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Great show. When did Ross join the dangerous alliance though? Given his opening remarks lol.
Always something...*
OOC: 65,000 fans in attendance for this show, topping real life peak WCW (Goldberg/Hogan in the 6th July 1998 Nitro at the Georgia Dome) by 23,000 ... More importantly, it topped Starrcade by 4,000 to become our biggest drawing show ever, which is a relief as it suggests Sting won’t be a letdown as champion the way he was in the second half of 1990. As someone who prefers booking heel champions, I’m always going to struggle when the belt is flipped, so I can sympathise with Ole Anderson and company ... 185 minutes for this show, a lot more digestible than Starrcade ... Konnan was cooking pancakes backstage before the show. I don’t know about Ric, but Ilovepancakes ... And yes, it really is that easy to get a Six Man title reign in my diary ... Or a TV title reign ... Easier, probably; Mr Hughes never made me pancakes, and he’s a two-time TV champHey, remember when I had to rebook a show due to a scheduling glitch? A backstage incident that got lost was Ric passing on tips to his real life protégé El Tigre Blanco – but that got picked up here, as Flair shared some psychology tips. And if you’re going to learn ring psychology, you’re going to want to learn from Ric Flair ... Anyone else forget that Dusty Rhodes is Cactus Jack’s mentor? He shared some psychology hints too ... Do PPVs/events have a higher likelihood of backstage incidents? ... Ricky Steamboat had his usual stint as the learning tree, dropping babyface knowledge on Brian and Steve Armstong and Marcus Bagwell ... Chris Jericho and Steven Regal have struck up a strong friendship; Presumably that was based on swapping Robbie Brookside stories (red reels) ... Rude, Bret and Pillman got praise after the show; All put in outstanding performancesThe tag title vs. tag title match was left up to the game to choose a winner, albeit with DDP booked to interfere. Whichever team won, I figured there’d be a good storyline coming out of it ... A’s for the Texans and A*s for the Diamonds in this match, even if Vinnie Vegas ‘seemed off his game’ ... The match moves straight in at #8 in our all-time best matches, Sting and Rude got #19, Hart and Pillman got #31, Savage and Austin for #41, so overall a very successful show – and it slots in at #3 all-time, behind a random episode of Saturday Night and Clash XXIV*“Ric Flair, I would have a moment of your time.”Ric raised an eyebrow at the presence of the Ultimate Warrior by his Cadillac. Scarcely less eye-catching in real life than inside the ring, Warrior was several inches taller than Ric, and outweighed him by forty pounds of pure muscle. He smiled down at Ric from behind a pair of aviators, his long hair pulled back into a loose ponytail, his muscles bulging against the fabric of his clothes.I’m used to being around big guys, but Hellwig, Warrior, whatever this guy calls himself... He’s something else.“What can I do for you, my man?”“I wished to thank you. This last year has been a challenge, and I have never turned away from a challenge,” Warrior began. “Be the road never so rocky, nor the mountain so steep, I endure, and in time I conquer!”Warrior drove his clenched fist into his palm with a heavy smack that echoed through the parking garage, drawing looks from passers-by.“Big Van Vader... Never before have I faced an opponent so strong, so fierce, so heavy and yet so agile. In truth, I am not certain, not completely certain, that I would have been triumphant when we faced at Starrcade. His own strengths, coupled with the devious nature of his Kingdom allies... Even the Ultimate Warrior is one man, albeit one endowed with the gifts of the warrior gods!”Ric nodded without saying anything.“But my new ally... Cactus Jack would be an easy man to look past, I feel. His grasp of personal hygiene is... questionable, at times. His fighting style is untamed aggression, and that causes him troubles, injuries that a cooler head might avoid.”Warrior shook his head.“But his journey parallels my own in so many ways. Anyone who fights as he does can, I believe, discover within themselves the heart of a warrior. I will be pleased to teach him, to guide him, to help him on his journey towards being a warrior!”He clapped Ric on his shoulder, making his knees buckle slightly, before walking off.“The answer’s no.”Ric turned around to find Cactus Jack grinning at him with what remained of his teeth.“Sorry?” Ric asked.“No, he never switches it off. Look, I’ve been here eighteen months and working as a face, in a tag team, it’s a nice change of pace... but travelling with Warrior? Seeing him be...the Ultimate Warrior24/7? I’ve been doing this long enough that I’ve been around some strange characters, Ric, but I have to know... does he really believe he’s the Ultimate Warrior?”“Honestly, I have no idea. Either he’s completely committed, or he probably should be.”“Hah, yeah,” Cactus laughed. “Still... I like switching off when I get away from the arena, you know? And if I’ve told him my name’s really Mick once, I’ve told him a dozen times...”He shook his head and walked off to his car, where Warrior had taken up position in the passenger seat, awaiting his... student.Ric sighed. Another day, another challenge.*WCW Saturday Night
Sting and ??? vs. The Calgary Connection
Beat The Champ: Ricky Steamboat © vs. Mr Hughes – WCW Television TItle
Ric Flair and Arn Anderson vs. The Thrillseekers
Dustin Rhodes vs. Steve Austin – non-title
Michael Hayes vs. Rick Rude
The Young Pistols vs. The Malenkos
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Previous trials/demos have been released 1-2 weeks before the full game, from memory. Not to say that can’t change, but it would be a big move to release something so far in advance.
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World Championship Wrestling presents: Clash Of The Champions XXVI
Thursday, Week 4, January 1993
Your commentators: Jim Ross, Paul E Dangerously and Tony Schiavone
Backstage: Eric Bischoff and Patricia Martin
Ring Announcer: Gary Michael Cappetta
Ross:Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Clash of the Champions! We’re going to have six titles on the line tonight, including the World and United States tag team champions facing off with both titles on the line!Schiavone:And Steve Austin defends his United States title against Randy Savage – with the Macho Man out to steer the Superstar away from the same dark path he walked once upon a time!Dangerously:And in the main event, “Ravishing” Rick Rude becomes the World champion once more by defeating Sting!Schiavone:But first, the York Foundation clash with Sid Vicious, Ricky Steamboat and Marcus Bagwell!Sid Vicious, Ricky Steamboat and Marcus Bagwell vs. The York FoundationA chaotic opening match saw Sid Vicious press each of the members of the Foundation overhead at various points to deliver huge slams. But the parallel interests of the Foundation meant that their teamwork was superior to their opponents’, who essentially were Steamboat and Bagwell... and Vicious working independently, showing little regard for his teammates. And when Robert Eaton put in an appearance and tripped Vicious as he ran the ropes, Vicious went after the Television champion, leaving Steamboat and Bagwell outnumbered, and as Steamboat fought off Robert Gibson and Richard Morton, Terence Taylor rolled up Bagwell and grabbed the ropes to keep the youngster down for three! (B-)Enraged by the outcome of the match, Steamboat grabbed a microphone.Steamboat:Bobby Eaton! That title felt good around my waist in the past, and if you’re the only one I can get my hands on tonight, I’ll take it! If all you and the Foundation care about is money, I’ll take one of the ways you earn it!Before the York Foundation could retreat, Commissioner Ventura appeared at the top of the ramp.Ventura:I like it! Spontaneous title matches, revenge, cold hard cash... What’s not to love? Referee, ring that bell!WCW Television TitleRicky Steamboat vs. Robert Eaton ©Despite the protestations of Alexandra York, the match began immediately with Steamboat launching himself from the top rope onto the ramp, flattening Eaton. As Vicious chased the Stocks And Shares Express backstage, Bagwell tackled Taylor and the two brawled up the ramp, leaving Steamboat and Eaton to fight among themselves. Without much in the way of distractions – for York appeared not to have any data on her computer for asinglesmatch against Steamboat – the two had an enthralling technical contest that ended when Steamboat went to the air once more, crashing down on Eaton with a Diving Crossbody for the win – and the title! (B)Schiavone:New champion! And Ricky Steamboat willnotbe fighting for the money!Dangerously:More fool him!As Steamboat celebrated on his way back up the ramp, a video aired of Big Van Vader, working out in stark surroundings, the Kingdom goading him on to harder hits, bigger lifts, faster times... In the Spartan environment, Vader looked a little leaner and no less meaner as he worked over a heavy bag, eventually slashing at it with the edge of his hand and slicing through the canvas.Vader:No pain! No pain!Ross:Lord help anyone who stands in the way of Big Van Vader...WCW World Tag Team TitlesandWCW United States Tag Team TitlesRhodes & Windham © vs. The Diamond Mine ©Commissioner Ventura was seen at ringside conferring with the referee as the teams made their entrances. Leaving the ring he approached Gary Michael Cappetta, who announced that the match was now a no DQ contest!Ross:That’ll put an stop to this – these two teams have brutalised one another for the last two months, and it needs to end!Dangerously:As a neutral in this affair, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed seeing them beat each other senseless.If this is to be the last hurrah for these two teams, they left nothing in the locker room in a wild battle that saw al four men wielding weapons at various points – Windham and Rhodes favouring their branding irons, while Vegas used a chair to devastating effect and Studd whipped Rhodes with a length of camera cable. The fans were roaring their appreciation for the action, and steadfastly in the corner of the Texan duo, especially when Rhodes came off the top rope with a flying clothesline on Studd that seemed to have the match won. But it was the Diamond Mine’s manager Diamond Dallas Page who made the save, drilling Rhodes with a roll of silver quarters to break up the pin.Schiavone:No DQ rules work in the Diamond Mine’s favour here!Windham levelled Page with a brutal lariat, but the distraction allowed Vegas to sneak up behind him and, as Windham turned around, crash a steel chair down on Windham’s skull to knock him clean out, the pinfall that followed a mere formality as the Diamond Mine claimed both tag titles! (A)Dangerously:What a match! And now see the balance of power in WCW shift to the Diamond Mine! Madusa, have a crate of the good stuff delivered to our good friends