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SuperClash

SuperClash '85
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Promotion American Wrestling Association
Date September 28, 1985
Attendance 20,347
Venue Comiskey Park
City Chicago
AWA SuperClash chronology
First SuperClash '85 SuperClash II
SuperClash II
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Promotion American Wrestling Association
Date May 2, 1987
Attendance 2,800
Venue Cow Palace
City San Francisco, California
AWA SuperClash chronology
SuperClash I SuperClash II SuperClash III
SuperClash III
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Promotion American Wrestling Association
Date December 13, 1988
Attendance 1,672
Venue UIC Pavilion
City Chicago
AWA SuperClash chronology
SuperClash II SuperClash III SuperClash IV
SuperClash IV
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Promotion American Wrestling Association
Date April 8, 1990
Attendance 2,000
Venue Saint Paul Civic Center
City Saint Paul, Minnesota
AWA SuperClash chronology
SuperClash III SuperClash IV Last

SuperClash was the title of 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.

SuperClash '85 – The Night of Champions was a professional wrestling event promoted by the American Wrestling Association (AWA). This was billed as AWA's flagship supercard, their biggest event of the year held only a few months after WrestleMania I by rival the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The event was held at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois on September 28, 1985. The show drew a paid attendance of 20,347, although it was announced as 25,000, who sat through cold outdoor temperatures. SuperClash – Night of Champions was one of the co-promotional efforts by the AWA, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) to compete with the WWF's increasing national presence and popularity. The jointly promoted venture was known as Pro Wrestling USA. Reportedly, promoters Verne Gagne (AWA) and Jim Crockett disputed the live gate for the show, with Crockett claiming $288,000 and Gagne claiming $200,000 was made. Due to the money dispute, several NWA stars set to appear on Gagne's upcoming AWA events were pulled, with some cards then cancelled altogether.

On the show Mil Máscaras defended the IWA Heavyweight Championship, despite the fact that the International Wrestling Association in Mexico had closed down in 1978. Since then Mil Máscaras continued to defend the championship, basically as his own personal championship used to give an air of prestige to some of Mil Máscaras' matches. This practice was not unique to Mil Máscaras but has been a common occurrence in Lucha Libre. Also on the show the team of Jumbo Tsuruta, Giant Baba, and Genichiro Tenryu are billed as defending the Asian Six-Man Tag Team Championship, a championship that was never mentioned outside the promotional material for the SuperClash show. Records did not indicate if the trio wore title belts to the ring or not. In the tenth match of the night it appeared as if The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy) defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship. During the match Hayes used a set of Brass knuckles on Animal to win the match. Moments later promoter Verne Gagne reviewed the instant replay and decided to give the championship back to the Road Warriors, disqualifying the Freebirds. The main event match between champion AWA World Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel and Stan Hansen only lasted a couple of minutes as the champion and the challenger fought first at ringside and then into the dugout of Comiskey Park, resulting in a double count-out.


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