa Saito using the name of The Unknown Soldier. I'm not sure if Zbyszkos AWA title was on the line here but this one ended in I am guessing a double countout as the bell was going big time with half the locker room having to come out to keep Saito away from Zbyszko.

Todd Becker vs Masa Saito - No offence from Becker at all, Saito took the win off a Side Suplex.

Body Slam Match, "Yukon" John Nord vs Kokena Maximus - Maximus failed to show so this was Sheik Adnan Al Kaisse (with Larry Zbyszko) vs Nord and it appears Baron von Raschke was Nords second. This one went on for WAY too long with Nord taking the eventual & very predictable win.

Interesting to read in the end credits it was a Verne Gagne AWA Production.