in congratulation!Backstage, Patricia Martin was stood with the Ultimate Warrior and Cactus Jack, watching the Diamond Mine’s celebrations. Warrior – still sporting an eye patch – commented gravely that the Diamond Mine were without honour... and for true warriors, victory without honour was worthless!Arn Anderson and Ric Flair vs. Brian Christopher and Jeff JarrettChristopher and Jarrett are talented young wrestlers with a family history in the business, and the pair seemed to win over the hearts of a number of young ladies in the audience during their audition to become Horsemen. In their inexperience, however, they gave too much to their veteran opponents, who are far too canny to pass up opportunities to win matches, and Anderson ultimately forced Christopher to submit to a Figure Four. (B)Ross:The kids had their moments, but are they what Anderson and Flair are looking for?Backstage, Scott Steiner was seen laughing at the previous match. Eric Bischoff asked him if he was intending to audition for the Horsemen, but Steiner laughed even harder at the idea.Steiner:Do I seem like the kind of man who sharesanything? Scott Steiner is a solo act – and it’s about time the spotlight came back on me...Bret Hart vs. Brian PillmanTwo graduates of the famed Hart Dungeon put on an exceptional match next, as the number one contender to the World title faced the man he eliminated last from BattleBowl to claim that honour. Hart has had his troubles with Pillman since that night, and seemed out to prove a point as delivered a series of thunderous strikes that had Pillman reeling. Pillman, for his part, is growing in confidence and skill seemingly by the hour and fought back with real venom, sending Hart crashing into the turnbuckles chest first. The battle was finely posed, and the fans once more roaring their support, when Pillman suddenly brought things to a crashing halt as he kicked Hart between the legs, drawing the disqualification as Hart dropped in pain to his knees. (A)Dangerously:If you’ll excuse me...Paul E joined Pillman in the ring – as did Steve Austin and Owen Hart. Austin, Owen and Pillman lined up behind Dangerously as he stood over the downed Hitman.Dangerously:Did you think we’d forgotten? Did you think we’d let your slight pass? No – revenge is a dish best served cold, Hitman, and for you it’s going to be a diet that will freeze you to your very bones.Crouching down he slapped Bret across the face, drawing boos and jeers from the crowd.Dangerously:This isn’t a business where you can survive on your own, Hitman. The lone hero, the quiet man, the man who stands on his principles... gets nothing! And we’ll prove that to you by breaking you physically and mentally and then...He stepped back, and Pillman lunged forward with a Shining Wizard that snapped Bret’s head back, dropping him limply to the mat.Dangerously:...we take care of the rest of our business.Dangerously, Pillman and Austin left the ring, leaving Owen in the ring with Bret. He stood over the Hitman for a moment, before following his teammates up the ramp.Ross:Bad times ahead for the Hitman – no-one can possibly stand alone against the Dangerous Alliance. Sting had half of WCW on his side and it took him a year to defeat Rick Rude!WCW Six Man TitlesThe Young Pistols and Michael Hayes © vs. LuchamericaTrios action is part of the Mexican wrestling tradition, and Konnan, Rey Mysterio Jr and El Tigre Blanco showed themselves fully adept at the fast-paced action, focussing on the older Hayes and wearing him down, leaving him struggling to help his teammates. Over time, that told on the Pistols, and the guile and speed of Luchamerica proved decisive as Blanco went to air with a Frog Splash on Smothers to claim the win – and the Six Man titles! (B)Schiavone:A big win for Luchamerica, and I believe that makes Rey Mysterio WCW’s youngest ever champion!Dangerously:Keep working, kid, and one day you might get invited to join the Dangerous Alliance.Ross:I’m sure that he can’t wait, Paul.Backstage, Flair and Anderson were celebrating their victory with French champagne served by their French maid, Fifi. Lance Storm, Chris Jericho and Tammy entered the locker room and Storm shared a little French with Fifi that had her giggling, before Jericho asked for an Horsemen audition for the Thrillseekers. Flair accepted, saying he knew how good they were – but asked if they felt they wereHorsemengood? Both Jericho and Storm seemed confident, and Tammy too.Tammy:I know you have Fifi, but I’m sure I can add a little something to the package, and I know I can handle allfourof you at once!Dangerously:I’d go for that!WCW United States TitleRandy Savage vs. Steve Austin ©Austin made a show of flaunting both his title, and Madusa, before the bell rang – making it clear that he didn’t agree with Savage’s assertion that he was on a bad path for his career. Savage shook his head with a rueful smile, and as soon as the bell rang he took the fight straight to the Superstar. Austin seemed surprised by Savage’s intensity and spent much of the match retreating and taking punishment, although he got some good shots in, including ramming Savage into the ringpost as they brawled outside the ring. Back between the ropes the pair continued trading shots, but Austin couldn’t put Savage away – the Macho Man even kicking out of the Stun Gun when Austin managed to hit it. Savage had Austin down and was looking for the Macho Elbow, but suddenly Shawn Michaels vaulted the guard rail and shoved him off the top turnbuckle to a heavy landing inside the ring. The referee missed the illegal interference, but was right on the spot to see Austin score his second Stun Gun as Savage struggled to recover – and that was enough to give Austin the win! (A)As Austin celebrated, Michaels slid into the ring. Savage was trying to get to his feet, but Michaels swooped in with a savate kick to the jaw that dropped Savage to the mat again. Austin and Madusa left the ring quickly as Michaels posed over the Macho Man, before grabbing a microphone.Michaels:It’s not about you anymore, Randy – it’s my time now!WCW World TitleSting © vs. Rick RudeRude’s intensity over the last month has been borderline scary at times, but as Dangerously was quick to point out, every time he’d faced Sting in a singles match since winning the World title it was Rude who’d scored the first or only fall. Rude, then, looked confident as the bell rang. Furious, too, but confident.Sting, for his part, radiated confidence of his own as he entered, the fans howling in unison with him as he perched on the ropes, the World title gleaming around his waist. And it was the champion who landed the first shot, tagging Rude with a right hand on the bell as he made it clear that Rude was definitely not going to have the match his own way.Ross:An aggressive start from the champion; Sting is no soft touch!Neither man was able to establish a clear momentum advantage in the early going as they were just too similar in so many respects. Rude, perhaps, had the edge in power – but it was marginal at most. Sting was slightly faster, but Rude made it a goal to go after his surgically-repaired knee as often as possible, doing enough damage to slow the champion by a stutter step. Rude seemed ready to take advantage, but Sting rallied with a huge clothesline that sent Rude to the outside – and then the World champion launched himself over the top rope with a running dive that flattened Rude on the entrance ramp. Pressing the advantage, Sting delivered a running powerslam on the unforgiving surface, and then threw Rude through the ropes and back into the ring, pausing to howl for the crowd before climbing back into the ring.Schiavone:The fans are with the World champion-Dangerously:Who cares?Rude tried to rally with a flurry of punches to Sting’s gut, attempting to drive the wind out of the champion, but Sting fired back with a boot to Rude’s gut in turn, setting him up for a snap suplex. As the match continued, Sting seemed to have an answer for almost everything that Rude tried, although a Rude Awakening from nowhere might have given Rude the win – had he had the wherewithal to move Sting away from the ropes. But Sting got his foot on the bottom rope to break the count, and the match continued.Ross:Rude may have lost his cool! That could have been the match, but I think the challenger is rattled!The moment seemed to break Rude’s spirit. From that point, it was almost all Sting, and minutes later Rude was crushed in the corner with a Stinger Splash, before Sting dropped him to the mat and wrapped him up in a Scorpion Deathlock. Rude howled in the centre of the ring, scratching and clawing at the mat, trying without success to pull himself towards the ropes... but it was futile, as Sting held Rude immobilised, leaning back and twisting Rude in a way his body was never meant to bend... until Rude submitted, and the crowd erupted! (A)Ross:Sting has done it! Rick Rude gave his all, and after nearly a year as champion he could have ended Sting’s reign at the first hurdle but...Sting accepted the belt from the referee and hoisted it overhead, seemingly ready to go again as he drank in the crowd’s energy and delight.Ross:...the night, and the World title, belong to Sting! Good night, everybody, and we hope to see you all this Saturday night!Show rating: A*
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I write as I play - *click* opening match, write up *click* angle, write up *click* second match, write up...
If I run out of time, I click through quickly and c&p the dirt sheet etc. for later writeup, but I find I write best in the moment.
I also find that having time to myself just to write is important... which is why I'm often still awake until 2 on Friday/Saturday nights, as I can sleep in to some degree the following morning. Also, Red Bull helps keep the creative fires burning!
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Preview for WCW Thunder: Week 1, February 1998
Sid Vicious vs. Jean Paul Levesque
Comments: Getting big Sid some heat back.
Diamond Dallas Page vs. Lord Steven Regal
Comments: Kimberly-related shenanigans.
Jeff Hardy vs. Hugh Morrus
Comments: Jeff's all on his own.
The Public Enemy vs. The Lumana'i
Comments: Poor TPE, from being destroyed by the Forgotten to being destroyed by these guys.
The Soul Train vs. Alex Wright & Disco Inferno
Comments: Non-finish due to dance party breaking out.
WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match
Hayabusa © vs. Super Crazy
Comments: He's not dropping the title here.
The Patriot vs. Earl Robert Eaton
Comments: Probably not clean.
Preview for ECW Hardcore TV: Week 1, February 1998
Matches From ECW House Party 1998
Justin Credible vs. Mikey Whipwreck
Comments: Superstar vs. ultimate underdog (and multi-time former champion...)
Danny Doring & Roadkill vs. The Dudley Boys (Chubby & Dances with)
Comments: Doring & Roadkill was a gimmick that really couldn't have worked anywhere but ECW, but even so, it's the Dudleys, and Devon will have to make do with how badly they win.
