With Fritz Von Erich refusing his son to lose the title cleanly and Verne Gagne refusing Jerry Lawler to lose the AWA title cleanly…an agreement was made to have the finish of their match stopped by excessive bleeding from Kerry. Then there was the main event title unification match between Kerry Von Erich and Jerry Lawler. As for Ronnie Garvin, he left the AWA after this match and joined the WWF for a final run in his career. However, when you consider the fact that the quasi heel speech was edited out of future broadcasts and the home video release…it makes you think that Verne Gagne was none too pleased with his son Greg’s comments. It was a little statement, that for the average fan wouldn’t think was a big deal…and it really wasn’t. He reminds me a lot of the Chicago Bears…but brother tonight I was the Minnesota Vikings and we just steamrolled Chicago.” Greg Gagne went on to say… “The fans here like Ron Garvin…that’s fine that’s their prerogative…He’s a good athlete. The Chicago crowd turned on Greg Gagne so badly…it seemed to legitimately rattle him. Speaking of being put over…Greg Gagne (The son of Verne) was put over Ronnie Garvin in a featured match on the super card. The card was nothing extraordinary, but it wasn’t so much the event that inspired this piece…it was the behind the scenes shenanigans and fallout that became legend.įirst off, to no one’s surprise….a power struggle developed between the different promoters who all wanted their guy to be put over. It was a financial flop for all involved despite several promotions advertising it heavily. The paid attendance was about 1,600 in an arena that could seat roughly around 10,000. The event took place in Chicago, Illinois at the UIC Pavilion. title unification match between AWA World champion Jerry “The King” Lawler versus World Class Wrestling Association World Champion Kerry Von Erich. Super Clash III was headlined by a title Vs. It was their flagship show that began in 1985. The Super Clash shows were the AWA’s version of Wrestlemania or Starrcade. The primary promotions involved were Verne’s AWA, Fritz Von Erich’s WCWA, Danny McClane’s POWW and Jerry Jarrett’s CWA. In what many perceived as a last ditch effort to put the AWA back on the map…Verne Gagne got together with a few promoters of the remaining territories to put on a super card pay per view entitled Super Clash III. Most of his young homegrown talent like Curt Hennig and The Midnight Rockers jumped ship to the WWF. American Wrestling Association owner Verne Gagne was a far distant third. Jim Crockett had just sold his company to billionaire Ted Turner to form World Championship Wrestling to solidify itself as the number 2 promotion in the US. In the year 1988, it had become blatantly obvious that the World Wrestling Federation was the top dog in pro wrestling.
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