New AWA World Heavyweight Champion - Steve Corino

[Ass Dan]

From wrestlemag.com:

Corino Regains AWA World title!
The Trouble King Steve Corino regained the AWA World heavyweight championship last night at Rebirth Or Destruction in Pottstown, PA defeating Ric Converse in a great, but controversial match that saw Converse filing an immediate protest.

Corino set Converse up for the Lariat but ducked just in time and right in front of referee Bryce Remsberg. Converse then kneed Corino in the back knocking the referee out of the ring. Sterling James Keenan ran in and assisted Converse into piledriving Corino. Matt Bennett, another W-1 referee, ran in to make the count but Corino kicked out. Ricky Landell came out and fought SJK off while Converse went for his patented Richter Scale finisher. Corino landed on his feet, Converse went for a clothesline but Corino caught and rolled him in for a Kido Clutch to become the new champion!

Converse immediately protested to original referee Bryce Remsberg seemed to favor Converse. But Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1 officials Curt Lemon and Jody Peterman met today via conference call with other AWA members and they have recognized Corino as the new AWA World champion.

BUT Converse and many other AWA members are claiming that the match should have ended in a no-contest the moment the first referee was down and the title still belongs to Converse. AWA President Dale Gagne will look at the footage this week and get with the Advisory Committee and make a formal decision but Steve Corino WILL defend the AWA World championship next week against Takao Omori and Ikuto Hidaka in Tokyo, Japan!

Congrats to Corino, who is now a 2-time AWA Champion!

['Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada]

Two time champ!
Two time champ!

[Big DSR Energy]

Way to go, Corino! YAY!

[jcdenton]

AWA? Verne will be geting that title back soon enough

[HMARK Center]

Just you wait, all of you; this is only step number one.

The NWA and ROH World Titles will soon be around the true King of Kings' waist.

[Big DSR Energy]

hitmanmark said:

Just you wait, all of you; this is only step number one.

The NWA and ROH World Titles will soon be around the true King of Kings' waist.

The f***ing GOD of wrestling is gonna have a tough time taking the ROH World Title out of Matt Sydal's death-grip.

[HMARK Center]

dsr said:

hitmanmark said:

Just you wait, all of you; this is only step number one.

The NWA and ROH World Titles will soon be around the true King of Kings' waist.

The f***ing GOD of wrestling is gonna have a tough time taking the ROH World Title out of Matt Sydal's death-grip.

Regardless, it'll be the kind of epic only the King of Old School can deliver.

Then he'll have his personal announcer read a list of other triple champions throughout wrestling history.

[Big DSR Energy]

hitmanmark said:

dsr said:

The f***ing GOD of wrestling is gonna have a tough time taking the ROH World Title out of Matt Sydal's death-grip.

Regardless, it'll be the kind of epic only the King of Old School can deliver.

Then he'll have his personal announcer read a list of other triple champions throughout wrestling history.

"That's guys who have held three titles, to the virgin in the Green Lantern-oh wait, he's not here anymore!"

[HMARK Center]

HA!

Lantern would have a coronary if he witnessed Corino winning the ROH Title, I'd bet.

[The Boss]

I guess the AWA will be calling me to write a new column on him. Better get writing.

[Michael Coello]

CORINO DEEMED "INTERIM" WORLD CHAMPION!

Controversy again shadows a World Championship seeing AWA World Heavyweight Champion "The First" Ric Converse facing "Old School" Steve Corino in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The only thing that is clear as of right now is that Corino is holding the Championship belt and Converse isn't in a disputed pinfall by Corino in his hometown and personally owned organization, World 1 Fighting Arts.

From details of the match, as reported on World 1 Fighting Art's website, "Corino set Converse up for the Lariat but ducked just in time and right in front of referee Bryce Remsberg. Converse then kneed Corino in the back knocking the referee out of the ring. Sterling James Keenan ran in and assisted Converse into piledriving Corino. Matt Bennett, another W-1 referee, ran in to make the count but Corino kicked out. Ricky Landell came out and fought SJK off while Converse went for his patented Richter Scale finisher. Corino landed on his feet, Converse went for a clothesline but Corino caught and rolled him in for a Kido Clutch".

AWA President & CEO, Dale Gagne was contacted immediately after the match and had the following statement:

"It's obvious to me that a lot went on in Pottstown, Pennsylvania during the AWA World Heavyweight Championship match-up between Converse and Corino. I'm sick and tired of matches for the most prestigious titles in wrestling being interrupted by other wrestlers and non-appointed referees interjecting themselves. Although it would appear that the original referee should have ruled the match a disqualification on more than one occasion, the results I've received indicate that Corino did indeed pin Converse. Until I am able to see actual footage of the match, in the fairness to all parties, in a precedence set in Japan (both in wrestling and boxing), I'm officially naming Corino the "interim" AWA World Heavyweight Champion. Based on the by-laws of the AWA, myself and the Board of Director's has 30 days to make a final ruling".

In the very least, a re-match looks to be imminent regardless of Gagne's upcoming decision however rumor has it that "The First" Ric Converse refuses to ever return to Pennsylvania due to what he was overheard saying "about those corrupt officials with their own agendas".
With Corino claiming to be the new AWA World Heavyweight Champion and Converse claiming to have never really lost the title, the sanctioned territories are at odds with each other on who to recognize as Champion. It's obvious AWA President Dale Gagne is attempting to resolve the situation- will he ever create unity again?

[Byakugan]

The AWA is dead

[THE REDNECK BADASS]

I wish AWA would get like a Wednesday night time slot on like A&E or Discovery Channel because then we could have this schedule then

Monday:RAW
Tuesday:ECW
Wednesday:AWA
Thursday:TNA Wrestling
Friday:Smackdown

[Shy Guy]

steve corino makes me cry

[davephlegmball]

If the Blaster was still around, he knock the King of Old School down like a plasterboard wall.

[reggaebreedshate]

Steve Corino is so awesome, he signlehandly resurrected a dead company,and somehow put the belt on himself. He should get medal and our thanks for being a necromancer.

[mike5286]

Corino will be wrestling here in the state of Maine next oonth.

[Ass Dan]

thegame243 said:

The AWA is dead

Not the new AWA. It's the 4th most important federation in the USA.