ECW Tag Team Championship Match
The Eliminators © vs. PG-13
Comments: The champs still benefiting from their WWF exposure.
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How can i get my Women's division over more? Every single Women's match i put on is an F. No one has higher popularity than 20, most have 5-10. Any tips? It's hard for storylines to even progress when one has been going 4 weeks and has a rating of 9 haha.
Playing as AEW, add your most charismatic female heel worker to the Inner Circle. That might be Britt Baker, for example. Just by being present during their angles will get her over - rate her on charisma or looks, and as a bonus if the angles are 6+ minutes long and you're rating them primarily on Jericho's entertainment skills (which you should be) then everyone else will gain mic skills over the course of the weeks and months. But your women's division needs a tentpole, and unless I've missed something with Riho, she's not much of a talker. The easiest way - by far - to get someone over in TEW is to have them perform well in angles. If they can talk, they can gloat about their latest victory, or slam the person who beat them, or brag about how talented they are... It's old-school booking, but it works. Every time.
As AEW, your key guys to start with are Moxley, Cody and Jericho. They're likely the only ones who have the overness to carry shows week in, week out. Use them extensively in your angles, main events, semifinals and opening matches (the most important matches, in that order) to boost your ratings.
A note on overness - 50% means that half the wrestling fans in a region/country will know who a worker is. Bearing in mind that AEW is a new, niche show, that seems about right for Kenny Omega's overness. I'm a big wrestling fan and knew the name, but had never watched his Japanese stuff.
You can use your own angles to build worker momentum and overness. Think about the Inner Circle's segment on the second or third episode of Dynamite - Jericho did all the talking (Entertainment), Santana and Ortiz were snarling (Menace/Unrated), Guevara looked cocky (Charisma/Unrated) and Hager just stood their and looked big (Overness/Menace) and all of them came out of it with added momentum because Jericho is just that good on the mic. You can set up your angles however you like, but angles like that will quickly improve individual ratings, which will improve worker overness and momentum, which will improve show ratings...
When you have a group of workers with low overness, don't try and spread it around. Focus on building up 2 or 3 workers who're feuding with your big stars (e.g. Hangman with Jericho, Omega and Moxley, Cody and MJF), as when the feuds end both sides should be higher than when it started, and those 4-6 workers can then go on to build up 4-6 more opponents... And so on! Your key guys should almost never lose, and really only to guys on/near the same level as them. Open matches (Match Style) against bigger names will raise up your lesser names over time - think about Darby Allin drawing with Cody, or Joey Janela against Moxley. The odd upset (Private Party vs. Young Bucks) can work, but done too often will hurt the bigger names a lot more than it will help the lesser ones.
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World Championship Wrestling presents: Main Event
Sunday, Week 3 January 1993
Your commentators: Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes
Schiavone:Fans, I hope you’re ready for a great night of action because we have five tremendous matches coming up tonight!The show opened with a technical masterclass as luchador El Tigre Blanco challenged Robert Eaton for the Television title. Where Konnan’s strength and Rey Mysterio Jr’s speed had failed to beat the champ, Blanco came the closest yet, almost snatching victory with a slingshot senton to Eaton – but Alexandra York got her client’s foot on the ropes! As Blanco argued with the referee, Eaton blasted him in the kidneys before heading to the top rope to lower the boom for the narrow victory! (B-)The WCW Special Forces had a warning for the York Foundation: Unchecked materialistic capitalism would be their downfall, and they should cleave closer to the wise words and good intentions of the founding fathers.Patriot:The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money – and if you ever dared totrulydefend your titles, you might gain faith in yourselves!Perhaps, but Terence Taylor and the Stocks and Shares Express gave a reasonable accounting of themselves in the ensuing six-man match – for them, a warm up for Clash of the Champions. They showed no lack of confidence in tackling their opponents, although Patriot may feel at least partly vindicated that Taylor stooped to holding Firebreaker Chip’s trunks to get the win! (B-)Arn Anderson and Ric Flair were reviewing more tapes of potential Horsemen, while the lovely Fifi attended to their every need. With the Clash just a few days away, the Enforcer and the Nature Boy were discussing giving an opportunity to ‘a couple of kids from Tennessee’. Could these be the new Horsemen?Local talents The Gambler and Tim Parker had the opportunity of a lifetime when they stepped up to challenge the Diamond Mine for the United States tag titles... but the towering champions made short work of their young opponents, brutalising them with hard strikes and high suplexes before Diamond Studd pinned Parker with the Diamond Death Drop.DDP:Windham and Rhodes, you just saw what you’ve got coming to you on Thursday. We like these kids, hey, Gambler here even taught Vinnie a new shuffle before we came out here. But the Diamond Mine still left ‘em lying – and now they’re all warmed up and ready to walk out of the Clash withallthe gold!Bret Hart ran straight through youngster Perry Saturn here. (B) The Hitman had something on his mind and grabbed a microphone to share it; He wanted a match with Brian Pillman!Hart:What you learned in the Dungeon, it didn’t include jumping people from behind in the middle of a match! Now, you won at Starrcade, and that means you’ve got a World title match next month – but the way I see it, you’re free this Thursday! So I want to take you back to the Dungeon and see if I can remind you of what the Hart family taught you back in Calgary!For his part, Pillman wasted no time in responding to the demand.Pillman:I’ve been waiting for you, Hitman! Ever since Starrcade, I knew you’d want a piece of me, and that’s just great, because I want a piece of you too! Not just for me, Hitman, no – for the Dangerous Alliance! You spat in our faces when you turned us down... so just like you were a warm-up for Rick last night, you can be my warm-up for SuperBrawl on Thursday – and I’ll make you realise that saying ‘no’ to the Dangerous Alliance comes with repercussions. They say revenge is a dish best served cold, well, we like itice-cold, Hitman!With partner Owen Hart at his side, Pillman then clashed with the Young Pistols, the two young tandems contesting their match at high speed, firing off moves from all angles, with each coming close to the win several times, but as the match wore on Pillman only seemed to grow stronger, eventually overpowering Tracy Smothers with a barrage of strikes, setting him up for Ice Cold In Alberta to give the Calgary Connection the win! (B-)Rhodes:Pillman’s staking his claim! Maybe this boy’s ready to be the main man if Rick Rude doesn’t win the title back this Thursday night!Show rating: BWhen I saw that Sean Morley had an incident with Arn Anderson, I was worried that Double A had picked up another protégé, and I’d gained another perennial jobber ... Happily for me Morley was up before wrestlers’ court for not shaking hands ... Ricky Steamboat update: Babyface for Steve Armstrong, Brian Armstrong and Marcus Bagwell. Not feeling too inspired tonight, Dragon? ... The Gambler! WCW’s premier underneath guy, and a gimmick that I adored to an unreasonable level back in the early-mid 90s; Mr Straight Flush is on a one night deal here when I realised I was short of ten minutes and needed a couple of schmoes for the Diamond Mine to squash, but you can expect the Riverboat Roughhouse to bring his deck of cards and bolero tie to WCW on a regular basis ... I wonder if the Special Forces need a cardsharp? ... The main event copped a lower rating due to my using the Spectacle aim. Nearly four years after the game released, and I’ve still never got it to work. It seems to need a cold/cool crowd so the wrestlers can build them up to a crescendo, which doesn’t suit my booking style, really...*Apropos nothing much, I had a news item about “Bulldog” Bob Brown pop up in my feed. He’s a wrestler and commentator in CNWA and WFWA and, at 54, I was curious how good his matches were. Well, it turns out he’s about as good as you’d expect a 54 year old to be, except when he’s opposite one or both of the Thrillseekers. Jericho and Storm are so over in Canada they’re carrying the indies there on their backs. Interestingly, Storm is the more over – and works for both WFWA and CNWA, as well as touring with NJPW. In this ‘verse, Jericho’s the one taking the slightly safer route.*WCW Clash Of The Champions XXVI
Sting © vs. Rick Rude – WCW World Title
Randy Savage vs. Steve Austin © – WCW United States Title
Title vs. Title: Rhodes & Windham © vs. The Diamond Mine © – WCW World Tag Team Titles and WCW United States Tag Team Titles
Bret Hart vs. Brian Pillman
Sid Vicious, Ricky Steamboat and Marcus Bagwell vs. Terence Taylor and The Stocks And Shares Express
Arn Anderson and Ric Flair vs. Jeff Jarrett and Brian Christopher
Plus who knows what Commissioner Jesse Ventura may come up with on the night?
