Donahue featuring the Minnesota Boxing & Wrestling Club

See what I did there? The Minnesota Boxing & Wrestling club is the AWA. Shhhh! NOW YOU'RE IN ON THE SECRET.

This is a 1981 (?) episode of Donahue featuring the AWA. I LOVE THIS EPISODE DEEPLY. A couple of fun exhibition bouts and what I believe is Hulk Hogan's first AWA appearance (he's basically "Thunderlips" from Rocky III, here), plus some q&a with the audience make up the show. Phil Donahue obviously likes wrestling and has some fun, here. Dig the sceptics in the crowd ("We touched the ring and there's like an inch of padding!") and the knowledgeable gal Donahue keeps coming back to for questions. She loves her some Greg Gagne. Who doesn't, really? :) Also featured are the oft overlooked but never forgotten East / West Connection and the mighty Nick Bockwinkel. Mr Bockwinkel shuts down some naysayers real fast. Bless him.

Not certain where I sourced it from (I had this a long time ago and then I had a hard drive meltdown and when I found most of the stuff I used to have, this fell thru the cracks). It's watermarked "Nitroe Wrestlereel," so thank you, Nitroe, wherever you are. Things like this must be preserved by dorks like us so everyone can keep seeing these hidden gems. Enjoy!

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