Curt Hennig Tribute Thread
11-21-2014
, 03:21 AM
03-17-2016
, 01:27 PM
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Hennig & Hall win AWA Tag Team Titles
Looking high and low, I simply could not find this title win anywhere on video…but on January 18, 1986, about seven weeks after the non-title win that Curt and Scott scored over Garvin & Regal, they got a rematch with the titles on the line and won the belts.
Looking high and low, I simply could not find this title win anywhere on video…but on January 18, 1986, about seven weeks after the non-title win that Curt and Scott scored over Garvin & Regal, they got a rematch with the titles on the line and won the belts.
This is a phantom match. It never actually happened.
Regal left the AWA suddenly (as often happened with AWA wrestlers) and the belts were simply given to Hennig and Hall.
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Non-Title Match: Jimmy Garvin & "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal w/ Precious (c) vs. Curt Hennig & "The Coyote" Scott Hall
Date: November 26, 1985
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB1cnrli9gs
The Match: Sorry to disappoint, but this Steve Regal isn't the same man who wrestled as Steven Regal in WCW and then William Regal in WWE. He's some other guy. This is the Jimmy Garvin of Freebirds fame though.
Hennig quickly falls into face-in-peril mode. As Garvin works him over, Regal undoes the turnbuckle pad in his corner from the apron. I'm supposing that will come into play later, but in the meantime Hennig gets busted open by Garvin. I couldn't see an obvious blading spot so it could have been hard way.
Curt finally makes the hot tag to Hall. Hall fights back and forth with Regal, but at a point when the referee gets distracted, Garvin takes some sort of signature spray bottle from Precious and goes to spray it in Hall's eyes. Hall escapes and Regal gets blinded by it instead. Hall delivers a running bulldog and gets the 1-2-3 for a big pop.
Result: Curt Hennig & Scott Hall via pinfall when Hall pins Regal (9:30)
Rating: Not a technical classic, but not too bad. The crowd was certainly into it and it was a good way to test run Hennig & Hall as future champions. 2 stars out of 5.
Date: November 26, 1985
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB1cnrli9gs
The Match: Sorry to disappoint, but this Steve Regal isn't the same man who wrestled as Steven Regal in WCW and then William Regal in WWE. He's some other guy. This is the Jimmy Garvin of Freebirds fame though.
Hennig quickly falls into face-in-peril mode. As Garvin works him over, Regal undoes the turnbuckle pad in his corner from the apron. I'm supposing that will come into play later, but in the meantime Hennig gets busted open by Garvin. I couldn't see an obvious blading spot so it could have been hard way.
Curt finally makes the hot tag to Hall. Hall fights back and forth with Regal, but at a point when the referee gets distracted, Garvin takes some sort of signature spray bottle from Precious and goes to spray it in Hall's eyes. Hall escapes and Regal gets blinded by it instead. Hall delivers a running bulldog and gets the 1-2-3 for a big pop.
Result: Curt Hennig & Scott Hall via pinfall when Hall pins Regal (9:30)
Rating: Not a technical classic, but not too bad. The crowd was certainly into it and it was a good way to test run Hennig & Hall as future champions. 2 stars out of 5.
It may interest you to watch this match another way- with Scott hall commentating decades later. Hall is a big fan of Hennig.
Last Call with Scott Hall- Curt Hennig Tribute
03-21-2016
, 09:18 AM