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<p><strong>Preview for WWF Raw is War: Week 1, February 1998</strong> </p><p> </p><p>
Steve Austin & Kane vs. Brian Pillman & Bret Hart</p><p>
Comments: I mean, it's WWF, it's 1998, it's 4 main eventers in one match... It's not going to a finish, is it? Maybe, <em>maybe</em>, Austin or Hart take a cheap loss, but I don't see it.</p><p> </p><p>
<strong>WWF Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Match</strong></p><p>
Billy Gunn & Al Snow vs. <strong>Dustin Rhodes & The Road Dogg</strong> vs. Chris Candido & Marc Mero</p><p>
Comments: Because there's a crossroads pun there that could catapult them into the top spot at WMXIV if you can just get it right.</p><p> </p><p>
<strong> Dean Malenko & Rey Mysterio</strong> vs. Chris Jericho & Test</p><p>
Comments: Heaven only knows how, as Jericho and Test seem like they should be leagues above Malenko and Mysterio, but this seems primed for an upset.</p><p> </p><p>
<strong> The Wolfpac</strong> vs. The Million Dollar Corporation</p><p>
Comments: Which side does Big Poppa Pump hate more? That side probably needs to take the W here so they're standing when BPP comes out to bless us with his single entendres.</p><p> </p><p>
<strong> Faarooq</strong> vs. Scorpio</p><p>
Comments: I'm sure this was briefly one of the many "take two guys we have nothing for and put them in a team" teams from early 1990s WCW.</p><p> </p><p>
Matt Hardy vs. <strong>Raven</strong></p><p><strong>
</strong>Comments: In... 2016, 2017, Broken Matt would fit right in with Raven's brand of psychotherapy-baiting. In 1998, Matt Hardy is an appetiser.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Preview for WCW Monday Nitro: Week 1, February 1998</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong> Sid Vicious</strong> vs. Shawn Michaels</p><p>
Comments: Brown belt. YMCA. Schmozz, but it's WCW so there's a job to be done and Sid needs a cheap win more than HBK.</p><p> </p><p>
<strong>WCW US Championship #1 Contender Match</strong></p><p>
<strong> Curt Hennig</strong> vs. Jean Paul Levesque</p><p>
Comments: There's a story to be told here, and as tempting as it is to back JPL, two cheap losses could set up the Qlik nicely.</p><p> </p><p>
Rick Martel vs. <strong>VK Wallstreet</strong></p><p>
Comments: I believe you've said before that Martel is in WCW to lose, so...</p><p> </p><p>
<strong>WCW World Tag Team Championship Match</strong></p><p>
<strong> The Forgotten ©</strong> vs. The Public Enemy</p><p>
Comments: For about a minute there was no hotter act in wrestling than the Public Enemy. That minute was in 1995, and now in 1998 across the ring there's 800 pounds of angry backed up by a demon botherer with a minor in Scandinavian languages, so...</p><p> </p><p>
<strong> Jim Duggan & The Road Warriors</strong> vs. Jacques Rougeau & The Blue Bloods (Eaton & Williams)</p><p>
Comments: I don't know why, but I think Doug Williams is on lightbulb inspection duty tonight.</p><p> </p><p>
Juventud Guerrera vs. <strong>Jinsei Shinzaki</strong></p><p><strong>
</strong>Comments: I'd love to see this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
Random Bonus Question: We are about 8 months into Russo's booking of WCW now, so who's winning the wars for you? Are you watching Raw or Nitro?</p><p>
Comments: Watch Nitro, tape Raw. I missed the Monday Night Wars/Attitude Era almost completely (and the entriety of the core 1996-98 period, to my eternal chagrin) so getting the chance to see good late 90s WCW is definitely some consolation.</p>
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World Championship Wrestling presents: Saturday Night
Saturday, Week 3 January 1993
Your commentators: Jim Ross, Paul E. Dangerously and Tony Schiavone
Schiavone:Ladies and gentlemen, it’s Saturday night and thank you for joining us for the best in wrestling action today!After Robert Eaton defeated Konnan to become the Television champion last week, it was the turn of Konnan’s young ally Rey Mysterio Jr to step up to the plate and try to Beat The Champ. Mysterio is a veritable whirligig in the ring, seemingly spending more time airborne than he does on the mat, but Eaton has barely slowed a step since his days in the Midnight Express, and knows all about fighting quick opponents. Overpowering his smaller opponent, Eaton scored his first defence – and $5,000 for the York Foundation – with the Alabama Jam. (C+)In an undisclosed location, Ultimate Warrior was training Cactus Jack. The duo made for an incongruous pair – Warrior, bare-chested even in the freezing cold, every muscle gleaming, Cactus, wearing denim and flannel and repeating Warrior’s mantras. Warrior towed Cactus’ pickup truck with ease, while Cactus struggled to get it moving... but when a gang of thugs stopped to laugh at the pair, Cactus tore into them with screaming ferocity, leaving Warrior looking thoughtfully after his protégé.Warrior:Truly, the invoking of explosions seems to endow strength and intensity on this berserker...After their run-in with the York Foundation last Sunday, Sid Vicious and Marcus Bagwell teamed to take on the Stock And Shares Express here. The crowd favourites seemed on course for a victory that really would have to be considered an upset, given the Express’ experience working together, but that experience shone through as Richard Morton and Robert Gibson managed to distract the referee, allowing Alexandra York to trip Bagwell and hold his leg so Gibson could score the win. (B-) Afterwards, Eaton and Terence Taylor tried to join their allies in an ambush of Bagwell and Vicious, but Ricky Steamboat made the save.Steamboat:Taylor, I’ve not forgotten what you did before Starrcade! And as a former NWA World champion, I don’t think much of how you’re using the title either! Now, I’m not going to pay for the privilege of fighting you right now, but Commissioner Ventura’s agreed that the three of us can face three of you at the Clash – which means that big Sid definitely gets another chance at revenge for stealing the tag titles off him, Marcus gets more experience, and I get a chance at the winner’s share of the purse... which should be enough to pay for me to challenge you for the ten pounds of gold!“Dr Death” Steve Williams was the latest person to challenge for a spot in the Horsemen, tackling Arn Anderson in a hard-hitting brawl. No question, the Horsemen could make use of a thundering bruiser like Williams, but perhaps he needs to learn a little subtlety – as the referee caught him going low on the Enforcer, drawing the DQ. (B-) Ric Flair joined his colleague in the ring to give their verdict.Flair:A Horseman needs to have full control – and getting caught ain’t that, Steve!Eric Bischoff had convinced Steve Austin and Randy Savage to sit down to discuss their upcoming United States title match. Savage warned Austin that he was walking a lonely, dark path that didn’t guarantee him success, no matter what Paul E. Dangerously said.Savage:You’re good enough to do whatever you want, Austin. So do it!Austin wasted no time in responding.Austin:I am. I’m making money, holding gold, and building a base for when I’m on top of the mountain. The future is mine, I’m a Superstar already, and I’m going to become bigger than anyone’s ever been before – bigger than Flair, bigger than Sting, bigger than you, Macho Man, even bigger than youroldbuddy up nor-Michaels:Ah, ah, ah! Don’t go infringing on any copyrights, Steve.Shawn Michaels strutted into the room and dropped into a chair, putting his boots up on the table. Ignoring the death glare he was receiving from Savage, Michaels kept speaking to Austin.Michaels:You’rethe future? That’s where you and I have to disagree. One Texan to another, I think you’ve been spending too much time in the sun – it’s going to be the Rough Diamond who sees WCW through the 1990s, and if that causes a little bit of heartbreak for you and anyone else, well, that’s too bad!Dustin Rhodes clashed with Diamond Studd in the last of the four singles matches between the two teams. With both sides so familiar with each other, and the referee keeping his hed on a swivel throughout, there was no outside interference even if the antics of Barry Windham, Vinnie Vegas and Diamond Dallas Page were distracting enough! Rhodes overcame Studd’s weight advantage by keeping the match moving as fast as possible, making the most of an apparent edge in cardio to wear Studd down and take the win with a Bulldog.That put both sides level at two wins a piece, which brought out a smiling Jesse Ventura.Ventura:It does me a lot of good to see you four beating one another from pillar to post week in, week out. The need to be the best, to stand alone on top of the mountain, that’s what this is all about! And only one team can do it – not two. So at the Clash this Thursday there willbea clash of the champions with the WorldandUnited States tag titles on the line, winner takes all!With Rick Rude on commentary – displacing Tony Schiavone, who wasn’t about to argue the point with the former World champion, or the silent-but-glaring Madusa – Sting faced off against Owen Hart in a thrilling contest. The World champion focused on his opponent’s leg and back throughout, sending a message to Rude as he looked his way several times, including after delivering a Stinger Splash and locking in the Scorpion Deathlock. Hart fought valiantly to try and escape, and even seemed to be working up to a reversal as he rolled from side to side, but Sting’s vicelike grip on his legs just couldn’t be broken and eventually he had to submit! (A)Rude was quick to grab a microphone as Austin and Brian Pillman came to ringside to tend to Hart – and settle in for the main event.Rude:You’ve only got a few days left, Sting. One fall, that’s all it takes, and you’venevergot that over me. You won’t on Thursday, either, and then the title will be back around the most perfect waist in the business – and you’ll be a two-time loser, squabbling over scraps while I dominate WCW again!In the main event, Bret Hart seemed annoyed by the presence of the other Dangerous Alliance members at ringside, even yelling at Pillman at one point. It did him no favours, as Rude has never been the type to forgive even the slightest slip on the part of an opponent. Still, the Hitman fought hard, capitalising on a missed corner charge to take Rude down with a Russian legsweep and turn him over into the Sharpshooter. As Rude tried to reach the ropes, Madusa jumped up onto the ring apron to distract the referee. With the official’s attention elsewhere, Pillman slid into the ring and flattened Hart with a Shining Wizard, breaking the Sharpshooter. Recovering from the pain of the hold, Rude scraped Hart off the mat and dropped him with a Rude Awakening, which gave Rude the win heading into the World title rematch!Dangerously:And you know that the Dangerous Alliance will be watchingevery bitas closely this Thursday!Ross:And that can’t be good news for Sting! We’ll see you tomorrow for Main Event, and then live this Thursday for Clash Of The Champions!Show rating: A*WCW Main Event
The Young Pistols vs. The Calgary Connection
Beat The Champ: El Tigre Blanco vs. Robert Eaton © – WCW Television Title
Bret Hart vs. Perry Saturn
WCW Special Forces vs. The York Foundation
The Gambler and Tim Parker vs. The Diamond Mine © – WCW United States Tag Team Titles
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Don't know why I missed a show - but it was a great one nonetheless!
No biggy, it happens!
Bret Hart vs. Rick RudeI know I said it was time for Bret to start doing something, but damn he picked a poor place to start. Rude has to be super over after that dominating title reign, certainly more so than the Hitman who’s been spinning his wheels a little.....incidentally, after Owens run in the DA and CC, who’s the more over Hart?
