June 24^th aired a 1988 episode of Verne Gagne's AWA All-Star Wrestling from Nashville Tennessee.

Earl & Justin from Natures¢ Best versus AWA world tag team champions Badd Company (accompanied by Diamond Dallas Page with new Diamond Dolls Jennifer and Tory)

This was a replay from a June 18^th airing. Earl arm drags down a charging Tanaka, then a tagged Justin leaps on Tanaka¢s arm, extended by Earl. Tanaka hair pulls Justin down, then a tagged Diamond gets caught in Justin¢s arm lock until Diamond punches Justin down. Diamond snap mared Justin, ripped at his face, then whipped him for a follow down clothesline.

A tagged Tanaka jump up and headbutted down Justin, then picked up Justin in a bear hug for a tagged Diamond's off the ropes hangman¢s clothesline (I believe to mock the Hart Attack by the WWF/WWE's Hart Foundation). Diamond covered but pulled Justin up at 2, then twisted a seated Justin¢s head. A tagged Tanaka pushed the referee aside, charging off the ropes to nail Justin with an elbow drop, while Justin¢s back was over Diamond¢s knee (like WWF/WWE Demolition's finisher).

Tanaka picked Justin off his pin cover at the 2 count, then both Badd Company whipped Justin for a double clothesline. As Tanaka distracted the ref, Diamond held Justin against the middle rope, for DDP to strike the throat. Diamond attmepted a back drop, but Jutsin surprised him with a sunset flip for a 2 count. Tanaka chopped down Justin, but Diamond woyld miss a big elbow drop, giving Justin the chance to tag back his partner.

Earl body slammed Diamond, but Diamond held himself back on the ropes to avoid the dropkick. As a tagged Tanaka held Earl in a waistlock, Diamond delivered a superkick, and Tanaka executed a German suplex with bridge for referee Frank Morell's 3 count. The ring announcer Michael St. John. said the time of the match was 4 minutes and 38 seconds, although they actually wrestled past five minutes.

Terry Adonis & The Hangman verus Rocky Morton & Robert Gibson of the Rock N' Roll Express

This was a replay from a June 20^th airing. Gibson charges down Hangman, then back elbows him down. Gibson then holds Hangman for a tagged Morton mid-section kick. Hangman is Irish whipped to the ropes for a gut punch, to a DDT. Hangman is turnbuckle smashed then held for a tagged Gibson mid-section kick. Hangman backs Gibson to the corner, but Gibson fight outs, knocking Hangman's head and tagged Adonis' head together.

Gibson sit on the top turnbuckle waiting for a Adonis to turn around, then nails him down with a middle rope flying ax double handle strike. Gibson whips Adonis into a tagged Morton¢s dropkick. Morton delivers an inverted atomic drop, does a strut, then a tagged Gibson assists in a double dropkick on Adonis. Gibson covers and gets the 3 count, closing the match in under three minutes.

Michael "P.S." Hayes versus World Class Texas champion "Iceman" King Parsons

This was a replay from a June 20^th airing. Iceman wore a gold vest and an Armando Estrada style white hat, while carrying a cane. Hayes rushed to the ring to his Fabulous Freebirds song "Badstreet U.S.A." Iceman talked to Hayes while waving his finger near Hayes' face. Hayes blocked a right fist, clubbed Iceman back and whipped him for a flying clothesline.

Iceman left the ring, and Hayes did a jerky strut. Hayes headlocked the returning Iceman, was pushed to the ropes and ducked Iceman¢s strikes. Hayes brought Iceman down in a collision, and Hayes does a moonwalk as Iceman flees the ring again. There a man at ringside that looked like TNA announcer Mike Tenay. Hayes stomps the mat and waves the crowd's claps on as Iceman backs to the corner. Iceman blocks Hayes' right strike and headbutts Hayes to the mat.

