SuperClash II was the second

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event produced by

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(AWA). The event took place at the

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on May 2, 1987. The show was promoted as the AWA's most important show of the year. Unlike SuperClash I and SuperClash III, the second event featured mainly AWA wrestlers. While not the last match of the show the main event was a match between

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and

Nick Bockwinkel Nicholas Warren Francis "Nick" Bockwinkel (December 6, 1934 – November 14, 2015) was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the 1970s and 1980s. Bockwinkel ...

for the

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, in which Hennig defeated Bockwinkel to capture his first

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. The show featured six additional matches that were taped for television and shown as part of the AWA's weekly television shows in subsequent weeks. The show was produced by San Francisco based Robert McWilliams Productions for the AWA.

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The opening match of the event took place between

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and Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy. Kassie pinned Zumhofe with a roll-up in the corner. Next, D.J. Peterson took on Super Ninja. Near the end of the match, Peterson got a

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and covered Ninja in a small package for the pinfall but the fifteen minute time limit expired, resulting in the match ending in a time limit draw. Next,

Sherri Martel Sherry Schrull (née Russell; born February 8, 1958 – June 15, 2007) was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by her ring names, Sherri Martel and Sensational Sherri. Martel began her professional wrestling career in the ...

defended the World Women's Championship against Madusa Miceli. Miceli performed an airplane spin on Martel but Doug Somers distracted the referee, allowing Martel to roll-up Miceli by grabbing her tights for leverage to retain the title. Next,

defended the World Heavyweight Championship against

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showed up to challenge the winner of the match. Near the end of the match, Zbyszko handed a roll of quarters to Hennig, who hit Bockwinkel with them to win the title. Later, The Midnight Rockers (

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and

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) and

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took on the team of

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, Doug Somers and Kevin Kelly in a six-man tag team match. Stevens pinned Somers with a small package. In the penultimate match, Jerry Blackwell took on

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. Blackwell hit a clothesline to Zhukov for the win. The main event was a tag team match pitting

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and Russ Francis against

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and The Mercenary. Francis hit a diving splash to Terrorist for the win.

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