It's actually Bret. There's not a huge amount in it - Bret is slightly more over in America (A's to B+'s) and Europe (B+ to B-) and significantly more over in the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario, oddly, but otherwise there's very little in it. Bret has slightly higher Star Quality, which may be the main difference - he's also taken very few losses in WCW (5 in 47 matches - he's only lost to Flair, Rude, Anderson and Steiner in singles) while Owen's lost 21 of his 67 matches in about the same time, albeit that a lot of those were tags.
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World Championship Wrestling presents: Main Event
Sunday, Week 2 January 1993
Your commentators: Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes
No-one could beat Randy Savage, and now the Macho Man has his sights set on the United States title! That left the Television title up for grabs here, as the vibrant Konnan clashed with the experienced – and nowadays more sharply attired – Robert Eaton. While the Latin American star had Eaton on the ropes, he couldn’t put him down, and the wily veteran was able to claim the Television title with an Alabama Jam! (C+) We suspect that Alexandra York has an eye on a name change for the devastating legdrop, but it did the job here! Still, Eaton’s reign may be short, as his alliance with the York Foundation has apparently brought him to Sid Vicious’ attention...Konnan’s allies had better luck in their match, with El Tigre Blanco and Rey Mysterio Jr defeating local talents AJ Petrucci and Dennis Allen (C-) before Bret Hart faced off with Dean Malenko, picking up a win over the technical wizard – now reported to be at 703 holds – with the Sharpshooter. (B-) Afterwards, the Hitman had a challenge for any member of the Dangerous Alliance who’d set foot in the ring with him.Hart:Austin, Rude, Pillman – I’m not hard to find! You’ll find me at the head of the line looking for new challenges every night!His challenge was answered by none other than the former World champion himself!Rude:You’re not as strong as Sting, or as fast, but maybe I’ll let you show off your Sharpshooter so I can practise breaking out of the Scorpion Deathlock!The Special Forces were the latest team to hand over their money to challenge for the NWA World tag team titles. They weren’t successful here, as Richard Morton and Robert Gibson showed that they’re fully willing to cheat to retain their gold, but the patriotic duo showed real fire as they took it to the former rockers, fighting hard and fair to nearly claim victory several times until Gibson rolled up Todd Champion with a handful of tights to keep their belts. (B-)But that was hardly the last of the Express’ night, as barely had the bell rung than Sid Vicious charged the ring, sending Gibson and Richard Morton running for cover. Vicious chased them, his long legs eating up the distance, but the Express had clearly anticipated the attack as they led him into an ambush from their York Foundation colleagues Eaton and Terence Taylor! The Foundation might have been left standing tall over Vicious but for the arrival of Marcus Bagwell and Ricky Steamboat, who’ve had their issues with the Foundation in the past. Vicious, Bagwell and Steamboat managed to fight off the Foundation – for now! But Alexandra York seems to see money in this rivalry, judging by her expression as she called her team off!Ric Flair’s latest Horsemen audition was against young Brit Steven Regal. The auditionee showed impressive technical skills, which has to have scored well with Flair, but his inexperience showed as he allowed Flair to catch him in the Figure Four for the win. (B) Afterwards, Flair shook his hand – has Regal done enough?Before the main event, Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham shrugged off suggestions that the match was a setup for an attack by the Diamond Mine.Windham:Of course it is! But we’re ready for it!So it proved, as a thrilling contest between Rhodes and Shawn Michaels was brought to a premature halt by the arrival of Vinnie Vegas and the Diamond Studd, who briefly made it three-on-one before Windham charged the ring, a pair of branding irons in his hand to even the odds as he and Rhodes stood their ground against the trio to close the show! (A)Show rating: B+Robert Eaton and Shawn Michaels were cheering up everyone backstage. Really. Apparently the niceness of Robert Eaton tops the toolness of Shawn Michaels in 1993 ... Ricky Steamboat passed on selling tips to Steve Armstrong (doesn’t need them, really), babyface tips to Marcus Bagwell (he’s actually a really good face in this ‘verse) and microphone work to Brian Armstrong (sothat’swhere he learned it from) ... El Tigre Blanco was dehydrated after his match*Random headline: ‘Hot property’ Ray Lloyd?Hmm, I’m not sure that will take off.*WCW Saturday Night
Bret Hart vs. Rick Rude
Sting vs. Owen Hart
Dustin Rhodes vs. The Diamond Studd
Arn Anderson vs. Steve Williams
Sid Vicious and Marcus Bagwell vs. The Stocks And Shares Express
Beat The Champ: Rey Mysterio Jr vs. Robert Eaton © – WCW Television Title
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>World Championship Wrestling presents: Saturday Night</strong></p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p>
</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Saturday, Week 2 January 1993</strong></p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Jim Ross, Paul E. Dangerously and Tony Schiavone</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>
</p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It’s the very best in professional wrestling today, thank you for joining us here on WCW Saturday Night!</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
The Macho Man had his fifth defence of his reign as Television champion against former champion Mr Hughes. The hulking Hughes had the clear advantage in strength over Savage, but the wily veteran used cheap shots and quick strikes to frustrate his opponent, luring him into lowering his defences before driving him into the mat with the Macho Elbow from the top rope for his fifth win! (B) As he celebrated his victory, and earning a title shot of his choice, Savage had a simple message for Steve Austin.</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Savage: </strong></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Superstar, I’ll see you real soon, yeah!</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
In a match pitting former Lethal Lottery teammates against one another, Bret Hart clashed with Joe Malenko. The two technicians largely fought on the mat, but the Hitman showed that he has some aerial chops to call on, including a second rope elbow drop that helped set up an eventual submission win – even if the appearance of Brian Pillman midway through the match distracted Hart! (B) Pillman departed after the bell – but left behind some ominous words.</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
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The York Foundation have been on a roll of late and were in a celebratory mood... but the arrival of Sid Vicious killed the party spirit as he tried to get his hands on all four members of Alexanda York’s exclusive clientele. As big as Sid is, though, he’s still only one man – and while Robert Eaton and Richard Morton will wake up stiff and sore tomorrow after being throw into a wall, Terence Taylor escaped scot free with Robert Gibson, leaving Sid even more frustrated!</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
What do we think of Ultimate Warrior in an eyepatch? The Unstoppable Force was fighting through an eye injury – literally! – as he teamed with Cactus Jack to take part in a bruising battle with the One Percenters after the Kingdon’s interference at Starrcade. Even with limited vision, Warrior could see well enough to help Cactus overcome the biker twins, Cactus getting the win with a Double Arm DDT. (B)</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Shawn Michaels claimed that he was watching the situation between Savage and Austin closely.</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
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Sting had a favour to ask of Ricky Steamboat – as one World champion to another, he wanted Steamboat to team with him against the Calgary Connection. Steamboat was keen, but Marcus Bagwell was even keener.</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Bagwell: </strong></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I want to pull my weight around here – and more! And I want to get my hands on those two more than anything else right now!</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Young Canadian Sean Morley fought Arn Anderson in the Enforcer’s first match since Starrcade, and it’s hard to imagine a more different opponent than Ric Flair – Morley is at the beginning of his career, young, strong and fast, while Flair is experienced and guileful, a skilled technician with a broad array of dirty tricks. Neither extreme seemed to phase Anderson, who emerged victorious here with a Figure Four – apparently the Nature Boy’s sharing with his best friend!</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
For his part, Flair was backstage and surrounded by some of WCW’s best and brightest as he laid out the benefits – and demands – of being a Horseman.</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Flair: </strong></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">You walk tall, you drive fast and you fly high, and for all of that you need to be successful, because nothing else will do for the Horsemen! You want to be considered, you line up like the kid did tonight, and you show us what you’ve got! If you’re good enough, you’ll be in and we’ll teach you everything we can – and maybe even a few tricks we’ve never shared with anyone else!</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Sounds good to us – and to a lot of members of the locker room, too! We expect to see a lot of potential recruits being tested over the coming weeks!</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Marcus Bagwell had noble intentions, but you know what they say about those. The youngster was repeatedly outsmarted by Hart and Pillman as he and Sting faced off against the Dangerous Alliance duo. Pillman has his own reasons to want to get one over on Sting, of course, and we wonder if Sting may have regretted his choice of partner here. As it was, he was left watching as Pillman caught Bagwell with a System Crash, which was enough to give the Connection the win – and Sting another reminder that it’s tough at the top! (B)</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
And it’s not like he needed it, because Rick Rude is always on hand to deliver one of his own. As Sting tended to his fallen partner and glared daggers at the mocking Pillman, Rude slid into the ring and stalked the World champion. When Sting turned Rude feinted forward, Sting stepping back instinctively. Rude didn’t attack, but left Sting in the ring as he backed off, smirking at having caught him unawares...</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
In the third match of the series between the Diamond Mine and Rhodes & Windham, the Diamond Studd and Barry Windham tore into one another with the score at one a piece, and both men trying to demolish the other. Windham had less to lose, with this being his second match in the series, and that may have led to a moment of recklessness from the Sweetwater native who missed a diving clothesline from the top rope, crashing hard and leaving himself open for a Diamond Death Drop to give Studd the win. (B+) Of course, wherever Studd goes, Vinnie Vegas is never far behind and once more the Diamond Mine found themselves involved in a brawl with Windham and Dustin Rhodes as the younger Texan charged to his partner’s assistance! We know Commissioner Ventura loves this action, but we have to wonder if someone’s going to get seriously hurt as these four continue to throw everything at each other, week after week!</div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Dustin Rhodes vs. Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>El Tigre Blanco and Rey Mysterio Jr vs. AJ Petrucci and Dennis Allen</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Bret Hart vs. Dean Malenko</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p>
</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>The Special Forces vs. The Stocks And Shares Express © – NWA World Tag Team Titles</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>
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WCW Championship Match
Sting © vs. The Giant
Comments: B level pay per view? Champion's first defence? Burgeoning issues with a bigger name than the Giant? There'll be an excuse for Giant's loss, but Sting's not losing here.