Iceman pressed down Hayes with a throat grab, then chokes Hayes over the bottom rope. An Iceman overhead left fist has Hayes back to a corner. Hayes is whipped and ducks a back strike, but is taken down with a flying clothesline. Hayes kicks out at referee Frank Morell count of 2, then from a seated position, held in a chinlock. Hayes stands, then elbows and bounces off the ropes to sunset flip Iceman. Iceman does roll back, but punches Hayes off. Iceman then struts away.

Hayes is whipped to the corner, but moves away from a charging Iceman, who jams his shoulder into the top turnbuckle. Iceman goes for a double ax handle, but is kicked, then whipped to the ropes for a back body drop. Iceman sits down in the corner signaling a time out. Hayes stomps at him, Iceman reverses an Irish whip, that has him miss with strikes and crash to the canvas on a flying clothesline attempt.

Hayes climbs to the top rope and lands a flying cross body press on the standing Iceman. When ref Morell¢s count reaches 2, SST's Samu rushes to the ring to drop an elbow. Hayes rolls off Iceman and away from the elbow, but gets stomped by Samu and his tag team partner Fatu by their manager Buddy "Jack" Roberts¢ instructions. Referee Frank Morell signals the bell, and Hayes gets triple headbutted down by the SSTs and Iceman.

WCCW world champion Kerry Von Erich and Hayes' tag team partner Steve Cox run to the ring, and chase Iceman and the SSTs from the ring. As Von Erich and Cox check to see how a downed Hayes is doing, announcer Michael St. John announces that Iceman is disqualified for interference, and the match victory is awarded to Hayes. This match was under six minutes.

"The Beauty" Terry Garvin versus Steve Cox

This is a replay from a June 20^th airing. Cox punches out of the corner, then German suplexed Garvin. Cox body slams Garvin but misses with an elbow drop. Garvin forearm clubs Cox, and slaps him in the corner. Cox clubs back, and powerslams Garvin for a count of 1. Cox delivers a hangman's clothesline on Garvin, then slammed him down with a Russian leg sweep. This gains Cox a three count by referee Morell, and the victory for Cox. This match was under three minutes.

Soldat Ustinov & Teijo Khan versus Sgt. Slaughter & Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka

This is a replay from a June 20^th airing. Slaughter came out alone, and it looked to be a singles match between Sarge and Soldat. Cornered by Soldat and Teijo, Slaughter left the ring and returned with a tag team partner, Keith Eric. Sarge back elbows Teijo down, then holds Teijo for Eric's strike. Eric and Sarge work over Teijo¢s left arm with locks.

Eric tries to flip Teijo witha grapevine arm roll but the bigger Teijo easily stands his ground. A tagged Soldat drops Eric with a follow down clothesline, gaining a count fo 2. Soldat suplexes Eric, covers for the pin but picks Eric off the pin at 2.

Soldat holds Eric for a kick by the tagged Teijo. Eric is body slammed and Teijo nailed the downed Eric with a stabbing chop. Teijo holds Eric for a tagged Soldat kick. Soldat leg drops Eric, covers, but picks Eric off the pin at 2. Soldat twisted the head of the seated Eric, then tags Teijo to whip Eric to the ropes for a knockdown double high boot. Teijo lands a knee drop, a chop in the corner, and then rubs Eric¢s face against the top rope.

Teijo holds Eric for a tagged Soldat forearm club. Soldat powerslams Eric, cover for the pin, but picks him up at 2. Soldat then slams Eric¢s head into Teijo¢s boot that is resting on the top rope. Teijo delivers a jumping headbutt, then distracted the ref as Soldat chokes Eric in the corner. Teijo powerslams Eric, covers for the pin but picks him. Teijo lands a flying clothesline, pin cover but picks Eric up at 2.

Eric ducks Teijo's back elbow, and both men drop each other with a clothesline. Teijo reached for the tag, but fell on his face. Soldat is tagged, and his shove on Eric, helped to get the tag to Slaughter. Soldat is clubbed, then back body dropped. Soldat is then dropped with a Slaughter Cannon clothesline. Sarge then captures Soldat in the Cobra Clutch finisher, but releases the hold when he sees Colonel DeBeers. Slaughter then leaves the ring to chase DeBeers to the locker rooms.

