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SuperClash III was the third SuperClash professional wrestling event produced by American Wrestling Association (AWA). The event was held on December 13, 1988 from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago . It was the only AWA show to be broadcast on pay-per-view (PPV).
SuperClash was a series of major professional wrestling shows promoted by the American Wrestling Association (AWA) between 1985 and 1990, often co-promoted with other North American wrestling promotions. AWA held a total of four SuperClash shows, with the third being broadcast on pay-per-view (PPV), AWA's only PPV show.
Verne Gagne (c) vs. Baron Von Raschke in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship [3] AWA: SuperClash September 28, 1985: Chicago, Illinois: Comiskey Park: 20,347 Rick Martel (c) vs. Stan Hansen for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship [4] AWA: 20-Man Battle Royal October 23, 1983: St. Paul, Minnesota: St. Paul ...
The AWA ran only one pay-per-view card, SuperClash III, during its 30-year run. However, From 1999 to 2002, a series of AWA-related pay-per-views were produced. Titled AWA Classic Wrestling, they featured compilations of old AWA footage, hosted by Greg Gagne and Todd Okerlund (son of Gene Okerlund), with occasional appearances by Verne Gagne. [22]
The show was promoted as the AWA's most important show of the year. Unlike SuperClash I and SuperClash III , the second event featured mainly AWA wrestlers. While not the last match of the show the main event was a match between Curt Hennig and Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship , in which Hennig defeated Bockwinkel to ...
Dick the Bruiser; Reggie Lisowski (The Crusher) Dr X; Ox Baker; Moose Cholak; Sailor Art Thomas; Bobo Brazil; Bob Luce (Chicago wrestling promoter); Sam Menacker (host of the Indianapolis-based program segments)
As the year went on the AWA/CWA alliance was expanded to include the World Class Wrestling Association out of Texas, with a title unification match set for the AWA’s first (and only) pay-per-view, AWA SuperClash III. Lawler retained the AWA World Heavyweight Championship and won the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship in controversial fashion ...
On December 23, 1983, the WWF signed Hogan to return after appearing in Rocky III (1982) and developing a babyface gimmick in the AWA. Vince McMahon, owner of then World Wrestling Federation, changed professional wrestling fundamentally in the 1980s. Fortune for the WWF came at the expense of the AWA and WCCW.