WCW United States Championship Match
Eddie Guerrero © vs. The Rock
Comments: Guerrero retains by lying, cheating, stealing, assault, battery, robbery, homicide, genocide, suicide...
Tangents aside, Eddie keeps his belt, Curt Hennig and Rock continue to have issues, and Goldberg's back.
WCW Tag Team Championship Match
Diamond Dallas Page & Chris Benoit © vs. The Forgotten (Bam Bam Bigelow & Big Van Vader)
Comments: I've not forgotten the Forgotten. After all, we're talking about two former WCW World champions (I think Bigelow had the belt during WCW's dark times, pre Russo?) but it's hard to take any team seriously when they're being managed by Kevin Sullivan post-Alliance to End Hulkamania.
WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match
Jeff Hardy © vs. Hayabusa
Comments: Hardy wasn't your first choice, and Hayabusa would be a neat way of getting the belt back where it was meant to be. Plus, it's Hayabusa!
Anything Goes Match
Shawn Michaels & Jean Paul Levesque vs. Randy Savage & The Warrior
Comments: Hardest one to call, but I give the Neo Titans the edge over Titans Classic, just because it seems to play better into Sting/HBK coming soon. Picking against Warrior is hard, and not something I do lightly, by the way...
Double Dog Collar Match
The Pitbull's vs. Adam Copeland & Christian Cage
Comments: Genuinely my favourite feud in the diary, and full credit to C&C and Madusa for that.
Lex Luger vs. Buff Bagwell
Comments: I won't lie, there's very little anyone could do to make me care about these two in a match together. I figure Bagwell wins because it seems too easy for Lex to get revenge just yet when there's not much else for him to do right now and SuperBrawl's still to come.
Mike Awesome & Gideon Cain vs. The Faces of Fear
Comments: I figure that the First Family needs a win or two this early in their... reformation? However it's termed, it makes sense for them to beat WCW's #4ish team.
Konnan vs. Hugh Morrus
Comments: A win, but not a clean one - DQ through First Family mugging, at a guess.
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If there is not an alliance update somewhere near the end of the journal I will admit to be very disappointed. While I know we are in the live journal stage, if some of the major alliance upgrades that were expected or requested aren't even gonna make the list in some way or fashion, it is disappointing. So many great improvements, no doubt, and I love what was announced, but we all know regardless some are more looked for than others.
Out of curiosity, what would you want to see in? The only things I can think of are super shows and there being voting on the titles, but I'm curious what others might expect.
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All I'm saying is when WCW decided to blow their big matches on television in 1998, they were making a mistake then, and would be now.
Goldberg vs Hulk Hogan alone if saved for Starrcade could've balanced their books enough to keep them alive.
They could've spent 4 years building up to Goldberg vs Sting, Goldberg vs Nash, Nash vs Hall, Giant vs Hogan. They blew all those in a few months.
Another example: How long would AEW last if they blew their big matches on television within the first month?
My understanding is that WCW had an odd deal with TBS/Turner so that profits from pay-per-view buys didn't go to WCW. They made their money as a division of TBS, so as long they were riding high in the ratings, they were fine to continue operating.
In terms of simple narrative sense, though, Goldberg/Hogan absolutely should have been saved for a big PPV - Starrcade being the favourite for obvious reasons.
But Bischoff and co became obsessed with the Monday Night War, as though ratings aren't cyclical, that they threw away arguably their biggest possible match on TV. From memory there was no build to it at all - it was announced on the day, or even during the show itself.
It was an incredible moment, no question, but it was just that - maybe WCW's last truly great moment. It didn't lead to anything, there was no groundwork laid for Goldberg as champion, and inside of six months the nWo would be rebooted, you'd get the fingerpoke of doom...
Bah, I could go on, but it's neither the time nor the place!
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Ric Flair vs. Al Snow
I thought I was predicting on my own diary for a minute there
Yeah, Al's not winning this one though.....was that a Fifi sighting on Saturday Night?You can tell the difference because no one's got Head in my diary
It is Fifi, who joined Madusa and Missy Hyatt in the early 1990s as providing a contrast to the likes of Cactus Jack, Johnny B. Badd, the Nasty Boys and Evad Sullivan.
Sadly here Fifi has no chemistry with Flair as his manager, and I don't have time for him to get get divorced three times and married twice so they can get their act together. She may stick around to manage Arn, though - it would be a nice contrast for him to be the one with the ravishing companion...
Dustin Rhodes vs. Diamond Dallas PageBeat The Champ: Randy Savage © vs. Tim Horner – WCW Television Title
Steamboat & Bagwell vs. The Malenkos
Ultimate Warrior vs. Pat Rose
The Special Forces vs. The Diamond Studd and Shawn Michaels
Ric Flair vs. Al Snow
Concerning the new Horseman I would love a Big Man Small man combo of Mike Awesome and Jerry Lynn, the can later branch out on their own. I don't know why but I think their looks and skill levels fit the Horseman.
I thought that Awesome at least would attract more interest from folks. He's set for a tryout, so we'll see if he impresses - maybe not as a Horseman, but how about joining Warrior and Cactus... or, for that matter, the Kingdom?
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World Championship Wrestling presents: Main Event
Sunday, Week 1 January 1993
Your commentators: Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes
In his fourth defence of the Television title, Randy Savage disposed of Tim Horner with the Macho Elbow. He’s getting closer to Steve Austin! (B)Marcus Bagwell is sick of being the fall guy, and wants to start delivering on his potential. For a young talent with his looks, talent and Ricky Steamboat as a mentor, the sky may be the limit! Bagwell certainly impressed against the Malenkos, looking unstoppable at times as he tore into the brothers, before taking Joe down with a Fisherman’s Suplex for the win. (B-)Ultimate Warrior ploughed through Pat Rose with a Running Splash. © He was succeeded in the ring by Scott Steiner who ignored suggestions that he was targeting Sting – or helping the Dangerous Alliance to do so.Steiner:All that matters is that the attention is on me. All of World Championship Wrestling is talking about Scott Steiner – and soon that will be all the world!As part of his warmup for Barry Windham next Saturday night, the Diamond Studd teamed with Shawn Michaels to take on the Special Forces. The Diamond Exchange pair were victorious, although Firebreaker Chip and Todd Champion held out for longer than might be expected, all things considered. (B)Ric Flair let it be known that auditions for new Horsemen were open – and Al Snow was the first candidate! Snow worked hard in the match, and Flair seemed impressed at times, but the Nature Boy eventually locked on the Figure Four Leglock for the win. (B)Dusty:I think Al Snow wanted to show he’s better than his match last week. No-one to walk out on him tonight!In the night’s main event, Dustin Rhodes clashed with Diamond Dallas Page in a wild brawl. Page has been getting training from his Diamond Exchange colleagues, and is no stranger to the squared circle, but the Natural still seemed a little surprised at how well DDP held his own. And with the Diamond Exchange, of course, nothing is ever straightforward – the appearance of Vinnie Vegas distracted him and the referee, and Kimberly Page was on hand with the roll of silver dollars to give her husband the surprise victory! (B) Afterwards all the members of the Diamond Exchange seemed ready to jump Rhodes, but after last night Barry Windham was forewarned – and forearmed, as he raced to the ring with a pair of branding irons. The Texans managed to get some shots in on the four Diamond Exchange members, standing tall as their rivals retreated!Schiavone:Folks, don’t you dare miss it when WCW is back on your screens this Saturday night!Show rating: BPee Wee Anderson showed up late for the third time. He got a stern warning, and nothing came of it ... Ric Flair passed on psychology tips to his protégé El Tigre Blanco, for only about the second time. This hasn’t worked out as well as I’d hoped, which is probably down to Flair being a bit of a twerp back in the early 1990s ... Owen Hart and the Diamond Studd have struck up a strong friendship ... Shawn Michaels suffered a hip pointer in his match. He’s out for a few days, but will be back for Saturday Night*WCW Saturday Night
Barry Windham vs. Diamond Studd
Sting and Marcus Bagwell vs. The Calgary Connection
Ultimate Warrior and Cactus Jack vs. The One Percenters
Beat The Champ: Randy Savage © vs. Mr Hughes – WCW Television Title
Bret Hart vs. Joe Malenko
Arn Anderson vs. Sean Morley
Plus: Ric Flair addresses the WCW roster!