The referee makes the count, and Slaughter doesn¢t make it inside the ring in 10 seconds. The referee signals for the bell, awarding the victory to Soldat and Teijo on a count out. This match was under nine minutes. Sarge punches Soldat from the ring. There is some odd editing when they turn to an audience clip at Las Vegas' Showboat.

Sarge goes to Eric, who is face down on the floor, and tell announcer Lee Marshall that he will give AWA president Stanley Blackburn the Cobra Clutch to get a match with Col. DeBeers. Sarge said that DeBeers injured Snuka two days before, taking Snuka out of this tag match. DeBeers returned with a stretcher, and Sarge yelled for him to "bring it on!" Sarge goes to the ring, waving to DeBeers on the apron, as the crowd chant "U.S.A.!" Sarge lays on the mat to tempt DeBeers more. DeBeers spits on Sarge then rushes away as Sarge goes towards him.

Sarge told Marshall that he wants DeBeers "in the worst kind of match, ends everything", a boot camp match. Sarge mentioned that since being in cub scouts to enlisting in the Marine corp, he said the pledge of allegiance, and recited it. Sarge said that U.S.A. has always been number 1, adding "DeBeers you're dismissed, and it may be sooner than you think!"

"Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez versus Chief Wahoo McDaniel

This was a replay from a June 17^th airing. Fernandez exits the ring, and then returns to stall. Fernandez backs Wahoo in the corner for a chop. Wahoo puts Fernandez puts Fernandez in the corner for a chop. Wahoo reverses Fernandez's corner whip, then chops him down. Fernandez exits the ring, headbutts Wahoo against the ropes, then whips him for a wild clothesline. Wahoo ducks the clothesline and chops Fernandez down. 

Fernandez exits, looks at the redness of thsi chest from the chop, and yells to referee Marty Miller to check Wahoo¢s hand for a foreign object. Referee Miller checked Wahoo¢s hand, and found that he was clean. Fernandez stalled getting into the ring, then from a wristlock, brought Wahoo to the mat with a hair pull. Fernandez chopped Wahoo, but Wahoo chopped back, dropping Fernandez.

Wahoo then kept Fernandez down with a wristlock. Fernandez headbutted Wahoo in the corner, corner whipped him. Fernandez charged the corner, and both wrestlers bumped heads in the collision. Fernandez missing an elbow drop, and Wahoo re-applied the lock on Fernandez¢s left arm. Fernandez chops at Wahoo, whips him to the ropes, but ducks he head down too soon for a back drop attempt. Wahoo punts Fernandez, arm locks Fernandez to his knees and chops him.

Fernandez whips Wahoo to the ropes and nails him with a flying back elbow. Fernandez drops a knee, then referee Miller counts Fernandez off a choke and biting. Fernandez uppercuts with a chop, then whips Wahoo for a clothesline for a 2 count. Fernandez applies a chinlock, then engages in an exchange of chops. Wahoo charges Ferandez down off the ropes, then Fernandez takes down Wahoo with a back elbow.

Fernandez climbs to the middle rope in the corner, and hits Wahoo with a flying knee drop. Ferandez drops another knee, then headbutts a bloodied Wahoo into the corner. Wahoo tomahawk chops out of the corner, and then had Fernandez flip over the top rope from a big chop.

Wahoo follows Fernandez out, chops him, then is caught with a crescent kick to the stomach. Ferandez goes to ram Wahoo into the ring post, and Wahoo pushes off Fernandez into the steel. Referee Miller signaled the bell, ending that match after twelve minutes. Fernandez takes chops, as Wahoo takes a elbows, knees and headbutts.

Fernandez throws Wahoo into the ring, referee Gary DeRosuah joined Miller to try to restore order. Wahoo reverses the Irish whip to chop Fernandez down. Fernandez leaves the ring, and is stopped from taking a chair to the ring by security. Chief Jay Strongbow goes to the ring to aide Wahoo, and Fernandez goes back to the locker room.

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