• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 2, 1987) – AWA Superclash 2
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 2, 1987, Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association aired ‘AWA Superclash II’ from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.
As opposed to Superclash I & Superclash III, this event featured mainly AWA wrestlers, while not featuring any NWA or WCCW talents.
Here are the results:
Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy def. Buck Zumhofe
DJ Peterson vs. Super Ninja ended in a time limit draw
AWA World Women’s Championship
Sherri Martel (c) def. Madusa Miceli
AWA World Heavyweight Championship
Curt Hennig def. Nick Bockwinkel (c)
The Midnight Rockers & Ray Stevens def. Buddy Wolfe, Doug Somers & Kevin Kelly
Jerry Blackwell pinned Boris Zhukov
Jimmy Snuka & Russ Francis def. The Terrorist & The Mercenary
• WWE Wrestler Received Death Threats From Iranians After Greatest Royal Rumble
WWE 205 Live wrestler Ariya Daivari revealed on Twitter that he received death threats following his segment at the Greatest Royal Rumble event.
Below is a Twitter exchange between him and a fan:
— Ariya Daivari (@AriyaDaivariWWE) May 1, 2018
Personally, I believe you should not have to apologize. No actor, in a movie, would have to apologize for a roll, why do wrestlers?
— #MentalIllnessIsNotACrime (@JPrice02) May 1, 2018
Unfortunately some people took offense to this despite it being pure entertainment. Some threats were made against my life. I wanted to put this statement out to clarify where I as a person stand compared to my t.v. character. https://t.co/NJbnlMnn28
— Ariya Daivari (@AriyaDaivariWWE) May 1, 2018
Daivari then revealed that the threats were coming from Iranians:
Unfortunately, it's many threats coming from Iranians
— Ariya Daivari (@AriyaDaivariWWE) May 1, 2018
For those who didn’t watch the Greatest Royal Rumble, Ariya Daivari, along with his brother Shawn Daivari, confronted WWE’s newest signees from Saudi Arabia in an Iran-Saudi Arabia angle.
You can watch it below:
These Saudi Arabian @WWE prospects just brought the fight to The Daivari Brothers in a BIG way at #WWEGRR! pic.twitter.com/rT0NLAXc9M
— WWE (@WWE) April 27, 2018
Also Read: RAW Star Didn’t Work Greatest Royal Rumble Event In Order To Respect The Culture Of Saudi Arabia – Click Here.
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