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<p>My B shows are fairly throwaway, but I might have a 'fallout' segment on there, as they run on Sunday and the main show is on a Saturday.</p><p> </p><p>
On the Saturday show, which is 2 hours long, I usually run between 5-7 matches, depending on the need. It's a 60:40 match:angle split for TV, but I usually make the most of leeway to bring it in around 70:30.</p><p> </p><p>
I never book matches back to back unless there's a very good reason to do so (singles match evolving into a tag match, say) and even then I'd probably have a minor angle in between to 'explain to the live crowd'.</p><p> </p><p>
So a typical show will be something like:</p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Match 1</strong> - 10-15 minutes, lift the crowd, get their interest and pay it forwards for the rest of the night</p><p>
<strong>Segment 1</strong> - storyline build, might be something that pays off that night or down the line - ideally both!</p><p>
<strong>Match 2</strong> - 10 minutes, typically story based as my product needs at least 1 per show, usually tied into a running storyline somewhere on the card</p><p>
<strong>Segment 2</strong> - More storyline build (you may notice a theme here; What else are segments for?)</p><p>
<strong>Match 3</strong> - Regular, usually building a midcard storyline, not usually too long, nor too likely to have a clean finish; Matches 3-6 (2-6, really) have limited effect on the overall show grade, so that's your experimentation zone if you're game.</p><p>
<strong>Segment 3</strong> - This is as good a place as any to drop a skit. Have Team Hell No yelling at each other, something like that.</p><p>
<strong>Match 4</strong> - Wildcard, depending on my mood this could be anything, although sometimes I like to spike the crowd with a wild brawl or high spot match. When I do, this could be moved to match 3 with match 4 calming the crowd</p><p>
<strong>Segment 4</strong> - Could be anything, as good a place as any to check the Analysis button, see who's not been used, and drop them into the show so they don't complain.</p><p>
<strong>Match 5</strong> - The semi-main, this usually has a combination of main event, upper micard and midcard talent, so definitely people that the fans care for, but not so much that it overshadows the main event. It might be a long, 20+ minutes match if the show is running short and the main event is hot enough to equal/top it.</p><p>
<strong>Segment 5</strong> - A good place to put a midcard angle. It gives a bit of a breather between two matches that should rate well, but also should (in theory) give a hot crowd bonus for the workers involved. You might, for example, have Midcard Heel cost Midcard Face a match against Mainevent Heel in match 5, and this angle feeds off that. Alternatively, use it to set up the main event so you get good momentum going in to the big match.</p><p>
<strong>Match 6</strong> - Main event, 20+ minutes, slow build, call in the ring if possible. This might be a singles match between workers involved in a tag feud, or a tag matches involving workers in a singles feud. I might have a singles face against a tag heel who's supporing the face's rival - this match should ideally focus on one or more of my top feuds.</p><p> </p><p>
Throughout the show, if I have time, I'll pepper additional segments designed to gets guys on TV, build skills, expose storylines... I'm not booking for <em>optimal</em> ratings, but I'm reliant on the key segments to pull <em>good</em> ones. As a National company I want a B+ show rating for my main show. B will keep me steady, but B+ keeps momentum ticking over nicely, and A/A* are welcome bonuses. Having as good a main event as I can is a big part of that - from memory the main event is something like 60-70% of the show grade, so it makes a huge difference if that gets a B+/A rating. Fortunately after 18 months in-game pretty much any combination of main event/upper midcard wrestlers will get a B+/A in the main event, which is just great for me.</p><p> </p><p>
Something to bear in mind: These aren't rules. I don't power game - quite the opposite. I experiment to see what works, but I have no problem deviating in the interests of telling a good story. I think the (entirely fictional, but why let that stop you?) fans appreciate a bit of variety in their shows, otherwise it all becomes just that bit too predictable - a bit like how WWE almost always books a cool-down match/segment before the main event at Mania each year.</p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Saturday, Week 1 January 1993</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Jim Ross, Paul E. Dangerously and Tony Schiavone</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Schiavone: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It’s a new year, and our wrestlers have been making their resolutions. Everyone wants to win gold!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Starting with Dean Malenko, who followed in brother Joe’s footsteps in challenging Randy Savage for the Television title. The mat master – now reported to be up to 710 moves and counting – was able to slow Savage in the early going, but eventually fell to the Macho Elbow. (B)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Ric Flair and Arn Anderson were reviewing tapes of potential Horsemen. Of course, being Horsemen, they were being served champagne by a stunning French maid while they watched...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Marcus Bagwell had one more shot at vengeance against Owen Hart and Brian Pillman as he teamed with his mentor Ricky Steamboat in tag action on Saturday Night. Pillman seemed to feel that he had better things to be doing with his time, but came up with the victory as he rolled up Bagwell with a handful of trunks for the win. (B) Afterwards, the York Foundation were spotted backstage welcoming their new member, Robert Eaton, and laughing at Steamboat and Bagwell’s defeat.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Cactus Jack, with the Ultimate Warrior in his corner, clashed with the super heavyweight Mr Hughes, who had Harley Race in his corner. It’s hard to imagine two more different cornermen – but then Cactus and Hughes are hardly birds of a feather! The wildman from Truth or Consequences had to match guile and frenzy against the power and weight of the stoic, suited Hughes, and eventually was successful with the Double Arm DDT – after taking a beating! (B) Afterwards the One Percenters tried to get vengeance for the Kingdom but were backed down by Cactus and Warrior – which has earned the Harris twins a tag match next week!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Lance Storm seemed excited to have a match with Steve Austin following Tammy’s efforts to schmooze with Commissioner Ventura... although a little put out when he learned it wasn’t for the United States title. Still, he put everything he had into the match and even survived the first Stun Gun by the skin of his teeth to keep fighting. But even with Tammy in his corner he couldn’t keep Austin at bay, and eventually took a second Stun Gun as Austin continued to build momentum. (B-)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Savage, you keep your nose out of my business and I won’t have to show you what the Dangerous Alliance does with unwanted attention. And Shawn Michaels, you’re on my list, son, and you’d better pray you stay near the bottom. Right now, I’ve got bigger fish to fry, but the second I don’t, I’ll pay you back for Starrcade!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Scott Steiner demolished preliminary competitor Mike Rapada © before being confronted by Sting, who wanted to know what Steiner’s issue with him last week. Before he could get an answer, though, Rick Rude blindsided Sting and beat him to the ground! Rude walked off with Sting wracked with pain unable to stand, and Steiner laughing in the ring.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I love it when a plan comes together!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Bret Hart was having a fine match with new York Foundation member Robert Eaton, and even seemed to have the edge – but the arrival of the Computerised Man of the 90s caused the referee to call for the bell as the two Foundation members double-teamed Hart. (B-) The arrival of Sid Vicious caused them to make for the hills – but Hart was less than delighted to be saved, tearing a strip off Vicious for getting involved when Hart believed he had things under control! Vicious seemed to be restraining himself from attacking Hart after that, but Hart didn’t notice as he left the ring in high dudgeon.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
The night’s main event saw Barry Windham clashing with Vinnie Vegas in the second match of their teams’ series. Windham was, for once, out reached and outweighed by his opponent, but the Texan has never been short of tenacity. Diamond Dallas Page tried to get involved on his client’s behalf but the referee caught DDP in the act, and as the official chewed him out, Windham scored with a punt between Vegas’ legs – a move that will even bring a giant down in the world! Windham was able to score the win after that, rolling Vegas up as the referee turned back to the action. (B+) That wasn’t the end of affairs, though; Enraged by the loss, Page summoned the Diamond Studd to the ring and the partners beat Windham down until Dustin Rhodes tried to make the save – but he ran into a two-on-one beating of his own, as Windham could do nothing to help his young partner!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Folks, we’ve got WCW security running to the ring again, but we’ll have to catch you up on the repercussions here as we’re out of time!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
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Vinnie Vegas pulled a tasteless rib backstage and brought down some heat on himself; It’s actually only Vegas’ second offence in 18 months, because we have the Kliq pretty well neutralised with all the good influences and positive relationships backstage. He gets a slap on the wrist and, while it makes his attitude worse, Diamond Studd, DDP and Sid Vicious are all happy afterwards. Diplomacy! ... Apparently bad attitudes are catching, though, as Barry Windham missed a pre-show meeting with a road agent. Windham’s also on his second strike, but this sort of thing is small beans compared to the hard drugs he got caught with last time, so a slap on the wrist it is – and his personality gets worse too, blast it ... But Diamond Studd was on song with some road stories, and helped ease the tension backstage</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
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Heh
Yep. I've changed his push to Personality to stop it happening again, but he's at A*/A/A for Microphone/Charisma/Colour so not too hard to understand the game's mistake!
> AJPW nearing collapse and refusing a buyout.Please keep an eye on them and buy them out if it happens. AJPW would be the perfect way to set up a brand split in this version of WCW.
Their roster as of January '93 includes Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta, Jun Akiyama, Mitsuhara Misawa, Stan Hansen, Steve Williams, Terry Gordy, Toshiaki Kawada... All Japan was just about to hit it's peak in real life at this time, from memory.
In the second half of '92 they ran 57 shows. 4 of them scored B/B-, while 53 shows scored B+ or higher. For all I grumble about our being overlooked, I imagine we were second in the PotY vote, but a 93% must watch rate is hard to top.
Anyway, for some reason I got to week 2's Main Event and it had the Clash set to run right after. That doesn't work and I didn't want to fudge the shows, so I'm having to rebook the whole week...
EDIT: Actually just Main Event. I was sure it was Monday it reset to, but that works for me.
