1988

Entrance music - "Holding Out For A Hero"

1/10/88 Grafton, WI
Greg Gagne & Ray Stevens beat Soldat Ustinov & Sheik Adnan
Tom Zenk beat Kevin Kelly dq
Nick Kiniski beat Alan West
The Nasty Boys beat Rick Gantner & Frankie DeFalco

1/17/88 Oshkosh, WI
Baron Von Raschke & Wahoo McDaniel beat Sheik Adnan & Soldat Ustinov
AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Greg Gagne dq
Nick Kiniski & Kevin Kelly beat Tom Zenk & Alan West
Sheik Adnan beat Chris Bassett dq
Brian Knobbs beat Mike Richards
Jerry Saggs beat Rick Gantner

1/23/88 Tomah, WI
AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Kevin Kelly
Ray Stevens & Baron Von Raschke beat Nasty Boys
Sheik Adnan beat Greg Gagne
Tom Zenk beat Soldat Ustinov
Nick Kiniski beat Ricky Rice

2/4/88 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium (att: 1,700)
Cage Match, Special referee: Leo Nomellini
Greg Gagne beat AWA Champion Curt Hennig, AWA belt held up
AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Kevin Kelly & Mr. Go
Dick The Bruiser beat Sheik Adnan dq (Hard Boiled Haggerty Referee)
Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke beat Nasty Boys
Billy Robinson drew Tom Zenk
Ray Stevens beat Soldat Ustinov
Ricky Rice beat JT Thomas

Note: Final AWA Card at Minneapolis Auditorium.

2/7/88 Wausau, WI
Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Champion Curt Hennig dq
AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Kevin Kelly & Jerry Saggs
Wahoo McDaniel beat Sheik Adnan
Baron Von Raschke beat Brian Knobbs dq
Tom Zenk beat Soldat Ustinov

5/8/88 Seattle, WA
AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat The Grappler
Assassin beat Buddy Rose
Al Madril drew Jesse Barr
Tom Zenk beat CW Bergstrom
Matt Borne beat Shogun dq
Steve Austin & Mike Golden & Avalanche beat Billy Two Eagles & Steve Doll & Art Barr
Steve Doll & Scott Peterson beat Moondog Moretti & Steve Austin
Cowboy Lang beat Coconut Willie
 

Japan Tour 3 - 1988 AJPW Summer Action Series II (08/20 - 09/09/88)
 

1989

2/2/89 Winnipeg (att: 500)
Cage Match, Special Referee: Verne Gagne
Wahoo McDaniel beat Manny Fernandez
AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond beat Mando & Hector Guerrero
Greg Gagne beat Larry Zbyszko
Col. DeBeers beat Tom Zenk dq
Brad Rheingans beat Mike Enos
Derrick Dukes drew Wayne Bloom
 

2/7/89 St. Paul, MN @ Civic Center (att: 2750 - 750 paid)*
Larry Zbyszko+ eliminated Tom Zenk to win the AWA heavyweight title in a Battle Royal
Tom Zenk & Wahoo McDaniel beat Manny Fernandez & Larry Zbyszko
Tom Zenk & Ken Patera beat AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond dq
Destruction Crew Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom beat Top Guns Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes

* Brian Pillman and Bruce Hart were originally billed to appear but pulled out some weeks in advance.
+ Listed as Larry Zbyszko-Gagne by WON 2/20/89

 

2/18/89 Marshfield, WI
Cage Match
Wahoo McDaniel beat Manny Fernandez
AWA Champion Larry Zbyszko vs Ken Patera
AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond beat Greg Gagne & Tom Zenk
Brad Rheingans beat Wayne Bloom
Tommy Jammer beat Mike Enos

Japan Tour 4 - 3/89 - 4/89 AJPW Champion Carnival 

5/6/89 Rochester, MN  att: 1,500
("Still able to get four figures, even without an AWA title match. I think a rematch for Zenk would have helped the attendance a bit. The trouble was a lack of credible face challengers for the heel champ (Zbyszko).Wahoo was seen as too old, and Gagne was seen as having had too many chances already")
car lifting challenge
Destruction Crew Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos & Johnny Valiant attacked Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans and put
them out of action.
Col. DeBeers beat Derrick Dukes dq
Akio Sato beat Greg Gagne dq
Derrick Dukes & Tommy Jammer drew Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond
Derrick Dukes & Tommy Jammer beat Badd Company- Tanaka & Diamond split up
Wahoo McDaniel & Scott Norton beat Destruction Crew dq
Wahoo McDaniel drew Mike George
Tom Zenk (sub Don Muraco) beat Paul Diamond

Joins WCW