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Sunday, Week 4 December 1992</strong></p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>
</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>
</p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Schiavone: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Main Event! We have an incredible show for you tonight, including in our main event, ‘the Natural’ Dustin Rhodes taking on Vinnie Vegas – and I’m sure there’ll be no bias at all on the part of my broadcast colleague, ‘the American Dream’ Dusty Rhodes!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Before we got to the main event, Randy Savage defended his Television title against Joe Malenko, who impressed in reaching the BattleBowl match at Starrcade. Malenko tried to lock Savage down and blunt his trademark aggressive offence, but the Macho Man soared from the top with a big elbow drop to secure the win. (B) “That’s two!” he reminded everyone after the match.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Chris Jericho also impressed at Starrcade, and if Lance Storm was less fortunate, the Thrillseekers as a unit were in fine form here on Main Event, putting their speed and agility to good use against the One Percenters before toppling them for the win when Jericho caught Ron Harris in a Boston Crab. (B) Afterwards the young Canadians called out the Diamond Mine and dared them to put the United States tag titles on the line – but got no response.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Shawn Michaels was another who put in an impressive showing at Starrcade, and he furthered his momentum with victory over young Brian Armstrong here. (B) Afterwards, he mused over chasing the United States title while Steve Austin is distracted with other matters but eventually decided to shelve the idea. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Michaels: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">For now.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Blanco & Konnan toppled the Lightning Express in tag team action. (B-) We wonder if the Mexican duo were upset at missing out on Starrcade? They’ve been quietly impressive of late.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
The WCW Six Man titles were on the line as the Young Pistols and Michaels Hayes defended against Al Snow and Brutal K. The Japanese duo once again walked out of a match they were still contesting, leaving Snow exposed to a match-ending Missile Dropkick from Steve Armstrong, (B) Snow was unimpressed with his partners’ actions, to say the least!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Bischoff: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Kojima and Kanemoto just don’t care!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
In the night’s main event, Dustin Rhodes for once found himself facing down someone taller than him. Vinnie Vegas had the reach advantage, but was slower than Rhodes. The Natural sought to use that to his maximum advantage and seemed to have Vegas on the backfoot, but a timely distraction from Kimberly Page caught both Rhodes and the referee for just long enough for Vegas to roll Rhodes up from behind and, with a handful of trunks, get the pin! The Diamond Exchange celebrated in the ring as Rhodes argued with the official after the bell. (B+)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dusty: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">That’s bad tidings, baby! I think pretty soon all of Vinnie Vegas’ little chickens will be coming home to roost!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
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And with that, 1992 is in the books – a year that saw us enter with Nikita Koloff at the helm, spend ten months under Rick Rude and close out the year with Sting on top for reign #2.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
The United States title was with Arn Anderson until August, Sting had the belt for two months to give him some momentum as he regrouped for his Starrcade match, and Steve Austin took it off him at Halloween Havoc.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
The World tag titles were with the Steiners as the year dawned, then Scott Steiner and Randy Savage when the WWF poached Rick. They lost it to the Calgary Connection in June and Pillman and Hart held the belts until Halloween Havoc, where they lost to Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham in the WCW match of the year (until Starrcade).</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
The US tag belts were with the Calgary Connection for most of the first half of the year. They lost them to the Young Pistols in May, who held them until September when they were beaten by the Diamond Mine.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
The Six Man titles were with Eaton, Rhodes and Blanco at the start of the year. The York Foundation won the vacated belts (I think Eaton got injured?), lost them to the Diamond Exchange, who dropped them to Ric Flair and the Thrillseekers before winning them back. The Young Pistols and Michael Hayes won them in September and are the defending champions.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
And then there’s the Television title – Larry Zbyszko was champion at the start of the year, in a sign of how far the company has come. Randy Savage was the 34th holder </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">of the year</span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> when he won it at Starrcade, and he’s still got it now. Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Dustin Rhodes and Vinnie Vegas managed five defences, while eleven holders lost in their first defence, including the last eight before Savage won.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
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Annual awards time!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Wrestler – Jumbo Tsuruta in AJPW</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Promotion – AJPW (rubbish)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Team – Misawa and Hansen (AJPW)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Show – Clash of the Champions XXIV in September, headlined by Flair/Sting vs. Rude/Austin</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Young wrestler – Dustin Rhodes</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Veteran wrestler – Stan Hansen (AJPW)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Female wrestler – Manami Toyota (AJW)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Most improved promotion – LPWA (one of our development feds)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Independent wrestler – Kamala (5 indy shows all year and 27 in AJPW)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Manager – Paul E. Dangerously</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Announcer – Kenji Wakabayashi (AJPW)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Colour commentator – Jesse Ventura (Commentated one match)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Referee – Joe Higuchi (AJPW)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Seems like AJPW are in good shape, right?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Shame they’re </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">$10 million</span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> in debt – and that they won’t take a buyout offer. I doubt they’ll be around to see us pick up the 1993 Promotion of the Year award at this rate.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Barry Windham vs. Vinnie Vegas</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p>
</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Steamboat & Bagwell vs. The Calgary Connection</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p>
</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Beat The Champ: Randy Savage © vs. Dean Malenko – WCW Television Title</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Mike Rapada vs. Scott Steiner</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p>
</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Cactus Jack vs. Mr Hughes</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p>
</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Bret Hart vs. Robert Eaton</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>
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<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="to4sty" data-cite="to4sty" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42193" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><em>Ah the old Corneal Laceration, Marty Jannetty just picked one of those up in my Royal Rumble. Is Warrior missing any ring time? Because Marty is out for two months</em></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> No, he's toughing it out. I could spare him by giving him limited roles in tag matches, but that always seems to harm match ratings more than a minor injury. Warrior's not even got a yellow head for the duration, so it seems like I got lucky there.</p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Saturday, Week 4 December 1992</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Jim Ross, Paul E. Dangerously and Tony Schiavone</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">With memories of Starrcade fresh in the air and a new World champion standing atop WCW, welcome to Saturday Night!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Michael Hayes won the right to challenge Randy Savage for the Television title in a battle royal before Starrcade went live. The Freebird gave his fellow veteran a tough test, but Savage seems determined to get the match with Steve Austin he’s called for – and eventually took Hayes down with the Macho Man Elbow from the top rope! (B-)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Eric Bischoff was able to get some words from Cactus Jack and Ultimate Warrior when he found them backstage. Now, we’re not saying that we </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>absolutely</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> understood what the pair were saying, but it seems like they’ll be working together going forward!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Marcus Bagwell said that Owen Hart didn’t try at Starrcade in their match against Brian Pillman and Robert Gibson; Owen didn’t respond verbally, but put in plenty of effort when the pair faced off here, teaching Bagwell a technical lesson before scoring the win with a Missile Dropkick! (B+)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Don’t anyone say that the Dangerous Alliance has lost steam!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Bret Hart was watching the match from backstage – is the Hitman feeling a degree of responsibility for Bagwell after recent events?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Steve Austin barged into the Diamond Exchange locker room to confront Shawn Michaels after the Rough Diamond eliminated him from the Battlebowl match. Michaels was unrepentant, and suggested Austin worry about Randy Savage – a suggestion that the Superstar blew off. We’d suggest that Austin reconsider that, if he asked us!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
The fans were unsure how to respond to a match between the Stocks And Shares Express and the Diamond Mine, given that neither normally gets their support. Old affections for Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson seemed to resurface as they faced off against their much larger foes, but perhaps the fans’ dislike drove the United States tag champions onwards – that, or DDP’s roll of silver dollars, used to put Robert Gibson down for the count! (B-)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
After the match the Diamond Mine and their manager demanded a rematch with Rhodes & Windham. Rhodes seemed open to the idea, but Windham was dismissive.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Windham</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">You had your chance, you didn’t win, get to the back of the line!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Commissioner Jesse Ventura had ideas of his own.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It did me good to see you four trying to beat each other senseless on Thursday night, but a double DQ? That’s not good for anyone. You can fight each other in singles matches, and we’ll see who does or doesn’t deserve a shot after that!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
In the Dangerous Alliance locker room, Rick Rude was intent on watching the World title match from Starrcade – apparently for the seventeenth time! Brian Pillman was more inclined to talk.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Pillman: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Rick gets his rematch at the Clash, and you know he’s going to get the happy ending in Sting’s little fairytale, but either way, come SuperBrawl I’ll be in the main event in the World title match, and in case anyone missed it, I beat nine other guys in BattleBowl, so I fancy my chances against one!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
The Thrilseekers were also reviewing their Starrcade performances, and Lance Storm seemed a little needled at Chris Jericho having made it so far, when he lost out in the Lethal Lottery!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Sid Vicious seemed delighted to have got his hands on Terence Taylor, but the result of the match probably spoiled his mood quickly! Although the titanic Arkansan was overpowering Taylor, the match was terminated abruptly by the appearance of Bobby Eaton, who drilled Vicious with a low blow from behind to draw the DQ (B) and then helped Taylor beat down Vicious. </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Robert</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Eaton was then announced as the latest member of the York Foundation!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Arn Anderson and Ric Flair are reunited – WCW be on notice! – and had big news for the rest of the roster: The Horsemen are back – and recruiting!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
Scott Steiner had a huge chance to impress against Sting in the main event – but maybe not the one we thought he had! Unable to put the new World champion away, he lured Sting to the outside and hit him with a steel chair! With Sting down, Steiner continued his attack, with security rushing to the ring as the Steiner Animal left Sting lying in agony.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Schiavone: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Folks, we’re out of time!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
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New show format; I was getting bored of the summary + screenshot setup ... Owen Hart and Sting have developed a strong friendship ... Randy Savage shared some knowledge with protégé/preliminary no-name Kevin Quinn ... Ultimate Warrior suffered a corneal laceration during a pre-show match; Ouch!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>WCW Main Event</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Dustin Rhodes vs. Vinnie Vegas</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Beat The Champ: Randy Savage © vs. Joe Malenko – WCW Television Title</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>The Young Pistols and Michael Hayes © vs. Al Snow and Brutal K – WCW Six Man Titles</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Blanco & Konnan vs. The Lightning Express</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Brian Armstrong vs. Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>The Thrillseekers vs. The One Percenters</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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<p>I really should give bonuses for TV title defences - but it's pure kayfabe. Good to have you with us, Spectre!</p><p> </p><p>
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The Horsemen voting is going well, and there does seem to be a consensus forming, but please do vote if you haven't done already. Flair and Anderson's scouting will run for a while - Ric and Flair have plenty of matches ahead of them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Sting vs. Scott Steiner – non-title</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>The Stocks And Shares Express vs. The Diamond Mine © – WCW United States Tag Titles</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Beat The Champ: Randy Savage © vs. Michael Hayes – WCW Television Title</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Marcus Bagwell vs. Owen Hart</p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Sid Vicious vs. Terence Taylor – non-title</span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p>
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Always something...
Yeah, Al's not winning this one though.....was that a Fifi sighting on Saturday Night?
WCW: Dangerous Territory
in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
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World Championship Wrestling presents: Saturday Night
Saturday, Week 4 January 1993
Your commentators: Jim Ross, Paul E. Dangerously and Tony Schiavone
WCW Main Event
Beat The Champ: Ricky Steamboat vs. Robert Gibson © – WCW Television Title
Marcus Bagwell vs. Mr Hughes
Luchamerica © vs. The York Foundation – WCW Six Man Titles
Mike Rapada vs. Owen Hart
Ric Flair vs. Mike Awesome
Randy Savage vs. Satoshi Kojima
The Special Forces vs. The One Percenters
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